Combat Chat Podcast

We are starting off 2023 with a solo episode! We talk about the exciting new classes format Muaythai NSW is going use this year, we also take a brief look at some of the promotions that are putting on shows in February across Australia and finally we go over how ONE, RWS and Fairtex fight promotions are shaping a new genre of Muaythai that is gaining traction and bringing in new viewers to the sports.

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This week Hugh and Shane are back in studio and go over the recent AUS Muaythai awards for 2022. Check them out on instagram:
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This week we got to talking with WMC international titleholder, Chadd Collins. He has a WBC world title bid on Rebellion Muay thai's next show in a few weeks against Yod I.Q PK Saenchai gym. We delve into Chadd's fighting origin story from starting at his Dad's property gym to living in Thailand under Sangtiennoi Muaythai, then shifting to Revolution gym and  to coming back to QLD to be trained by Mark Pease. We only scraped the surface of Chadd's stories about fighting legends like Pakorn, Saenchai and travelling to fight on Rise in Japan. We look forward to having him on again and dive deeper into his career.

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This week we talk to Current WBC Aus titleholder and is someone who is lined up for Rebellion 27  as the co-main WBC world title bout, Joanne "The Lioness" La. She Trains out of 8 Blades with Dom and Boy, she is also a co-founder of JS muaythai with Somsurat which trains all females and provides them a fun setting for women to train and learn the art.

We go over a host of different topics from her Muaythai Origin story, linking up with Somsurat, Training with Boy, her strength & conditioning and what drives her to fight, plus much more.

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This week Hugh is riding solo but has a guest in Joshua Day of Perth's Three Lions gym. He is a Submarine technician and he goes into managing training while doing deployments in the subs with limiting training room and resources, he also talks about his transition out of fighting and the important of mindset not only for fighting but for life.

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This week Hugh was away at nationals cornering, so we called in the big guns for co-hosting duties and brought in Ibby from PTJ muaythai fresh off him capturing the WBC aus title from Van Phan on Hardcore Promotions. We talked about his Muaythai origin story which took him from Lebanon to Sydney linking up with Andrew Parnham and the rest is history. Also we go over his mindset to fighting, S&C with Athletes Authority and recently getting a dietician onboard that has been a game changer. Then finally Recap the Hardcore fight show maincard

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This week Issac Tomlinson jumped on the podcast to talk about his upcoming bout against Cian Lougheed on Hardcore Promotions. Issac goes into how he got to training with previous guest Matt Williams and now calls gym Bones MMA home now. He also gets into being an athlete with Tourette's and how it doesn't let it negatively effect his outlook on becoming one of the best Nak Muay in Australia 

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We recap a few fights from Roots, most of the main card of Rebellion 26 and how the Siam2Sydney's Royal consulate cup planned out and the pros bouts at the end.

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This week we got to talking with Aussie Celest Hansen who is living and fighting out of Thailand in Phuket. We go over how she went from travelling showman to full time fighter in an instance, then being the first women match inside of Lumpinee and also talk about her fighting through the ONE series tournament.

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This week is all recaps and previews. We got to talking about ONE latest show which included past guest Diandra Martins taking the win over Amber Kitchen, but also had a lot of controversy with Rodtang pulling out and 9 fighters missing weight/failing hydration tests. The Cruz vs Aiulu bout on Eruption will go down as a one of the most entertaining fights in AUS muaythai history and we get to breaking down the main card of Rebellion 26 with yah boi Hugh O'Donnell fighting on this card.

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