Stronghold Podcast with Lukas Leasure

In this clip from episode 31 BJJ black belt Bruno Amorim talks about winning his IBJJF world title against JT Torres, and competing against other elite BJJ athletes like Ryan Hall and Jake Mackenzie.

Bruno Amorim is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, IBJJF world champion, and head coach of Gracie Barra Singapore.

Alvin Ang is is a martial artist, writer, and the founder of the Singapore BJJ Open (SGBJJO), and Lion City Championship. 

Maher is a life-long martial artist, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. He's an electronics engineer at a medical startup and helps organize and referee at Grapple Asia tournaments in Singapore. 

Ron Ng is a Singaporean national MMA champion, amateur muay thai fighter, and a bjj purple belt. He is the Singapore Fighting Championship lightweight champion, and a martial arts coach. He hosts his own podcast called 'Mouth Bouts' available on Youtube, Spotify, and Podbean.

Jake Eades is a musician, sound engineer, teacher, and Brazilian Jiu jitsu practitioner. In this episode we discuss UFC 251.

Tiffany "No Chill" Teo a professional MMA fighter for ONE championship. She's the current #1 contender in ONE championships women's straw-weight division, and the top ranked Singaporean MMA fighter globally.

Fakkah Fuzz is a Singaporean stand up comedian, podcaster, and BJJ practitioner. You can watch his most recent stand up special "Almost Banned" on Netflix. In this episode we discuss training martial arts, getting choked unconscious by teenage girls, his stand up comedy, and what competing in BJJ competitions is like. Please Enjoy! We're experimenting with some new setups for the podcast, so there...

Kwan is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown belt, assistant coach of Team Highlight Reel, and a Team Singapore national Athlete.

In this episode of the podcast i discuss the protests raging across America and the world. The polarization of the American political system and media, the fake news, and the responsibility people have on both sides of the political spectrum to listen to each other and find common ground. Don't worry, this is not my political opinion, but rather and examination of the way the protestors, police, d...

Theebaan Govindasamy is a Malaysian actor, martial artist, and fighter. He's the former MIMMA welterweight champion, SEA games medalist, and multiple time national champion in Karate. You can also see Theebaan in 2018's Paskal: The Movie.

Ahmed is the current MIMMA welterweight champion, a professional Muay Thai fighter, BJJ purple belt, and architect based out of Kuala Lumpur. He and Luke have been friends and training partners for nearly 10 years. In this episode they tell fight stories and discuss the philosophies of fighting and being a martial artist. Please enjoy.

Matt Pellino is an MMA coach and fighter. He's coached all across South East Asia including Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. He's also the former IMMAF head coach and former host for Malaysian Invasion. In this podcast we discuss UFC 234, please enjoy. Note there are a few small audio issues as we have to record the podcast remotely and from quarantine.

In this Podcast Luke and his wife do a power hour during the COVID-19 quarantine. Power hour is a drinking game where you have 1 drink of beer every minute for an hour. Why play a drinking game during a podcast? Quarantine boredom. This podcast is definitely NSFW and things got a little silly at the end. There's even a little Theodore Roosevelt drunk history. Enjoy and stay safe,

Major Overall is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, former ONE championship fighter, and the owner and head coach of Team Highlight Reel based out of Singapore. In this episode Major and I discuss the corona virus and the closure of all gyms in Singapore, Major's racial ambiguity, and our typical MMA talk. We discuss Singapore's top ranked mma fighter, and Major's top student, Tiffany Teo. She's cu...

Will Chope is an American MMA fighter and UFC veteran. He's one of the most experienced professional fighters in the world with over 110 professional fights across multiple fighting disciplines. He's competed as a professional in MMA, Kickboxing, Lethwei, Bare Knuckle Boxing, Boxing, Muay Thai, Sanda, as well as others. 

In this episode of the Podcast Luke, Ron, and Stephen set the terms for their fitness challenge, talk about Jon Jones vs Reyes, and tell a story about getting in trouble at a strip club in Pattaya Thailand. This one is definitely NSFW and not suitable for kids. The Fitness challenge takes place over 10 weeks and the winner will be decided by whoever has the most overall physical transformation. Th...

In this podcast Luke and Alvin discuss his ongoing lawsuit with the UFC gym, his upcoming amateur MMA title fight, and his new upstart MMA promotion Lion City Championship. Luke also reflects on recently receiving his BJJ black belt after 15 years of training. Hope you enjoy!

Dr. Alan Cheung is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a background in sports medicine, and a member of the American ringside physician's association. He is a ringside doctor for ONE championship and also the doctor for the Singapore national wrestling and jiu jitsu teams. In this podcast we cover many topics including the most recent SEA games, Alan's job as a 'fight doctor,' the Masvidal/Diaz stoppage,...

Shinya is a longtime member of the Singapore BJJ scene as a competitor, referee, and instructor. He's a BJJ black belt, and coach at Synergy BJJ MMA academy.

This is Episode 1 the Stronghold Podcast: Fight talk. In this segment i will break down all the big martial arts events and news including: ONE, the UFC, boxing, and grappling. In this episode I discuss ONE: Edge of Greatness, the controversial decision in the Ting vs Khan fight, Wilder's brutal KO of Luis Ortiz, Floyd Mayweather working with the UFC, Brown Pinas, and Ben Askren retiring. If you l...

Maher Aseeri is a life-long martial artist, BJJ Brown belt and knee-injury connoisseur. In his spare time he works as an electronics engineer at a medical startup, and helps organize those Grapple Asia tournaments that keep popping up every few months. He will occasionally referee at said tournaments, but only because someone has to...Like, Share, Subscribe, and Enjoy.

James Kwan is a PhD in chemical engineering, a professor at Nanyang Technological University, and a BJJ brown belt. Gregg Speirs is a brewmaster and brewer for Trouble brewing co. In this podcast we discuss suffering in training, the path of mastery and becoming an expert in your field, and get into a little brewing. We were drinking 7% IPAs so this one got a little sloppy by the end...enjoy

Alvin Ang is a Singaporean amateur MMA fighter, and the founder of the Singapore BJJ open. In this episode we discuss the UFC in Singapore, whether the IBJJF should update their rules, whether Angela Lee's suplex was illegal or not, and if she should be stripped of her title, and Alvin's viral facebook post about 'fake' bjj ranks...enjoy

Major Overall is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, former ONE championship fighter, and the owner and head coach of Team Highlight Reel based out of Singapore. In this episode we talk about training together, cornering each other for fights, Lethwei, unqualified instructors, and tell funny stories of us hanging out...oh and we drank about 20 beers...enjoy