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Combat Chat PodcastCapitan Retires, Muay Thai Super Series Recap, Hardcore 8-Woman Eliminator and moreAfter a huge weekend of of fights, there's a lot to get through this week:Round 1 (00:01:17) - An update following Hugh's fight against Victor Teixeira and what's nextRound 2 (00:05:16) - Your questions answered, including why is it so hard to maintain an Australian Muay Thai Ranking system and some of my favourite tournaments of all time. Round 3 (00:22:23) - RWS Recap, Nuenglanlek makes his presence felt at Welterweight, Capitan retires. Round 4 (00:26:53) - Muay Thai Super Series debut event, a new world champion is crowned, some controversial decisions and does WA's amateur system ne...
2024-10-1450 min
Combat Chat PodcastCatching up with Sammy Cass, Head Striking Coach at Southside MMA ThailandA special episode this week, Sam Cassidy stops by to catch up. Sammy has been a guest on the show before (catch up here https://tinyurl.com/8vkevbpp), since then he's taken on the role of head striking coach at Southside MMA where he's added MMA Striking to his coaching repertoire and worked with athletes from the UFC, PFL, ONE Championship and more.Hugh and Sammy chat about what's happened since the last episode, how Sammy used his background in Muay Thai to develop his MMA Striking system, his ambitions as a coach, the opportunity t...
2024-09-2944 min
Combat Chat PodcastRODLEK VS ALBERT TUUA SCORING CONTROVERSY, SUPERBON VS JO NATTAWUT, HISTORY MADE AT CHANNEL 7 + MOREA little bit of everything this week from scoring controversies to world-firsts in Thailand. Round 1 - Hugh Recaps the results from Saturday night's Muay Thai League event and why MTL is an emerging powerhouse promotion. Round 2 - After an action packed event, some controversies and talking points remain about judges decisions. Round 3 - Khunsueklek is back! After an upset of the year KO in Japan, Khunsueklek has settled the score with Ryuki Matsuda and regained his Rajadamnern Stadium Bantamweight title.Round 4 - For the first time ever, a foreign fighter had cla...
2024-09-2648 min
Combat Chat PodcastFUTURE OF MUAY THAI - 3 OR 5 ROUNDS? SANGMANEE IS BACK, ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE MOVE AND MORE.After a busy weekend of fights including one from your host, we are back in the studio to tackle this week's big topics over 5 action packed rounds. - ROUND 1: Breaking down Hugh's on again, off again short notice fight, and why it pays to stay ready while training in Thailand. - ROUND 2: Your questions answered, including a discussion on what UFC at the Sphere could mean for the wider world of Combat Sports. - ROUND 3: RWS Recap, Super Lightweight Group Stage. Dam Parunchai shines again, Sangmanee back in form?- ROUND 4: Lum...
2024-09-1743 min
Combat Chat PodcastTHE RETURN - I MOVED TO THAILAND! Catching up on what's been happening and what's to comeIt's been a minute! Welcome to the new and improved Combat Chat Podcast. While we've been away, Hugh moved to live and train full time in Thailand and has been fighting regularly, as well as commentating for WLF and RWS. From here on out we're back better than ever, with a brand new format. For the first show back, a quick catch up on Thailand so far and a preview of what's in the works. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and get involved in the conversation on our socials.
2024-08-2719 min
History IrelandIníon Dubh and Red Hugh O’Donnell(Recorded at Maggie’s Tavern, St Johnston, Co. Donegal, on Saturday 28 October ’23)
Join History Ireland editor, Tommy Graham, to mark the 421st anniversary of the passing of Red Hugh O’Donnell, the ‘Fighting Prince of Donegal’. But no discussion of Red Hugh would be complete without consideration of the real ‘mover and shaker’ in these events, the power behind the throne, his mother Iníon Dubh—with Billy Kelly, Matthew McGinty, Tomás Ó Brógáin and Éamonn Ó Ciardha.
This Hedge School is supported by the Red Hugh O’Donnell Society and Donegal County Council.
2023-11-031h 10
Real Influence w/ Joey Vaillancourt09: The Secrets To Scaling TikTok Content Creator Ads: From $1M to $20M Monthly Revenue With Hugh O'DonnellHas TikTok emerged as a new platform for monetization for content creators in an era where the retail industry is being radically transformed by digital landscapes? We are joined by Hugh O'Donnell, a visionary in the realm of business growth and e-commerce brand building. As a co-founder at Creative Converters, Hugh has navigated the treacherous waters of scaling TikTok content creator ads. His strategic vision and creative approach have led to scaling TikTok content creator ads from $1M to a staggering $20M monthly revenue. Hugh desires to change how brands use Ti...
2023-10-2346 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 232 - Sy Nadji talks about world titles and 8-man tourneysThis week Hugh talks repeat guest, Sy Nadji of Rebellion Muay thai. They go over some of Rebellions historical moments, why Sy steered away from having titles on his show for a long title until changing that very recently and also the 70kg 8-man tournament he has in store for his next show that includes everyone's favourite ginger...wait, sorry it's not Nathan jones, it's Hugh.Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the s...
2023-06-211h 31
Combat Chat PodcastEp 231 - Questions from InstagramThis week we got a bunch of questions from instagram and answered as many with could within the hour. loads of great stuff was covered from the Aus amateur scene compared to internationally, best gyums in NSW to what is Hugh's actual day job. plus loads more, if you have any questions we also would love to hear them and answer them on the podcast or Instagram liveFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastS...
2023-06-171h 11
Combat Chat PodcastEp 227 - Josh McCulloch of Chaffey's Martial artsThis week Hugh dials in Josh McCulloch for guest duties. He talks about how a School lab accident almost stopped him from ever getting the ring and start his fight career, training in Tamworth where combat sports isn't a big sector and grow under the tutelage of Scott of Chaffey's Martial arts. Also we get the first news drop of who his opponent will be for 1774 Muaythai series for the Aus WBC title. Plus more!Follow Josh and Chaffey's here:https://www.instagram.com/joshrambo1/https://www.instagram.com/chaffeys_martial_arts/Follow...
2023-04-0448 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 225 - Salt Fight series & 1774 recap with Matt WilliamsSalt fight series is a new MMA promotion in Torquay, Regional Victoria run by Matt and his partner (business) WIll Sheils. They are providing a family friendly event for amateurs and pro mma athletes to jump and get to not only experience a promotion that cares for the fighters but also in enjoy the beautiful area of Torquay. We also cover the fights of 1774 which Matt commentated, Shane cornered on and Hugh fought in.Follow 1774, Salt and Bones here:https://www.instagram.com/1774_muaythai_series/https://www.instagram.com/saltfightseries/https://www.instagram.com...
2023-03-0752 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 224 - All things green and gold, Previews and RecapsThis week we connect with Hugh and Shane over the interwebs to talk shop about the fantastic all female card on the recent Muay Thai League promotion crowning two new WBC Aus champions in Devina Martin and Zoe Putorak. Also we go over recent guest Cruz Briggs about his Nai Khanom Tom challenger title win over Alexi Petroulias and another guest in Issac Tomlinson getting his 3rd WBS state title strap. Lastly we cover the top end action on 1774 card head lined by David Pennimpede gunning for the WBC international against the formidable Beckham Big win Champions Gym.
2023-02-2058 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 218 - AUS Muaythai AwardsThis week Hugh and Shane are back in studio and go over the recent AUS Muaythai awards for 2022. Check them out on instagram:https://www.instagram.com/aus.muaythai/Support the show
2022-12-241h 02
Combat Chat PodcastEp 214 - Joshua Day of Three lions GymThis 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.Follow Josh and Three lions here here:https://www.instagram.com/staytogethertraintogether/https://www.instagram.com/threelionsgym/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com...
2022-10-181h 16
Combat Chat PodcastEp 213 - WBC Aus champ Ibrahim Abou Saleh + Hardcore promotions recapThis 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 maincardphotos...
2022-10-091h 02
Combat Chat PodcastEp 209 - Recaps of Cruz v Aiulu, Diandra on ONE and Preview of Rebellions/Roots upcoming show✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shippingThis 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 ca...
2022-08-2844 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 208 - Eruption 21 card previewThis week Hugh got to recording a mini episode covering the upcoming Eruption 21 card featuring out previous guest James "sweet as" Honey vs the formable Cedar from 5 stars Phuket.follow Eruption on:https://www.instagram.com/eruptionmuaythai/https://www.instagram.com/warontheshoremuaythai/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA...#muaythai #podcast #sport #mma #muaythaitraining #mmatraining #mmafighter #martialarts #combatsportsSupport the show
2022-08-1832 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 206 - Sam Cassidy coach from Powerhouse Phuket and founder of Muay Thai Life Clothing brandThis week Sam cassidy joins Hugh over the internet to talk about how Muay thai took him away from a pro golfing and Rugby career by starting off at a weight loss camp in Thailand that lead to a fight on the famous BBQ bash at Tiger Muay thai. Sam is now a trainer at Powerhouse Phuket which is starting to make waves in the Thai stadium circuits and also started a clothing brand, Muay thai Life. 80% of those proceeds goes to Wor. Watthana which is a gym that helps children in need through Muaythai.Follow Sam...
2022-08-011h 06
Combat Chat PodcastEp 204 - Reviews of Siam2Sydney, MTGP Aus, Destiny and War on the Shore✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping #ad This episode was just catching up an all the action in Australia these past couple weeks. We got into Siam2Sydney 21 and how did Shane's team of fighters when on it, then we covered George Mann's demolition of Benetar on MGTP in Perth, we hop over to QLD for Jake Lund's stoppage of Cody Jamieson and finally we went over Hugh's fight against Brayden Johnston where he got the W and also looking at Jame Honey's break out over performance against Brown Pinas. pict...
2022-07-101h 16
Combat Chat PodcastEp 203 - Q&A: What was the golden era of Muaythai, When is a good age to retire and much more.✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping #adThis week while Hugh is away fighting, we luckily enough had time to beforehand to answer some questions that had been piling up. We talk about our favourite past era and modern era fighters, when should a fighter take on 5 round fights, Favourite Aussie fighter and what did they do for the sport, What was the golden era of Muay Thai and many more. Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com...
2022-07-0241 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 200 - Rebellion Review and a trip down memory as we hit our 200th episodeWe review Rebellion's last card which was a smash hit. Hugh talks about his absolute banger against Tim Nguyen which he received the prestige Jordan Coe award, Carter Lawerences crazy elbow KO, the return to the ring of Spring Sia and Ramesh Habib, plus more. We also look back at the podcast's humble beginnings, where is now and gaze into the future of where we might take it next. Let us say thank you for listening in since 2017 and we look forward to your continuing support as we try to expand and bring in the Muaythai family closer together.
2022-06-051h 16
Combat Chat PodcastEp 199 - ONE controversy and Rebellion/Roots PreviewWe get together to breakdown the action in the ONE card from the stellar Quarter final matches of flyweight Muaythai WGP, The Cinderella story of Joseph Lasiri and The scoring of Petchmorakot vs Jimmy Vienot.We also cover the Rebellion Card with yah boi Hugh vs Tim Nguyen, the return of Spring Sia and Chris Nguyen to the ring, plus the Roots 8 man tournament.Picture by W.L fight photography:http://www.williamluu.com.au/photobookhttp://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotographyRebellion Muaythai:https://www.youtube.com/c/RebellionMuayThai/videos
2022-05-241h 25
Combat Chat PodcastEp 194 - Siam2Sydney & Hardcore Promotions event reviews, plus answering questions from listenersWe talk through Hugh's WMC title fight with Jamkie Alleyne on Siam2Sydney, Shane breaks down Kai's performance and also talk about the controversial main event of Ibby vs Tuck. We go through Victoria's Hardcore promotions Muaythai fights including Yodthongchai vs Carter and how the NSW team faired on it. Then finally we get to some Questions sent in that cover building grass roots for our sport, how to progress your fighting career for up and comers and much more!photo by: Victort Photography https://www.instagram.com/victort.photography/follow Siam2Sydney and H...
2022-03-281h 22
Combat Chat PodcastEp 193 - Siam2Sydney 20 card preview and much more!The boys are finally back together behind the mics, just in time to preview Siam2Sydney's card for this coming weekend. Yah Boi, Hugh is one of the headline bouts with a rematch for the WMC state title against the talented Jamie Alleyne, Also we go over Ibby vs Tuck for the stadium belt and breakdown a few more from the main card. We get into the old boys Saeksan and Sangnamee getting up over the weekend after both were riding a long losing streak and Shane goes over his boys boxing fights fro Saturday and he's general thoughts...
2022-03-151h 20
Combat Chat PodcastEp 183 - Rebellion Muaythai 10 year anniversary show ReviewWe 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/photobookhttp://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotographyRebellion Muaythai:https://www.youtube.com/c/RebellionMuayThai/videoshttp://www.instagram.com/rebellion_muaythaiFollow us on:https://www.i...
2021-12-1357 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 182 - Previews of Rebellion Muaythai and Siam 2 Sydney MuaythaiIts 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...
2021-11-2057 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 163 - Recap of 1774 Muaythai and Breakdown of MGTP: Mann vs Bubb Pro cardWe talk about Hugh's victory on 1774 Muaythai's 2nd show and also recap the pro fights from that card. In the second half of the podcast we breakdown the fights lined up on MTGP upcoming event, we go over George Mann vs Charlie Bubb, Tyler Hardcastle vs Lukas Sayers and Singpayak vs Max McVickers.*photo for thumbnail by William Luu*Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show
2021-05-3059 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 155 - Recaps of MTGP Australia and Prince Promotions cardsThe boys this week recap some of the fights on Muay Thai Grand Prix Australia's last fight show including the cracker main event for the WBC international title with George Mann vs David Pennimpede. Also they recap Hugh's experience going to watch Prince Promotions epic 8 man Tournament which ended up with Charlie Bubb taking home the $20K prize. Support the show
2021-03-2056 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 152 - Breakdowns of 1774 Muaythai card and Prince promotions 8 man tournament, plus moreFirst time in a while the boys have no guest, they breakdown down a few local cards coming up, starting with new NSW WBC promotion 1774 doing their maiden show with Yah boy Hugh is going to fight Jesse March, also talk about the 2 State title as well. One of the biggest prize pools for an Aussie combat sports tournament of recent memory is coming up in March, Prince promotions is running an 78kg 8 man K1 tournament with names like Charlie Bubb, Jayden Eynaud, Michael Badato and Cody Jameson, just to name a few. Also we touch on some reopening a...
2021-02-081h 27Combat Chat PodcastEp 150 - George Mann of Riddler's Gym talks about upcoming WBC international title fightGeorge Mann is a Scottish born, Australian based Muay Thai fighter who after a lengthy career across the UK & Thailand fighting at Junior Middleweight recently stepped all the way up to Super Middleweight and immediately claimed the #4 spot in the WBC Muay Thai rankings. Hugh sits down with George to talk about his career so far and announce his next exciting challenge - taking on perennial contender David Pennimpede (world #6) for the WBC International Super-Middleweight title, February 27th in Perth. Follow George on instagram @georgemann1Follow George and Riddler's gym:https://www.instagram.com/georgemann1/
2021-01-291h 30Combat Chat PodcastEp 140 - Recaps of MTGP in Perth. ONE: Reign of Dynasties II and much moreThis episode the combat crew split this one up into two parts. First part they are all together talking about the fights on ONE's Reign of Dynasties II and on part two yah boi Hugh talks about all the exciting fights on MTGP headlined by George Mann vs Chris Watts. Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show
2020-10-251h 23
Combat Chat PodcastEp 132 - Recapping ONE tourney and Rant on getting fight shows back on the cards.This episode the Combat crew finally have a chance to recap the ONE Muaythai tourney that consisted of Saempetch, Rodlek, Kulabdam and Sangmanee. Also how Wondergirl and Yodkaikaw Fairtex are great to watch. They then go on a rant about how nothing has been done by NSW government or at least them consulting the combat sports industry on a pathway of getting fight shows back on the card, while all other sports are pretty much on the cards now. There is pretty more on deck with this episode as well.Check us out on:Instagram: https...
2020-09-051h 15
BrainTainment PodcastHugh van Coylenburg - The Resilience Project (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulless)This episode with Hugh is a beauty!!If you’re not already familiar with this guy, as a basic snapshot: Hugh authored the brilliant book The Resilience Project and travels around Australia with an incredible program introducing to schools (as well as sporting clubs and other organisations) some important messages around Mental Health & how to be more resilient through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness.We unpack each of these 3 pillars, what they mean, how to practice them and why they are the key ingredients to a happy life.Hugh has a great story and he's clearly super passionate about this message. He...
2020-08-3143 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 131 - Talking with "The Smiling Assassin" Charlie Bubb about combat sport conquest and Quandamooka cupThis episode the combat crew catch up with WBC Muaythai's top 3 light heavyweight in the world, Charlie "The smiling Assassin" Bubb of Razor Muaythai in NSW. We talk to him about his first Muaythai experience being a ring setup in a motorbike shops carpark to now being world ranked beating most of Australia's best across multiple weight classes. On the subject of weight, Charlie give us his thoughts why he has gone up in weight the last few years and still has a great work rate. He also talks about a great initiative he is an ambassador for: The...
2020-08-3051 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 130 - Talking with former Olympian Matt D'Aquino about Judo and JitsThis episode the Combat crew get to talking to former 2008 Beijing Olympian and owner of Beyond Grappling Club in Canberra and master Judoka Matt D'Aquino. His outlines a few fun stories from his time going into the 2008 Beijing games and just missing the 2012 London Games to now getting back into competing just for the sheer love of the grind of a tough match. Matt is also an author you can find his Book Hard Fought Lessons: by an Olympic Judoka on Amazon and also he has tons of great instructions of using Judo for Jiu-jitsu purposes you can find...
2020-08-221h 04Combat Chat PodcastEp 129 - Recap of No Surrender 2, The eye pokes and ankle snaps of UFC 252 and a preview of No Surender 3This episode is split into two sections as the guys cannot get together on the weekend, so we have Shane and Trent looking back on the MMA action of ONE: No Surender 2 and UFC 252 Miocic vs Cormier 3. Then we have Hugh dissect the muaythai action that was on No surrender 2 and looking at the stacked card of the amazing namely ONE card: No Surrender 3Support the show
2020-08-191h 27Combat Chat PodcastEP 128 - Scoring Yod vs Petchmorakot, Recap of ONE's surrender card, review of Jiu-jitsu event WNO and what's more important winning or being entertaining?This episode the combat crew recap of ONE's first event since Covid hit, No Surrender in Bangkok. It eventually turns into a scoring and perception discussion on the Yodsanklai vs Petchmorakot fight and how good is Rodtang in the ONE format. they also go over Garry Tonon's and Vagner Rocha's performances in WNO and that evolves into a look into what is more important winning or be entertaining.Support the show
2020-08-091h 49Combat Chat PodcastEp 127 - The return of ONE super series and Jiu-Jitsu Overtime reviewThis episode the combat crew breaks down ONE's first card since global lockdown, headed by Rotang vs Petchdam and Petchmorakot vs Yodsanklai it looks to be a stacked card but not overly long. The boys also look at Eddie Bravo's new event, Jiu-Jitsu Overtime. Which is takes the same idea of the overtime section of EBI and made it into a tournament. Finally they look into the old boys Mike and Roy jones signing to fight each other in an exhibition bout and some of the action in the last few UFCs.Support the show
2020-07-261h 27Combat Chat PodcastEp 126 - Talking with Zoe Putorak IFMA Gold Medalist and WMC Aus ChampThis Episode the fellas have Zoe Putorak of Phoenix gym in Canberra on the podcast to talk to her starting Muaythai at a young age to become a mutliple WMC national champ and a Gold Medalist at the IFMA games in 2019. They also talk to Zoe about her helping mentor some of the newer fighters on the Phoenix team coming up and how teammates have to keep each other accountable if you want to be the best and how she has spend her time in lockdown but is now back into training.Support the show
2020-07-1952 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 125 - Fight shows in Australia? Also UFC signing on Venum and Updates on GloryThis episode the Combat Chat crew go over updates on some fight shows going forward in Australia and others that look in dire straits. Glory's situation clarified by Kickboxing insider K1 Anoop, also they go in UFC's fight island matches and the new clothing line deal made public for 2021 with fight brand Venum.Support the show
2020-07-131h 11Combat Chat PodcastEp 124 - Is Glory Kickboxing done?The Combat Chat crew look at Glory's recent action of filing for bankruptcy and breakdown when they first came about, their constant push to break into the American market and a few speculations why Glory couldn't grow a it's fanbase despite having a solid roster of fighters. They also look at a few big promoters recently exit using Rajadamnern to host their shows and UFC 251 fight island losing one of it's main event with Gilbert Burns testing positive for Covid. Support the show
2020-07-051h 14Combat Chat PodcastEp 123 -Talking with Elliot Compton the Dragon of Australian MuaythaiThis episode the fellas have a chat to Elliot "the Dragon" Compton and talk about his life in martial arts, from starting at 4 yr olds training (and still training) under his father, to fighting in Thailand, to caged Muaythai champion in Australia and now the first Aussie to sign and register a win in ONE championship. We also talk about how he is now doing motivational speaking for troubled youths using his own background of losing his direction in his younger days and then using combat sports to better his life for the better.Support the show
2020-06-191h 41Combat Chat PodcastEp 122 - Talking with the Novacastrian Combat sports master, Rod StaaderThis episode the fellas had a chat with owner of Nova Martial arts in Newcastle Rod Staader. Rod has pretty much done it all, competing in Muaythai, Boxing, MMA and Submission grappling and has produced a stellar team of fighters with guys like Matt Sullivan, Nathan Jones and Niam Stephens to name a few. They talk about coaching philosophies for Muay thai and MMA, How Rod when from competing in Muaythai to Fighting in MMA and also his team's regular appearances at the WMO muaythai games representing Australia.Support the show
2020-06-111h 00Combat Chat PodcastEp 121 - Some fantasy match making for ONE's 70kg super series and UFC Welterweight divisionThis episode the fellas recapped UFC's Woodley vs Burns and then went into some fantasy match making for the Welterweight division. Also they looked at ONE's recent signings for their 70kg super series Muaythai and Kickboxing stables and shared how epic this division is and the match ups that can be made within it.Support the show
2020-06-011h 13Combat Chat PodcastEp 120 - When should a fight be stopped in MMA? Recaps Ferguson vs Gaethje, Cruz vs Cejudo and Teixeira vs SmithThis episode the fella recap and breakdown the action of a some of the brutal offerings the UFC has given us as the first live sport during COVID. They breakdown down Justin Gaethje putting a stop to Tony Ferguson's 12 fight win streak and set himself up as number 1 contender to Khabib. Henry Cejudo being the first man to stop Dominic Cruz and Cruz being extra salty about the ref's stoppage. Lastly, they look at Glover Teixeira's prolonged beating of Anthony smith and use all three fights to look at when should fights be stopped in MMA.Support t...
2020-05-181h 27Combat Chat PodcastEp 119 - Talking WBC Muaythai and training priorities with Kieran WalshThis episode the fellas talk to Canberra's Muay U gym's owner, Kieran Walsh. They touched on many topics, like: Kieran starting up his own gym after his competitive fight days were over from a debilitating condition in his wrists, WBC's back story of getting involved in Muaythai, is strength and conditioning prioritised to highly over technical training, getting a to live long time dream of going to Japan for fighting through one of his students and having fighters on the big stage of ONE championship.Support the show
2020-05-091h 26Combat Chat PodcastEp 118 - Talking about Muaythai and broken bones with Torin O'BrienThis episode the fellas have on Rockhampton's Snake Pit Gym's owner Torin "The Taipan" O'Brien. Torin hasn't had the most conventional fight career so far fromafter a few fight he rented out a space to train himself with no coach and go on fight shows to still taking up fights with top ranked opponents under circumstances that most people could not handle as well as he did, he has gathered a few of the most insane stories we ever hear in the combat sports community. All his stories though have the message of his love of Muaythai and how i...
2020-05-031h 14Combat Chat PodcastEp 117 - What Experience you need to be a coach?This episode the fellas discuss the question asked by one of their listeners, Jake Davis. The question was "What do you think about guys with a couple of fights teaching others to fight?" The guys talked about the question is a few different ways taking things into consideration like is competitive exp really that important, the person's training age, their base knowledge of knowing how to teach in different ways and the types of people you'll come across to training in a gym. It's a good listen for those aspiring to be a coach one day.Support...
2020-04-281h 09Combat Chat PodcastEp 116 - Our journeys in martial arts and how it shaped out training philosophiesThis episode the fellas delve into their individual backgrounds in martial arts, their experiences in competing and how it shaped them into the coaches they are todaySupport the show
2020-04-201h 38Combat Chat PodcastEp 115 - How do past era fighters stack up in present day? We look at Pernell Whitaker, GSP and DieselnoiThis episode the fellas pick a fighter each that they think in their primes would still be competitive amongst the elites of today's combat sports. We dive into the styles and careers or Pernell Whitaker, Georges St Pierre and Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn.Support the show
2020-04-131h 01Combat Chat PodcastEp 114 - Training while in Isolation and keeping your mental health in check, plus crazy KOs we like and MMA just being MMA as usual.This episode the fellas call in remotely and talk about how to do some sort of training since gyms and parks are closed, also how it is good to time work on your mentality of approaching life balance and they go in on Dana white trying to save Ferguson vs Khabib for a 5th time.Support the show
2020-04-0550 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 113 - Talking Muaythai with Bryan PopejoyThis episode the fellas get a call in from Boxing works owner in California and the US national team's head Muaythai coach Bryan Popejoy. They talk about his background from fighter to coach, how he evolved his coaching style and his love of Golden era Muaythai.Support the show
2020-03-291h 02Combat Chat PodcastEp 112 - Impacts of COVID 19 to combat sports and time to support your gymThis episode the fellas are not in self isolation yet, but test the waters out on podcasting remotely this week. They talk about the shut down of Combat sports in NSW and the effects all over Australia from the toilet paper shortages to gyms feeling the brunt of members cancelling. We do ask in this time of need that if you are financially able to keep your gym going by paying memberships even at an reduced rate it will greaten the chance of your gym still being around once this pandemic is over. Also note we are not medical...
2020-03-2254 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 111 - Combat sport Photography with Willian LuuThis episode the fellas had the pleasure of having the talented William Luu of W.L fight photography call in to the show. We talk about his love of combat sports and how he got into Photography by self teaching and going to amateur events for free and worked his way up to the biggest promotions in Australian like Rebellion, Siam2Sydney, Rogue, Powerplay, BOA, UFC and carved himself a career out of it. Also we go into the dos and don'ts when contacting a photographer about get your fight photos check out his work in Instagram a...
2020-03-1254 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 110 - Recaps of Roots, Futures and Rogue Muaythai. IBJJF bans Globe trotters and Adesanya vs Romero brekdownThis episode the fellas do some quick recaps of all the Australian Muaythai that went down over the weekend, Roots (VIC), Futures (WA) and Rogue (QLD). They talk about IBJJF banning BJJ globetrotters from their competitions and why IBJJF sucks. Also they breakdown UFC's Adesanya vs Romero and recap Figuroea vs Benavidez.Support the show
2020-03-061h 03Combat Chat PodcastEp 109 - Muaythai & BJJ in Mexico with Carl ThiedekeThis episode the fellas call in Carl Thiedeke from Mexico. Carl is an Australian who has a long history in Muaythai and used to train and fight out of PTJ Muaythai gym owned by Andy Parnham. Now he is based in Mexico where he is heavily involved with creating positive change with Muaythai in Mexico and showing a lot local of gyms how to train the sport properly and help officiate promotions there. He also found a very healthy Jiu Jitsu scene and fell love with the sport and is actively competing and training.Support the show
2020-03-0254 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 105 - Jiujitsu team fitess test, Hugh's Thailand trip coming to an end and a bunch of News from Jits worldBetter late than never! This episode is taken into two parts. First half is Shane and Trent talking about The Double Dragon JiuJistu team's last fitness test, Gordon Ryan's short (but predictable) retirement from competition, Kasai 7 results, Garry tonon wants that featherweight ONE title and a little breakdown on Jones vs Reyes. The second half Shane phones in Hugh and he talks about this last fight at Lumpinee stadium, his overall trip in Thailand and Looking to make moves on the Australian scene in 2020Time Stamps:(30s-38mins) Shane and Trent talk Jits and MMA(38...
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Combat Chat PodcastEp 104 - A Chat with David Pennimpede, Pro Muay Thai Fighter from Khrop KhruaThis episode Shane and Hugh get to have a chat with Pro Muay Thai fighter David Pennimpede of Khrop Khrua gym run by Danny Jones. David's fight resume is:76kg WMC NSW & AUS titles79kg WMB AUS & Oceania titles75kg ISKA South Pacific titleWKA 79kg state titleMTA nationals 81kg Gold MedalistIFMA worlds 81kg Silver MedalistRanked No.4 in the world WBC Muay thai Super MiddleweightFight record is 40 fights 30w/8L/2D with 10 KOSupport the show
2020-02-0341 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 102 - Hugh's Lumpinee fight experience, Breakdown of ONE's last event: A New Tomorrow and Preview of Macgregor vs CerroneThis week the podcast was done in two parts and put together for your listening pleasure. The first half is Shane and Trent looking at the Macgregor vs Cerrone UFC card and go off topic a few times because most of the card is meh. Then in the second half Shane calls up Hugh to gets his thoughts on his last fight in the new Lumpinee stadium and also what he experienced seeing a ONE event live, especially when it's headlined by Rodtang v Haggerty 2.Time stamp:(30s-2min) Intro(2min-43min) Preview of Macgregor...
2020-01-171h 31Combat Chat PodcastEp 101 - Breakdown of ONE Bangkok card: New Tomorrow, plus recap of Hugh's fightThis episode the fellas talk about Hugh's recent fight In Thailand and his next fight is set only 7 days after, we also talk about Rampage Jackson's tiddies, PFL making it rain with 1 million dollar tournamnet paychecks and then we Break down the Muaythai heavy ONE card: A New Tomorrow.Time stamp:(30s-33mins) WTF: Hugh's fight in Thailand and the Muaythai legends he sees at PKSaenchai Muaythai gym on the regular, Gordon "The King" Ryan reitres from competing, Rampage jackson looking sloppy af, PFL million dollar paychecks(33mins-1hr7mins) ONE: A New Tomorrow...
2020-01-091h 02Combat Chat PodcastMini Pod: check in with Hugh training at PK Saenchai gym and recap of his last fight on the first Siam2Sydney Sessions eventThis short episode Shane talks to Hugh about his plans in Thailand as he is stays there for the next 6 weeks and his experience so far training in Bangkok's PKsaenchai gym. Also they discuss their thoughts on Hugh's last fight against Deren Chen on Siam2Sydney's first Sessions event.Support the show
2019-12-2730 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 89 - Fire in The Shire recap, Matthew Tesla seminar, ONE Century breakdown and UFC Jedrzejczuk v Waterson review.This Episode the fellas talk about the Double Dragon team efforts in Fire in the Shire muaythai show over the weekend, Trent went to Matthew tesla's seminar and gets his mindblown, we also Cover all the good stuff in ONE 100th show that took 2 parts to do and finally we cover the fight Joanna former champion vs the Karate hottie Michelle WatersonTime Stamp(30s-35mins) - Fire in the shire coverage: Blake Ibbett v Alex Illevski, Luke Taylor vs Ryan McMahon, Dion Beattie vs Edimar Teixeira and Hugh O'Donnell vs Ryan Black. Matthew...
2019-10-151h 20Combat Chat PodcastEp 88 - Recaps of Whittaker vs Adesanya, GGG vs Derevyanchenko, plus previews of Fire in the Shire 4 and ONE: Century part 1 & 2This episode the fellas dive into team NZ's City Kickboxing 3 for 3 wins in UFC Melbourne and The Stylebender getting crowned the new middleweight king. we also cover GGG's latest fight where he was given a run for his money against a little known up and comer. They also breakdown the action Fire in The shire 4 with Hugh being the main event and ONE championship have a literal full day of fights on Oct 13th starting at 9am and going well into the night.Time stamp:(30s-11min) WTF/What the Fight: Jeff Fenech in Hospital in...
2019-10-081h 11Combat Chat PodcastEp 85 - Recaps of Siam 2 Sydney and UFC fight night 158This episode the fellas go into Rodtang's continuing ass whooping tour after a banger of a fight with Saeksan, Tyson Fury guts out a win in an unexpected tough fight after a massive cut on his head in the 3rd round and Keenan Cornelius takes gold at No Gi Pam Ams at Absolute division plus has a hot take of where a prime Rickson Gracie would stand with today's Elite Mat monsters. Hugh also goes into a recap of some of the amateurs and the whole pro card of Siam 2 Sydney's last event and we cover the action of...
2019-09-171h 02Combat Chat PodcastEp 83 - Recaps of Eruption Muaythai, Kinetic Grappling, UFC China and Previews of ONE: Immortal triumph and Poirer vs KhabibThis episode the fellas breakdown the action that happens in Hugh's last fight and the rest of the Eruption Muaythai card, The grappling wizardry of Lachlan Giles and Gordon ryan at the last Kinetic grappling event and the crowning of China's first UFC champion Weili Zhang. Plus we preview ONE's immortal triumph card in Vietnam which is entirely muaythai and Kickboxing, also we look at the top end of UFC's Abu Dhabi card headed by Lightweight title showdown Poirer vs Khabib.Time stamp:(30s-18min) Eruption Muaythai(18min-38min) Kinetic grappling and UFC...
2019-09-031h 01Combat Chat PodcastEp 82 - Eruption Muaythai card breakdownThis episode Shane and Hugh breakdown the fight card of Eruption Muaythai that is on this Friday, headlined by a Light Heavyweight battle between NSW's Charlie Bubb and QLD's Jayden Eynaud. The Fire from the Shire himself is also going to be fighting on that card as well against the Strike force gym's rising talent, Cory Still.Follow Eruption Muaythai on Facebook HEREThe fights will be Live streamed on Live Combat Sports HERESupport the show
2019-08-2728 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 74 - Recap of ONE's: Masters of Destiny and Breakdown of Rebellion 22 fight cardThis episode Shane and Hugh are by themselves to Recap the muaythai and Kickboxing action that went down in ONE's latest event: Masters of Destiny. Then then go in depth breaking down the huge card of Australia's premier Muaythai Promotion, Rebellion.ONE championship: Master of DestinyGiorgio Petrosyan vs PetchMorakot Petchyindee AcademyKenny Tse vs Hiroki AkimotoJanet Todd vs Chuang Kai TingSorgraw Petchyindee Academy vs George MannJosh Tonna vs Yoshihisa MorimotoRebellion 22:WBC world title: Jake Lund v Kompetchlek FairtexWBC AUS title: Ramesh Habib...
2019-07-151h 16Combat Chat PodcastMuay Thai Mini-Pod - GLORY 67 Recap and Petrosyan vs Petchmorrakot rematch previewBONUS EPISODE!Hugh missed out on the fun this week so jumps in the booth by himself to go over a week of Muay Thai and Kickboxing action. A little run through of what GLORY Kickboxing is doing to develop talent and a look back at another masterful performance by Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao, and looking ahead to this weeks ONE: Masters of Destiny headlined by the hotly anticipated rematch between Giorgio Petrosyan and Petchmorrakot Petchyindee plus a host of Aussies and adopted Aussies on the undercard with Josh Tonna, George Mann and Kenny Tse squaring off against highly touted...
2019-07-1141 minCombat Chat PodcastEP 65 - Andy Ruz upsets AJ, Recap of Kaos Muaythai and IBJJF worlds, Preview of UFC 238 and Mobility for Combat sport AthletesThis week the Fellas dove into all the retirements in the MMA world, Looking at one of the big upsets of the year in Andy Ruiz dethroning Anthony Joshua in our WTF section. Then in the Break it down section we Looking at Kai, Hugh's and Charlie Bubb v Mark Timms Performances on Kaos Muaythai in ACT, Trent goes over the good, bad and ugly of IBJJF world's held in California and we Breadown the top 3 fights on UFC 238. The Last section is a quick one about how about to get better Mobility for Combat sports athletes and...
2019-06-061h 14Combat Chat PodcastEp 64 - Preview of Kaos muaythai main event, Recap of Yokkao 39 & 40, preview of IBJJF worlds and Weight training for combat sportsThis week the Fellas go over Hugh and Kai fighting in Canberra this weekend at Kaos Muaythai, they also go over their Commentary experience at Yokkao 39&40, the brackets for IBJJF worlds look solid and we discuss the best way to add weight training to help improve your athleticism for combat sports. if you have any questions please send them to us over instagram and facebook @enterthedoubledragon or Twitter @double_enter. Also follow our new blog doubledragonpodcast.home.blog for more detailed breakdowns.Time stamps:(35s-13min) - WTF/What The Fight!: Preview o...
2019-05-3157 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 57 - Recap of Fire in the Shire and a look into ONE's: For Honour and Raging Al vs CowboyThis week the Fellas talk about Hugh's win on the weekend at Fire in the Shire and breakdown a few other fights that were on that card. We also go over some BJJ news and events, then look at Title fights at Lumpinee stadium and the domain rise of French Nak muays. finally we go over the matches that is Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs "Raging" Al Iaquinta on UFC 151 and the Muaythai flyweight title on ONE's For Honour event.Support the show
2019-05-021h 02Combat Chat PodcastEp 56 - Fire In the Shire is upon us! previews of UFC and One events coming upIt's not long now until Fire in the Shire muaythai fight show is on. This is Shane's promotion, Hugh is the Headline fight and Trent is the backstage runner. We discuss a few of the other Double dragon fighters on the card as well.Later we also recapped UFC in Russia with Overeem bringing back those trademark knees and Previewed upcoming UFC fight night card Jacare vs Hermansson and also the Muaythai star studded ONE championship event in Jakarta: For Honour Remember to rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, googleplay and al...
2019-04-2544 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 49 - Recaps of Rebellion Muaythai 21 and UFC 235This week we hit a 2 part episode. The first half is Shane and Hugh recapping the great line up of fights that happened this past Saturday in Melbourne at Rebellion Muaythai 21 headlined by Saemapetch Fairtex vs Tyler Hardcastle and the second half Shane and Trent covered the action what was UFC 235: Jones vs SmithRemember to rate review and subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast platforms.Follow on Instagram @enterthedoubledragon and Twitter @double_enterSupport the show
2019-03-071h 52Combat Chat PodcastEp 48 - MNSW development day, madness at BJJ STARS and ONE's Call to greatness recapsRemember to rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other Podcast platforms. Follow us on: Instagram @enterthedoubledragon and also Twitter @double_enterThis week Shane, Trent and Hugh broke down the performances of the Double dragon fighters at the latest MNSW development day (Novice Muaythai fight day) at the gym, also we briefly talked about Luke "T-Bone" Thompson's latest Boxing win. Then there was all sorts of craziness at BJJ STARS event in Sao Paulo involving fake injuries and brawls. Finally, we recap the fights that went down in ONE C...
2019-02-2753 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 46 - We discuss the Officiating in Australian Muaythai and quick recaps of UFC fight night 144 and UFCThis week the fellas called in for a quick talk about Hugh's final week in Thailand was like, then we got into our guest we had on last week Yolanda Schmidt's fight in QLD and the try to make sense of the split decision loss she was handed. Finally we recapped UFC fight 144, UFC 234 and made picks for UFC on ESPN 1: Velasquez vs N'gannou.Remember to rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and all other podcast platforms. Follow us on instagram @enterthedoubledragon and Twitter @double_enterSupport the show
2019-02-1353 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 44 - Hugh talks about his fight in Thailand and Trent recaps MMAThis we recorded in two parts, the First part Shane and Hugh talk about The Nakmuay fan boy's first thailand fight experience and also a few Muaythai fight's on ONE championships Manile show: Hero's Ascent. Then the second half Shane and Trent went over Fedor's demise in the finals in Bellator's heavyweight tournament against Ryan Bader and also do some predictions on UFC's fight night Fortaleza: Assuncao vs Moraes IISupport the show
2019-01-311h 26Combat Chat PodcastEp 43 - We discuss great coaches in the game of combat sportsMake sure to rate, review and subscribe us on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify, also follow us on all other podcast platforms and instgram @enterthedoubledragonThis week we started the first half of the podcast recapping UFC's first ESPN event: Cejudo vs Dillashaw. Then we discussed three great coaches in combat sports today. Hugh picked Sangtiennoi Sor Rungroj "The Deadly Kisser", Trent went over John Danaher background and Shane expanded on Firas Zahabi's coaching concepts. Check out the links below to see more of these coachesVideo LinksSangtiennoi Sor Rungroj - Sangtiennoi...
2019-01-221h 13Combat Chat PodcastEp 42 - Hugh has a fight date booked, We talk in boxing: Pacquaio vs Broner and Muaythai: Pennimpede vs LundThis week we get to enjoy the sun and record another podcast in the great outdoors. Hugh calls in from Thailand and has a fight booked for late January. We jump into discuss of Manny Pacquaio vs Adrien Broner, David Pennimpede vs Jake Lund and we talk about Craig Jones upcoming grappling schedule and him training with Rob Whittaker coming up to Whittaker vs Gastelum.Support the show
2019-01-1652 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 41 - Fights we are excited for in 2019The boys are doing the first episode of 2019 but there isn't much happening until Jan 19th, so we decided to talk about matches that are setup to go ahead in 2019 that we are excited about in Boxing, Muaythai and MMA. We also catch up on Hugh's Thailand journey so far as he is been there a couple weeks and settled down in Sitjaopho Muaythai in Hua Hin.Support the show
2019-01-0858 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 40 - Fighters that stood out in 2018We recorded this episode on the last day of 2018. Hugh calling via Thailand, while Shane and Trent are stuck outdoors to record this one, the sound maybe a little off the content is worth a listen. Thanks for everyone support us in 2018 and 2019 is only going to get better!Hugh talks about staying in Thailand for the next 6 weeksWe recap the huge events of UFC 232Trent's International pick: Gordon "King" Ryan/BJJHugh's International pick: Tawanchai PK Saenchaimauythaigym/MuaythaiShane's International pick: Oleksandr "the Cat" Usyk/BoxingTrent's Oceania pick: Israel "the Stylebender" Adesanya/MMAHugh's Oceania pick: Toby "the...
2019-01-011h 24Combat Chat PodcastEp 39 - Recap of all the Aussie's representing in combat sport around the globe the las few weeksit's been a minute since we we did our last episode as this time of the year gets a bit hectic but we are back for a bunch of recaps.We cover Hugh's win on Roots 9 and talk about the main event on the card: Ramesh Habib vs Barry OliverAustralia was well represented in Muaythai By Yolanda Schmidt's gold medal at the IFMA Asia games and Alma Juniku WBC/IPCC world title win against ZazaPolaris professional 8 had Aussie submission machines Craig jones and Lachlan Giles on their cardWe also cover EBI 15 and IBJJF NoGi worldsThen we talk about U...
2018-12-171h 27Combat Chat PodcastEp 38 - Kiliing time in Melbourne the day before Hugh's fight on Roots 9this week Shane and Hugh are in Melbourne as "The Fire from the Shire" has a muaythai the next day on Roots 9: Get up, Stand up. Trent is called in from home and they recap:Golden Boys first MA show with Cuck vs Tito as the main eventUFC fight night 141 in BeijingTUF 28 finaleWe give some predictions on UFC fight night 142 AdelaideAmazed that there is a heavyweight boxing worth caring about in Tyson "Gyspy king" Fury vs Deontay "Bronze Bomber" Wilderwe also cover our last guest (Luis Regis) upcoming fight on One Championship against Yodslankai and some other Super...
2018-12-011h 09Combat Chat PodcastEp 34 - Destiny Muaythai preview, One championship Myanmar recap and MMA's first fighter tradeThis week all the gang is in the studio for a bit of banter on various topics including:Hugh's First Pro fight on fight in the shireTeam Double dragon going to train with UK Muaythai legend Damien Trainor at Strikeforce's gym on the GoldcoastQLD promotion Destiny Muaythai stellar fight cardRecap of One Championship's Myanmar cardWe discuss the UFC's trade of Demetrious Johnson for One's Ben AskrenThen cover some intereting Muaythai and BJJ events that happen over the weekMake sure to give us a 5 star rating and subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify and all other podcast...
2018-10-281h 16Combat Chat PodcastEp 33 - Fire in the Shire 2 recap, MMA news of the last few weeks in Bellator, PFL and UFCThis week it's just Shane and Trent as they give a breakdown of the fights on the Fire in the Shire Muaythai show, Hugh calls in from Melbourne to talk about Luke Thompson's fight in the Gold Gloves boxing championship and we also do MMA news from the last few weeks we missed that involved PFL, UFC and Bellator.Support the show
2018-10-211h 01Combat Chat PodcastEp 32 - Talk about the upcoming Fire in the Shire show 2, Recap for Quintet 3, Glory 59, Preview ONE championship Bangkok and UFC 229: Khabib Vs ConorWe are going back old school with the three man crew. We get to talking about Hugh's next fight on Fire in the Shire next weekend, then we recap the third show of the hottest new Pro submission grappling team event Quintet, also the Show that was Glory 59 crowning Petchpanomrung as their new featherweight champ. We then preview One Championship card which is head lined by their first ever boxing fight with Sor Rungsai defending his WBC strap and of course we give our predictions for Khabib Vs ConorTime stamp list
2018-10-061h 33Combat Chat PodcastEp 25 - Recap of the team's Boxing fights, Phil Daru's seminar, Rebellion 20 and Kasai Pro 3In NSW the Muaythai action takes a bit of a lull and we usual get the fight team to do some amateur boxing to sharpen up their hand skills, we talk about some of the recent events we been to and have a bit of a rant about why Aussie olympic boxing is in a slump. We also get to breakdpwn Rebellion Muay thai's awesome up coming 20th show with a stacked main card and we take a look at the match of Craig jones vs Rousimar Palhares on Kasai pro's grappling event this weekendTime...
2018-08-131h 28Combat Chat PodcastEp 22 - Recap of Best of Boxing, Siam2Sydney and Craig Jones seminarThis week we covered a Craig jones seminar Tretn and Shane went to while Hugh went to see Final Round promotion’s best of boxing and MNSW Siam2Sydney shows. We aslo got to recap Polaris, One Championship, Bellator kickboxing, UFC 226 and Pacman vs MatthysseTime Stamp List (42s) Craig jones seminar, Best of Boxing, Siam2Sydney (23min) UFC 226 (43min) Polaris, One Championship super series, Bellator kickboxing (1 hr 9min) Manny Paquaio vs Lucas MattysseVideo link to the fighters we talked about todayGiorgio “The doctor” Petrosyan Craig jones Guard study...
2018-07-161h 19Combat Chat PodcastEp 19 - Recap of the fight team's Interstate adventures, plus coverage of GLORY, IBJJF worlds and UFCWe are back! After doing a couple trips interstate with our muaythai fight team we discuss everyone's performances over the last couple weeks, we also get into the latest GLORY shows, IBJJF worlds and the upcoming UFC 225Time Stamp List (50s) We talk about Hugh and Dion's fights on Knees of fury Adelaide, Ben's fight at WAKO national QLD, Kai and Chris Development day fights at PTJ gym in sydney, Also Trent talks about the Australian ADCC trials (29min 21s) Hugh Talks about the matches on GLORY 54 (40min 40s) Trent covers some of the...
2018-06-041h 20Combat Chat PodcastEP 18 - Luke's fights at the IFMA games and combat sports recaps from across the globeWe are back again, will a full bevy of fight stuff that has recently happened with Team Double Dragon and on the international scene with Boxing, Kickboxing, Muaythai, Jiu Jitsu and MMA
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(1min 50s) talk about Luke's performance at the IFMA games in Mexico
(11min 50s) Trent's recaps Russian ACB JJ 13 latest event
(36min 45s) Hugh's take on Asia fight promotion the ONE champinship recent focus on stand up
(42min 30s) Shane breaks down Jorge Linares game against Lomachenko
(53min 20s) discuss the past UFC 224 card and picks for UFC fight...
2018-05-211h 15Combat Chat PodcastEp 16 - Prospects to watch out for in BJJ, Boxing & MuaythaiWe take this opportunity of a lack of fight shows for a few weeks to run through a list of prospects starting to make waves in their sports. We discuss why are these prospects people to watch out for over the next 12 months and how they would stack up against their division's best. We also, cover Rick's MTA development day at Saam Muaythai, Flinn's performance at Grappling Industries in Homebush and Hugh's recent cross training at other gyms to spar and learn new skills
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(1min 50s) Rick and Flinn's performances at...
2018-04-291h 11Combat Chat PodcastEp 13 - Break down of the Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard TrilogyWhile there wasn't much going in the combat sports, so we decided to cover a fight trilogy that was near and dear to our hearts, Edgar vs Maynard. After you listen to us break it down and how each fighter used his god given tools to make all these fights instant classics go watch them yourself and see if we helped you enjoy them more
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(30s) We quickly cover the gym's latest fight outings, including Hugh's latest state title defence and Trent's return to jiujitsu competition but as a Black belt
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2018-03-251h 27Combat Chat PodcastEp 12 - The Mini Pod: just a short recap of the gyms going ons and UFC Fight night picksJust a short one today to let you know we are still maintaining a somewhat consistent schedule, Shane recorded this one while locked outside of his house in the park, until his wife woke up! Hugh had to corner Luke In Goulburn for a boxing match and Trent is competing in a Jiu-Jitsu comp on Sunday, we will return next week with a huge Podcast covering the Frank Edgar vs Gray Maynard Trilogy. Remember to rate review and subscribe to us on whatever platform you listen too.
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2018-03-1828 minCombat Chat PodcastEp 11 - We recap: Our first fight show Fire in the shire, EBI featherweight/Polaris 6, Glory 50, WBSS super middle weight tournament and UFCWe ended up covering a bit of everything in the sport combat realm without their being anything major on the horizon in terms of super fight cards. Remember to rate, review and subscribe to us on iTunes, Podcast Addict and Stitcher!
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(50s) How our first Muay thai fight show Fire in the Shire went and also Hugh's and the team's performance
(8mins) Trent's breakdown of EBI 15: the featherweights & Polaris 6 and a seminar he recently attended with Xande Ribeiro
(20min 30s) Hugh's talks us through Glory 50, ONE FC expansion into cage muaythai...
2018-02-241h 19Combat Chat PodcastEp 8 - Trending Techniques breakdown: We cover the use of the low kick in all striking platforms and it's resurgence in MMARemember to rate, review and Subscribe to us and check the show notes below for time stamps and youtube links to fighters we talked about today
Shane and Hugh got together to talk shop on one of the techniques that is very close to their hearts, the low kick.
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(4min 30s) Muaythai's use of the Low kick and how it's scored in their rules
(17min 10s) Dutch style of kickboxing being used in MMA and in dominance in K1/Glory promotions
(34 min 30s) MMA's low progression through the ages
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2018-01-031h 12Combat Chat PodcastBonus episode OMG! we talk the upcoming MTA states and nationals, Rebellions 8 man tourney and UFC 218 preview and picksHey everyone sorry we are late on uploading the episodes we been having a bit of technical problems but we are here now. This was going to be episode 6 but we decided to make this an bonus episode. It was just Shane and Hugh in the studio today, as Trent had to pull out not too long before we started, but the show must go on! Still remember to rate and review us and check out the rest of the show notes
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(1min 40s) Preview of upcoming Muaythai Australia...
2017-12-171h 05Combat Chat PodcastEp 6 - We recap Hugh's MTA state championship run and talk about Glory remdeption/49 show, UFC 218, UFC fight night 123 and Lomanchenko v RigondeauxCheckout the show notes below for topic time stamps and video links to fighters we find interesting. Also please give us a 5 star rating on iTunes if you like us
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(1 min) Trent talks gives advise for follow Bjj practitioners aiming for one day to achieve their black belt and what to expect
(6 min 30s) Hugh's MTA states recap
(16 min 45s) Glory 49/redemption review
(32min 35s) UFC 218 recap and see how our picks went
(46min 40s) UFC fight night 123 swanson v Ortega breakdown
Boxing: Lomanchenko v Rigondeaux, the rise of "No-Maschenko"
2017-12-171h 07Combat Chat PodcastEp 5 - We take a look at the career of K1 MAX legend MASATOBe sure to get us a 5 star rating and review on iTunes, stitcher and podcast addict and check out the show notes below for timestamps on topics and video links to the fighters we talk about today
Today it's only Shane & Hugh in the studio, Trent is getting his nose fixed. but we decide to try a concept we wanted to do from the start and look back in the history of fighting/fighters to see what made them great today's pick was:MASATO
But we first Recap the performances of Luke, Karina, Dion and...
2017-11-261h 13Combat Chat PodcastEp 4 - Recaps Of UFC 217 & Poirier v Pettis, Upcoming fights for TEAM Double Dragon at Brisbane and GlebeCheckout the show notes below for topic time stamps and video links to fighters we find interesting. Also please give us a 5 star rating on iTunes if you like us!
(1min) This episode we Just finished watching UFC fight night Poirer v Pettis so we recap it
(7m,30s) Then get into what is upcoming for the Double Dragon fight team and fail at feinting interest in the UFC Sydney event coming up
(16m,35s) We discuss the great take aways from the recent Craig Jones NoGi seminar the BJJ team...
2017-11-121h 11Combat Chat PodcastEp 3 - Hugh's fight and the boxing team's performance review, recaps for EBI 13 & Glory 47, the WBSS super tourneys and preview UFC 217Checkout the show notes below for topic time stamps and video links to fighters we find interesting. Also please give us a 5 star rating on iTunes if you like us!
This week we talk about -
Hugh's Last fight (1 min,30s in)
How the Double Dragon boxing team faired at the Thriller in Miller show (5.35)
Trent gives a a brief rundown of Ribeiro Juijitsu Sydney's Pan pacs results and upcoming Jits seminars in Sydney (13.40)
Hugh recaps Glory 47 (19.00)
We review Jiujitsu Ace Garry Tonon's EBI 13 run (39.40)
2017-10-291h 16Combat Chat PodcastEp 1 - Intros, 2017 ADCC, Glory 45 and UFC 216Checkout the show notes below for topic time stamps and video links to fighters we find interesting. Also please give us a 5 star rating on iTunes if you like us!
We are Back! 2nd episode we cover
Hailing from God's country Sydney's Sutherland shire, the team from Double Dragon Gym Shane, Trent and Hugh give a little of their martial arts background on themselves
cover the death group in the recent ADCC in Finland
Glory Kickboxing 45, a bit of boxing
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