Nathias Frederick, from Birmingham in the UK is Cage Warriors' Middleweight Champion. 

Here he talks about his mixed martial arts saved him from a frustrating childhood when autism and a stutter made conventional education and career pathways near to impossible for him. 

Follow Nathias - @NathiasMMA.

Reflections with national journalist and author Tom McDermott on England's progression to the last 16 of Euro 2020 and the tournament as a whole.

Little riff on some themes of Euro 2020 so far - has the joy of being allowed into stadiums dimmed football's tribalism problem and did we mistake profile for quality in the build-up to England v Scotland. 

Few immediate reflections on England's 1-0 win over Croatia at Euro 2020.

Plus Wales 1-1 draw with Switzerland. 

Ross Mitchell has decades of experience as a PT and is a tutor and mentor of other PTs.

Ross also a has a background in combat sports, MMA and boxing.

Above all else, he is a very well-read human being!

Tris is the former editor of Boxing News magazine, a boxing journalist, author and the producer and host of Boxing Life Stories podcast. 

In this edition of the podcast we discuss Tris' new book - Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing. https://www.waterstones.com/book/damage/tris-dixon/9781949590210

Former UFC fighter and current MMA coach, Mark Weir reflects on the mastery of the new UFC Champ, Charles Oliveira, how to decide when is the right time to retire (in the context of Tony Ferguson's third straight loss) and the prudence of Conor McGregor separating from his children in the build-up to his trilogy match v Dustin Poirier. 

 Don McRae has written a number of sports books, including the seminal Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing. 

Don also writes sports features for The Guardian newspaper in the UK.

Here we talk about the conflict we feel covering such an inspiring but brutal sport, his recent experiences of a long interview with Sir Alex Ferguson and his childhood as a white boy in South Africa in the 1960s, growing up amid apartheid.

Chris Hussey is a professional footballer for Cheltenham Town FC, formerly of Coventry City and Sheffield United (among other clubs).

Chris scored the goal to seal Cheltenham's promotion to League 1 last month.

Chris has also set up a company and app to help shoppers support their local businesses in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire - https://www.localandloyal.co.uk/