Combat Chronicles

The podcast speaks for itself this week. Listen and hear me try and figure it all out in real time.

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So here it is, THE MATCH super-episode which must be clocking in at nearly four hours? Given the lengthy run-time I won't give you too much to read, other than to say that Takeru vs. Tenshin is THE fight of the year.

Thanks to all my lovely guests:

Lucas Bourdon an essential twitter follow for all things kickboxing. His youtube playlists are amazing too, find them right here but here is the fighter we spoke about in particular Demetrius Havanas

The Dogman and you can find 'A Podcast About Kickboxing' here on soundcloud or on other podcast providers. The latest episode is a SUPERB breakdown of a number of fights on the card. A must-listen in my opinion!

Baba is another must-follow on Twitter. If you enjoyed that Buakaw tangent we went on and want to know more about the legendary Thai, be sure to check out Baba's brilliant article right here

Shunsuke deserves way more followers on Twitter but if you want some badass clothing designs (and other stuff!) check out his Redbubble here and for a plethora of awesome kickboxing highlight videos check out his brilliant instagram feed here

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The early portion of the podcast is dedicated to the latest developments regarding THE MATCH which is hopefully still on course to be the biggest and most important combat sports event no just of 2022 but of any year you could care to choose. However there has been some Yakuza-associated controversy that threatens to scupper the entire event. The bulk of the podcast however is dedicated to the certified stinker of a four-belt unification in boxing between newly-minted undisputed champ Devin Haney and George Kambosos. Spoiler: Your host here is not quite as enamoured with Devin Haney as other pundits seem to be.

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ONE Championship played host to a humongous upset this past Friday, as Italian stallion Joseph Lasiri beat the belt off of Prajanchai's waist in a highly impressive performance.

And over in Indonesia, ONE PRIDE 105lb kingpin Ade Permana was knocked into unconscious....FIVE MONTHS AGO. I address the oversight and also the new champ Novan Kaunang, who coincidentally defended his title for the first time this weekend.

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Dmitry Bivol did the (almost) unthinkable by winning a unanimous decision against pound-for-pound kingpin Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, But how did he do it? And for analysts that didn't give him a chance of winning (like yours truly) what lessons can we take from his performance going forward?

A separate podcast just covering UFC 274 is also being recorded and released today, but will not be on this feed. If you're not already a patron of Combat Chronicles please consider becoming one, as it's over on www.patreon.com/combatchronicles that the MMA portion of this weeks episode will be released.

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If you are cool enough to subscribe to the Combat Chronicles Patreon then you will know that I basically called Tyson Fury's sixth round knockout of Dillian Whyte perfectly (okay, not the round itself but just how it would go in terms of ebb and flow) but that doesn't mean that the fight isn't interesting to talk about. I also talk about why Fury vs. Ngannou is a load of bollocks.

Then a look at Bellator's mouth-watering 135lb tournament and the plight of Kyoji Horiguchi as a small man in the land of (admittedly small by most standards) giants..

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Weird little episode this week, as I focus on rematches that took place that had similar narratives but vastly different outcomes. Both bouts took place outside the UFC (Bellator & RIZIN) and both featured veteran champs taking on young upstarts that wrecked them first time around. Both of the former champs had more success this time around, but only one was really able to make the necessary adjustments required to win back their title. So listen to me wax lyrical about Patricio Pitbull's unlikely-looking win over A.J McKee, and Combat Chronicles Fighter-of-the-Year for 2021 Seika Izawa's highly-impressive performance against the legendary Ayaka Hamasaki, who like Pitbull also did better second time around (to no avail, ultimately)

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Lots to talk about this week about the cage fights (but don't, worry not much from the borderline appalling undercard of UFC 273) as Aljamain Sterling pulled off the best win of his career against one of the most skilled fighters operating today--and his nemesis--Petr Yan, and Khamzat Chimaev showed once and for all he is no joke by taking a big step up in competition against Gilbert Burns. The best pound-for-pound fighter around Alexander Volkanovski also gets a mention.

Over in the boxing ring, Gennady Golovkin won a hard-fought battle with Olympic gold medalist Ryota Murata. Is Triple-G shot? Is the third fight with Canelo Alvarez at best a waste of time and at worst dangerous matchmaking? Am I just being a sad old goat? Let me know on Twitter @C0mbatChr and for more moans check out www.patreon.com/combatchronicles if you'd like to further support this stuff.

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Don't call it a comeback (no don't, really) as I was on holiday NOT hiatus, I am not going to 'do a Togashi' on you faithful listeners. We are back to regularly scheduled programming, with a look at ONE: X and Tenshin's final bout for RISE. It's a mainly kickboxing centered episode, but has some small MMA and Muay Thai discussion too (hence the 'Sorta')

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In the world of boxing, the featherweight title clash between defending champ Leigh Wood vs. renowned amateur and undefeated pro Michael Conlan was an instant classic and early contender for FotY. But why was it so great?

In the world of mixed martial arts, we had a stinker at 205, an incredible back-and-forth at 155, and a classy 145lb title eliminator. We also got to see Alex Pereira in action again. How is he progressing as he takes up MMA full time?

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**The opening sting was created by Bill Wurtz. I nicked it off YouTube, so deffo check out his stuff and get him some more advertising revenue. He deserves it.

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