Combat Chat Podcast

Bryan Popejoy owner of Boxing Works in California jumps on the podcast again to talk about his stellar new instructional on Warrior Collective (link below) . He explains why he chose these systems to put out there and how it shaped fighters like Janet Todd and Jackie Buntan. We also dive into answering questions covering prepping for opponents you've only seen on video, Career paths for coaches, talking purse sizes and money with fighters and finally we make Bryan chose between the Misfits and Minor threat.

Bryan's Developing Fight IQ instructional:
https://www.warriorcollective.co.uk/project/bryan-popejoy/

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This Episode we have New Zealand expat Matt Williams. Matt owns Bones MMA in Torquay in Victoria, he talks about how the NZ muaythai/kickboxing thriving scene in the 90s and early 2000s influenced him to take up MMA and when he moved to Australia he found a mentor in Andrew Colgrave (the Ring gym)  that really ignited his passion for Muaythai culture. Matt has a funny story on how Sy got him his first commentating gig and now is a staple of the Rebellion/Roots broadcast team. He also touches on how his gym balances having Muaythai and MMA fighters under the same roof and how he manages coaching them. 


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Benji and Nakia are the owners of Double Dose Muaythai Australia and the promoters of Muaythai League. They talk about how their start in Muaythai began in America, Nakia tells of her time as an amateur photography and being present for Saenchai vs Kevin ross and watch fighters like Miriam Nakamoto and Juila Kitchen. When they got back to Australia and settling in, Benji tells of his journey from doing PTs in the garage  to eventually running a gym, which eventually leads into the wrights linking up with notable Aussie fighters Torin O'brien and Billy Coulter. At the end they talk about how Muaythai League came about and the exciting all female card they have booked in for this year!

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Kieran Walsh is the owner of Muay U, located in the small city of Canberra , he has amassed one of the most respected team of Muay thai fighters in Australia, with a roster that includes Diandra Martins, Josh Tonna, David Pennimpede, Max Mcvickers and Devina Martins to name just a few. We review his team's performance in 2021 and also talk about the what next for them in 2022 which includes fights on One Championship, a trip to UK for Andy Howson's show and getting crack on Fairtex's new promotion in the new Lumpinee stadium. 

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We breakdown the all day action that was Siam 2 Sydney. There was  junior sparring matches, Development day, Amateurs and a Great Pro card which yielded amazing moments  that will be not forgotten. 

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We got together after a few weeks off to talk everything Rebellion Muaythai and Hugh's amazing battle with Cory Dean. It was a great event, you can catch the fights being uploaded to their youtube now.  Shout to William Luu for gift us his beautiful book, check below for the link for purchase.

W.L fight photography:
http://www.williamluu.com.au/photobook
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Its Rebellion's 10th anniversary show coming up and it is looking to be a stellar card featuring yah boi Hugh vs Cory Dean. We also cover Rebellion's feeder show: Roots headliner Indigo Boyd vs Nathan Jones jnr. Then we finish off by covering the main card for Siam 2 Sydney's Festival style Muaythai day. The fights we cover are below:

Rebellion: https://www.instagram.com/rebellion_muaythai/
Hugh O'donnell vs Cory Dean, Devina martins vs Somsurat Rangkla, Carter lawrence vs Deren chen, Joanna La vs Marina Verissimo, Tim Nguyen vs Paul Rogers, Mart RungPhet vs Van Phan, Gen Hongthonlek vs Ibrahim Abou Saleh and Indigo Boyd vs Nathan Jones Jnr

Siam 2 Sydney: https://www.instagram.com/siam2sydney/
Dala Thongsamouth vs Tracey Allesina, Reece Castledine vs Daniel talker, Oliver Hale vs Luke Taylor, Tuck SPC vs Michael Zalenski, Petch MTT vs Kai Weate-Jones, Kin Dongwhan vs Cruz Briggs and Yolanda Schmidt vs Diandra Martins.

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We go about dissecting a few fights this week starting off with Liam Nolan vs Yossef Boughanem of the WBC Muaythai world title, this branches off into how a fight of this calibre had no proper livestream and camera work to capture it other than a videophone in the corner (check below for link). We then get into One Championship event: Next Gen II with Victor pinto vs Han Zi Hao, Jo Nattawut vs Yurik Davtyan and the main event of Saemapetch vs Rittewada.

Nolan vs Boughanem from Fight record:
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We got a question in from the guys at Feud fight gear to talk about what is Ring rust and if it's a real thing?  have a listen and if you have your own experiences or difference point of view on the topic get to us in the comment section or DM our instagram (link below). We also review WBC Australian title fight between Tonkin vs Webb and Late notice bout of Honey vs Sayer and delve into Collins vs Rhys Lightning which opens a can of worms on QLD fight sanctioning. 

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This week we take time to acknowledge the views and comments from the last video and welcome all the new people to the channel. Then we turn to addressing if fans busting Superbon's balls over his post fight reaction was is really anything worth noting. We also cover news from events in Thailand, UK and a cracking Australian WBC title fight against Jayy "The Dingo" Tonkin vs Matt "The chocolate man" Webb happening next week.
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