LOTS OF FIGHTS TO TALK ABOUT TODAY! - the usual suspects Jay and Chris are back to it fresh off of a drama filled OneFC on Amazon Prime where we got to witness some UNREAL KO's. Man, what a roller coaster of emotions the 24 hours was leading up to this event! We also had a brief chat about the recent UFC event where a new Welterweight champ was crowed as well as the retirement fight of former MW champ Luke Rockhold. We also talk the Joshua/Uysk boxing world title rematch and our reaction to the emotional outburst from Joshua. Looking ahead, we get all giddy about the Superbon/Allazov world title fight and the CRAZY AWESOME match up between Tawanchai vs Petchmorakot for Petchmorakot's belt. 

Of course we drop a top3, Rapid SO's and we forget a student SHOUTOUT (sorry...)

MAN ARE WE PUMPING'M OUT! - we have another stellar podcast today! so far, this podcast was the one where we got the most messages of "no way!" and "How did you make this happen?" - We have Canada's most bad ass and dangerous love birds - MARK MCKINNON AND HOPE QUINN! let's cut to the chase I KNOW everyone wants to hear from Mark regarding his last fight and it was great (although unfortunate....) to hear it right from him and his analysis of it. But since both Hope and Mark fought on the same night I thought this was a great time to find out what it's like to be a fighting couple, on the same event with opposite results and what is the next few days/weeks like? I really enjoyed listening to what motivates Hope to fight and compete which happens to be a different motivation from Mark and how they achieve their goals as a couple in fighting as well as life. This podcast was just confirming what I already knew - Mark and Hope are great people inside and out of the ring, This chat was so easy and fluid we all agreed this could have gone on for an easy several more hours! That's how you know you are in good, proper company. Mark and Hope aren't just friends of the show, but I straight up consider them friends. SHOUT OUT TO BOTH OF YOU HOPE AND MARK!

WELCOME BACK FIGHT FANS! - After an absolute historic weekend of Muay Thai in Calgary at the WBC Youth World Games, Jay and Chris COULDN'T WAIT to get on a mic today to not just gossip about it, but we got a chance to sit and chat with Team Australia head coach and absolute Muay Thai stud - MR. KIERAN WALSH! Kieran is a world class Muay Thai coach with a stable of A class fighters who have lots of international experience including next weekend on the GIANT OneFC Amazon Prime show! this conversation hit home for both Jay and Chris as Kieran has a great way of describing life with and without Muay Thai, what it's like looking after a big successful fight team and the demanding travel schedule involved and of course, we get to hear what he thinks of Canada and the Canadian Muay Thai scene. This was the perfect way to end a weekend filled with Muay Thai, chatting with our favorite team of the weekend - TEAM AUSTRAILIA- listen to the podcast and find out why!!!

SHOUT OUT TO YOU KIERAN!

YES - it's Poddy time! and this was one of the better episodes we have done up to this point, Chris even said "favorite episode to date". We have LET'S GO Peter Arbeau in the studio (those all rhymed..) and right away, Jay wants to know about Arbeau Acres - Peter's farm, and to be honest it was the perfect way to start because it really let you into the mindset, thought process and personality behind the fighter turned farmer almost out of the blue. We get to talk about Peter stepping away from fighting and re finding the fire including his hard fought contest on the Muay Thai World Cup 5 as well as doing deep into life after fighting WHICH I FEEL MOST DON'T FIGHTERS DON'T THINK ABOUT OR DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT which is so, so important and Peter had such good insight into this! we have "known" Peter for years, but this was out 1st opportunity to sit down and have a real chat. Chris and I enjoyed talking shop with Peter and going down memory lane a bit, I can guarantee we will have him in again - SHOUT OUT TO YOU PETER!

Of course we have our student SHOUT OUT and rapid SO's as always.

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AND ANOTHER ONE! - One of the cooler perks of a fight podcast is meeting all these cool fighters AND TODAY IS NO DIFFERENT! Jay and Chris got to sit down with one of Canada's slickest fighters with the coolest in fight smile you'll ever find - DEVAL GARVEY! Deval comes from K-West in Winnipeg and now resides in Calgary training at Dunamis Kickboxing and Muay Thai as of the last 12+ months. Deval is fresh off of a strong win at the Muay Thai World Cup 5 against another stand out fighter from Calgary - Jay Davis from WTM fitness. Deval tells up a little about his up bringing in Manitoba and what led him into combat sports and the difficulties trying to be a competitive combat athlete from that province. Looking forward, Deval lets us in on his future plans to fight professionally as well as which other Canuck's he would like to test his skills against inside the ring.

It was great to finally meet the man behind the contagious smile and breakdown his style and theories on fighting on the podcast. We are fans on Deval and his team at Dunamis and we look forward to seeing what's ahead in his future! thanks for coming in Deval - SHOUT OUT TO YOU SIR!

WE GOT A WEIRD ONE FOR YA TODAY!  we had another technical issue with our equipment which means another botched podcast - I don't work for Geek Squad so these things are bound to happen here and there, except this time it wasn't human error at least. NOTE - THE PODCAST IS LOUD TILL THE 3 MIN MARK! - my apologies. so after having to come to the acceptance that I lost a banging conversation for 2 hours with my partner in crime, I  grabbed a mic and headed to my car to do the podcast solo sitting in his sweat lodge/car! I apologize for Chris not being there as he had such a great perspective being in Jake Peacock's corner, next podcast!

I hope I don't bore you talking to myself in this one haha, But here is what I can tell you - I without a doubt have one of the more unique seats in the house where I get to see and hear everything right up against the ropes, getting sprayed with sweat and blood, seeing the intensity of the corners work, talking to the fighters right after war and even having the fighters walk straight towards me down the runway so I get a good long look at body language. So let me tell you about the MUAY THAI WORLD CUP from THAT perspective from main event down. in short - IT WAS ABSOLUTE FIRE!

Sorry Chris...

Welcome back fight fans! it's awesome to have Chris back in the studio today! Jay has had fun rubbing elbows with some top notch fighters and coaches but nothing feels quite same as a Chris and Jay nerding out about fights podcast. We cover a ton of upcoming matchups as the combat world has been just a lil quiet as of late -  including the Muay Thai World Cup mega show happening July 23rd in Calgary. We also go over the newly announced second round of the Lightweight GP in OneFC as well as the Nong-O/Harrison world title fight. We do re cap the most recent UFC to send off international fight week with Israel Adesanya and Alex Vokanovski defending their titles as well as few fun math ups in the mix. We also get to touch on some boxing and discuss some big fights in the sweet science including the AJ/Usyk rematch, Canelo vs GGG and the always popular Ryan Garcia.

As always, we do our top3, student SHOUT OUT and our rapid SO's

YES! Welcome back to podcast - In studio today we have Muay Thai World Cup CEO, multi time world champion and friend of the show Mr. Kieran Keddle! We are closing in on the Muay Thai World Cup July 23rd in Calgary, AB so we got to talk about some of the amazing matches announced so far and how they came about AS WELL AS A MATCH UP EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCED. We also talk about the WBC Youth World Championships coming to Calgary August 16-18, this will be a 2 day muay thai extravaganza!! CAN'T WAIT! and the cluster headaches changing dates and venues brings. We also get a little behind the scenes and talk some politics in our sport of Muay Thai in Canada and what Coach K thinks needs to happen to see Muay Thai succeed and flourish in Canada as a whole. 

It is always awesome having Kieran in to talk fight sports, we get to ask questions and learn something new every podcast he's on. We have some BIG events right around the corner that Kieran is bringing to the city AND the country to help build and put Calgary and Canada on the fight map, SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU KIERAN!  

JAY IS ON THE ROAD FOR THIS ONE, heading up to Sherwood Park, Alberta I got to sit and chat with long time teammates and ABSOLUTE fighting machines!  - Tim "Lo Life" Lo and Derek "Honey badger" Jolivette. Just listening to these 2 men together you can tell they have spent years DAILY together training! Tim gives is his breakdown of the fight in China, head kicking people all over the world (Tim killed a guy!) to what had him seek out Derek as a training partner. Derek brings the fire with his criticism of the eastern vs western scene in muay thai, of course his awesome stories that go with his fights including the most recent fights from both men on the Muay Thai World Cup -  and for me personally, with the conclusion of the famous IMFA World Championship tournament recently in Abu Dhabi, I wanted to get in depth with these 2 as they both have a wealth of IFMA experience so I ask them what it takes to be successful at such an event.

These 2 cats were a real treat to have on the Podcast and always have an invite back on - SHOUT OUT TO YOU TWO CHAPS!   

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