Enter The Double Dragon Podcast

This 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

This week we got to talking with WMC international titleholder, Chadd Collins. He has a WBC world title bid on Rebellion Muay thai's next show in a few weeks against Yod I.Q PK Saenchai gym. We delve into Chadd's fighting origin story from starting at his Dad's property gym to living in Thailand under Sangtiennoi Muaythai, then shifting to Revolution gym and  to coming back to QLD to be trained by Mark Pease. We only scraped the surface of Chadd's stories about fighting legends like Pakorn, Saenchai and travelling to fight on Rise in Japan. We look forward to having him on again and dive deeper into his career.Follow Chadd and Strikeforce here:https://www.instagram.com/chaddcollins_offical/https://www.instagram.com/strikeforce_gym_australia/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

This week we talk to Current WBC Aus titleholder and is someone who is lined up for Rebellion 27  as the co-main WBC world title bout, Joanne "The Lioness" La. She Trains out of 8 Blades with Dom and Boy, she is also a co-founder of JS muaythai with Somsurat which trains all females and provides them a fun setting for women to train and learn the art.We go over a host of different topics from her Muaythai Origin story, linking up with Somsurat, Training with Boy, her strength & conditioning and what drives her to fight, plus much more.Follow Joanne, 8 blades and JS Muaythai here here:https://www.instagram.com/joanneeela/https://www.instagram.com/8_blade_warriors/https://www.instagram.com/jsmuaythai/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

This 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/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

This 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 used by W.L. Fight photographyhttps://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/Follow Ibby, PTJ and Hardcore promotions here here:https://www.instagram.com/ibrahimabousaleh/https://www.instagram.com/ptjmuaythaigym/https://www.instagram.com/hardcore_promotions1/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

This week Issac Tomlinson jumped on the podcast to talk about his upcoming bout against Cian Lougheed on Hardcore Promotions. Issac goes into how he got to training with previous guest Matt Williams and now calls gym Bones MMA home now. He also gets into being an athlete with Tourette's and how it doesn't let it negatively effect his outlook on becoming one of the best Nak Muay in Australia photos used by W.L. Fight photographyhttps://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/Follow Issac, Bones and Hardcore promotions here here:https://www.instagram.com/issac_tomlinson/https://www.instagram.com/bonesmmatorquay/https://www.instagram.com/hardcore_promotions1/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shippingWe recap a few fights from Roots, most of the main card of Rebellion 26 and how the Siam2Sydney's Royal consulate cup planned out and the pros bouts at the end.photos used by W.L. Fight photographyhttps://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/Follow rebellion and Siam2sydney here here:https://www.instagram.com/Rebellion_muaythai/https://www.instagram.com/siam2sydney/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the show

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shippingThis week we got to talking with Aussie Celest Hansen who is living and fighting out of Thailand in Phuket. We go over how she went from travelling showman to full time fighter in an instance, then being the first women match inside of Lumpinee and also talk about her fighting through the ONE series tournament. Follow Celest Hansen here:https://www.instagram.com/celestthebest7/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcastSupport the 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 card.Follow Eruption and Rebellion here:https://www.instagram.com/eruptionmuaythai/https://www.instagram.com/rebellion_muaythai/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This 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

This week Strikeforce gym fighter, James Honey joins us. He tells us of his Muay Thai origin story and how it took him from Victoria to the sunny Goldcoast to be under Mark Pease's tutelage. We also go over his fight in Paris, fighting Superball in Infliction fight series event in Lumpinee and recently taking a win over the highly touted ONE championship fighterBrown Pinas and we talk about his upcoming fight on honour league and hopefully on Eruption as well.Follow james and strikeforce on:https://www.instagram.com/jameshoney/https://www.instagram.com/strikeforce_gym_australia/follow infliction and war on the shore on:https://www.instagram.com/inflictionfightseries/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

This 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 on:https://www.instagram.com/sammy.cassFollow Powerhouse Phuket on:https://www.instagram.com/powerhousephuket/Follow Muay Thai life on:https://www.instagram.com/muaythailifeco/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcast #sport #mma #muaythaitraining #mmatraining #mmafighter #martialarts #combatsportsSupport the show

Jordan Fielding of Strong Heart Muay Thai (South Australia) was in town for his fighter's (Nick Keros) main event match on Yokkao's Next Generation show in Sydney. So, we though why not have him in the studio and tell us a little about his Muaythai story so far and recap the event.Follow Jordan on:https://www.instagram.com/jordanfielding_shmthttps://www.instagram.com/strongheartmuaythaiFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcast #sport #mma #muaythaitraining #mmatraining #mmafighter #martialarts #combatsportsSupport the show

✂ 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. pictures and media used from:https://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/https://www.instagram.com/brockdoefightphoto/https://www.instagram.com/siam2sydney/https://www.instagram.com/muaythaigrandprix_australia/https://www.instagram.com/destinymuaythai/https://www.instagram.com/warontheshoremuaythai/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muay

✂ 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/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg#muaythai #podcast #sport #mmaSupport the show

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shippingIt's fight week for promotions Siam2Sydney and MTGP Australia, so we breakdown the main cards. We go off on a bit of a tangent on training MMA and Muaythai fighters in the same class, but sway back on track to talk about fights like Deren Chen v Jordan fielding, Dala Thongsamouth v Devina Martin and Lisa Brierley v Spring Sia. Also we go over George Mann v Mikael Benatar, Damon Nelson v Max McVicker and Shannon Gardiner v Niamh Kinehan. We also touch on Destiny's main event of Jake Lund vs Cody Jameson which proves to be an interesting match up. In the last part we review The Matt Lucas run seminar: Muay Thai marketing for Nak muay. He go over building brands and how to use your social media to leverage sponsorship  negotiations.foolow everyone we talked about on the podcast:http://www.instagram.com/Siam2sydneyhttp://www.instagram.com/muaythaigrandprix_australiahttp://www.instagram.com/destinymuaythaihttp://www.instagram.com/Mat

This week we had the pleasure of having World ranked fighter Lisa Brierley on the podcast to talk about her start in the UK with Muaythai and how it eventually took her over to Thailand to do it full time under the tutelage of Mansak and sponsorship of Santai Gym. She holds wins over Zaza Sor Aree, Duangdawnoi Looksaikongdin, Fani Peloumpi and Fanny Ramos, Lisa is the Lion fight and MTGP 50kg world champion. She also recently fought the WBC world title against Aussie Kim Townsend on 1774 but came up short. Now she is set to fight on Siam2sydney on June 25th against Spring Sia.Picture by W.L fight photography and 1774 Muaythai series:http://www.williamluu.com.au/photobookhttp://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotographyhttp://www.instagram.com/1774_muaythai_seriesFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

We 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.Picture by 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.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

We 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/videoshttp://www.instagram.com/rebellion_muaythaiFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

We were joined by our first in studio guest in years, Pinky of Team Pinky Muay thai from South Australia jumped on the mic and we had a chat about the great night of fights 1774 put on. We also talked about the break through performance his fighter Jason "50 shades" Scott had, but also the journey that got him to that point as well. Pinky co-hosts a podcast with Matt Moss called The Ring Lovers podcast which is a great resource for Questions and answers on all things related to Muaythai.photo by W.L fight photography:https://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/Follow 1774 here:https://www.instagram.com/1774_muaythai_series/Follow Pinky here:https://www.instagram.com/team_pinky_muay_thai_new/https://www.instagram.com/ring_lovers_podcast/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show