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Mark pease is the owner of Strikeforce gym that has produced elite caliber fighters since 1988 such as Aussie Golden era fighters Aaron "TS2" Leigh, Ben "Pixie" Burton to the current crop of rising talent in James Honey, Natalie "Viking" Pavlides and Jayden Eynaud. Mark dicusses his back ground starting in Zendokai karate and moving on to Muaythai, eventually his team help shape  the Golden era of Australian Muaythai when it was on Fox sports and how he went to University to complete a sport coaching degree and how he uses the knowledge of that to prepare his fighters. Follow Mark and Strikeforce gym:https://www.instagram.com/strikeforce_gym_australiahttps://www.facebook.com/strikeforce.thaiboxing.gymhttps://strikeforcethaibox4.wixsite.com/muaythaiFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

Thumbnail Photograph by Victor T photography https://www.instagram.com/victort.photography/Siam 2 Sydney put on a great show the other week which we got a chance to commentate on as well. We cover a few of the undercard amateur fights and the main card which consisted of NSW's first junior MTA state title, a WMC women's state, the Australian debut of Tu warren against the returning SingpayakFollow Siam2Sydney Promotions:www.instagram.com/siam2sydney/www.facebook.com/siam2sydneymuaythaipromotionsFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

The 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

Prince Bunjaku is the promoter of Prince Promotions who's aim is to given Kickboxing in Australia a platform for an resurgence. He has everyone in the nation talking about the stacked 8 Man tournament with a $20,000 prize for the winner. He has lined up for March 6th which include Charlie Bubb, Jayden Eynaud, Michael Badato, Cody Jameson, Nasar Kassab, Guy Coleman, Sarmad Jahanara and Daniel Barber. We have a one at each fighter on the card, get to know Prince himself and also some of the other big events he has on hand for 2021Follow Prince Promotions:www.instagram.com/prince_promotions_/www.facebook.com/princepromotionswww.princepromotions.com.auFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

Darren "The Riddler" Reece is the owner of Riddler's  gym in Western Australia, it has one of the biggest muaythai fight teams nationally and he has produced Champions like his wife Caley Reece, Lloyd Dean, George Mann, Chris white, Tyler Hardcastle and Nicola Callander just to name a few. We get into his martial arts background starting in Zen do kai and moving onto training and fighting  in Muaythai, then living over in Thailand for a long term. Then we talk about the starting of his gym and transiting as a fighter/trainer to being just the coach and how he has developed a system taking elements for his time in Thailand fighting and blending it in with modern athletic performance guidelines to help his fighters always come into the fight fresh and not overtrained.Follow Darren and Riddler's gym on:https://www.instagram.com/riddlersgym/https://www.facebook.com/riddlersgymwww.riddlersgym.com.auFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodca

First 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 and rumoured closures of stadiums in Thailand. Finally, we answer a few Instagram questions like: How active is too active for fighting and Hard vs Light sparring.Catch 1774 Muaythai series livestream here:www.livecombatsports.com.auFollow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

Michael Corley is the Author of  Muay Thai Grit which tells his story of going through the ups and downs of a fighter from the USA trying to become a true Nak Muay. Michael is also the president of USA Muaythai and he goes into what steps Americans need to do to become real contenders on the world stage of the sport. Special thanks to Matt Lucas for getting us in touch with MichaelBuy Muay Thai Grit here:https://www.amazon.com/Muay-Thai-Grit-Stories-American/dp/B08TYVBHS9Follow Michael, his gym and USA Muay Thai here:www.instagram.com/corleyhmywww.instagram.com/heritagemuaythaiwww.instagram.com/usamuaythaifollow us here:Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

George 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/https://www.instagram.com/riddlersgym/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode the combat crew talk to UK's Performance expert for Muaythai, Don Heatrick. Don share his unique stories learning and competing in Muaythai and also how he switch careers to the strength & conditioning field to fill the gap in fighters training regiments who work off the training models they see and do in Thailand. Don is all about train your sport first and foremost, while all the other supplemental training should compliment it. However, he thinks we can do that supplemental training better with the help of a bit of field tested sport science to train the right athletic qualities and level up our Muaythai. Loads of training gems in this one from weight cutting, a sample weight training plan and dispelling a few training methods to set you on the right path.Don's articles we talked on the podcast:https://heatrick.com/2020/02/13/what-is-my-ideal-fight-weight-class/https://heatrick.com/2016/12/29/videos-how-to-plan-muay-thai-strength-and-conditioning/Don's Podcasts:https://heatr

This episode the combat crew talk to owner of Revolution gym in Phuket, Tim Fisher.  Tim has a vast amount of experience running gyms in Australia, Ireland and now lives in Thailand running one of the best camps International that host fighters that compete in all the major stadiums, Lion Fight in America and ONE championship. Tim talks about some of the positives and negatives of running a gym in Thailand, dispels some myths why Thai kids start off in Muaythai and also talks about the current situation with all the stadiums being closed and international travel on hold that is leading to a lot the businesses shutting down in Phuket and Koh Samui. Follow Tim on:https://www.instagram.com/revolution.gym_phuket/https://www.facebook.com/tim.fisher.5817https://www.revolutionphuketgym.com/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

Yah boys are back this week with another special guest, former Multiple world champion during the golden era of Australian  Kickboxing, Grant "The Bomber" Barker. Grant Talks about going from a Rugby player/kings cross bouncer to starting to train under one of Martial arts pioneer Mick Spinks that set him off on a journey to win a world title and how it felt after he achieved his goal and it isn't probably what you think. Grant has fought people like Stan Longinidis, Vitali Klitschko (he tells the story in the podcast) and Peter Aerts to name a few. Now Grant is looking to pass on his knowledge and experience to others and instill them with a champion mindset and this is driven by his own account of not having much self belief when he was fighting.Follow Grant on:www.instagram.com/grant_bomber_barker/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfy_qxMI1OZjRLfyKMJGcGAFollow us here:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3m

This episode yah boys had a great talk with Top Australian female Pro Muaythai fighter and owner of Martial Spirit gym in Victoria, Spring Sia. They learn about Spring's martial arts upbringing in Aikido and how she transitioned to Muaythai, also go over the transformation for her style with the help of some of her Aikido philosophies and also how she is trying to find that balance between life and being a fighter.Follow Spring on:https://www.instagram.com/springsia_martialspirit/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsigMq3vbLwjQoinDFgdTFQFollow us here:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode the combat crew talk to Nugget's Thaiboxing gym OG, Ghot Seurnoi. He is a veteran of of Australia's Golden era muaythai promotion Evolution and fought on other great shows like Eruption, Warrior's way and China's EM legends. Ghot is making his return to the ring after a couple years off and talks about this mindset getting back into compared to earlier in his career.Follow us Ghot and Eruption Muaythai:https://www.instagram.com/ghotseurnoi/https://www.instagram.com/eruptionmuaythai/Follow us here:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode the boys have back on  Siam 2 Sydney promoter, President of Muaythai NSW and own of PTJ gym, Andrew Parnham. They talk about the return of Muaythai in NSW through Andrew's Siam 2 Sydney Sessions event happening Nov 29th catch the live stream at www.siam2sydney.com/live the event itself took a lot of paperwork to get it approved by the state sports authority and will look very different than what we are used to, but it's great to be talking about upcoming local fights again and getting the Muaythai community back together. Andrew also answers a bunch of our Instagram questions that were sent in.Stream for Siam 2 Sydney: www.siam2sydney.com/live Follow Andrew on:https://www.instagram.com/andrew_ptjmuaythai/https://www.instagram.com/siam2sydney/https://www.instagram.com/ptjmuaythaigym/Follow us here:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode the combat crew talk to ONE championship veteran Reece "Lightning" McLaren from Potential Unlimited Martial arts. Reece is an action type of fighter that is easy to see when he fights, he likes to play to the crowd and is always intent on finishing the fight instead of getting decisions. He talks about his mindset inside and outside the cage, how the opportunity came to fight for ONE by taking a match for them on 8 days notice, he also talks bout the jarring procedures that he needed to do for his last fight in Singapore in October and much more.follow Reece here:https://www.instagram.com/reecelightning91/https://www.facebook.com/reecelightning125Follow us here:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This week the combat crew have on Published author, Podcast of On fighting in Thailand, Max muaythai Commentator and Social media Manager of Fairtex and Nak muay legends, Matt Lucas. He talks about his experiences in Thailand as someone who came originally for Train-cation purposes to eventually leading him to stay on and make a decent living being there and being a respected foreign figure in the sport. They cover topics like what should overseas fighters expect when it comes to Thai culture and treat the  gym you are staying at as a family and not a paid for a service type deal, Matt's time as a foreigner liaison for F.A group, How fighters should be using their social media for marketing/sponsorship and much more. Checkout Matt's books here:https://www.amazon.com/Boxers-Soliloquy-Matt-Lucas/dp/0692211438https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Thailand-Guide-Sport-Motherland/dp/B083XX512SMatt's Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-fighting-in-thailand/id1463743600Follow Matt here:https://

This 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

Rob Cox is the owner of Kiatphontip gym, Muaythai photography/journal site: Muaythai Focus and pretty much the Foreign Ambassador of Muaythai in for a chat. Rob talks about his Martial arts beginning in the UK and how see Muaythai one day set him on a path that lead to him moving and living in Thailand and becoming a renown figure in the sport. He is also a commentator on Max Muaythai and a Judge for ONE championship, he is an absolute encyclopaedia on Muaythai and you'll grab many gems from our talk with him.Follow Rob on:https://www.instagram.com/muaythaifocus/https://www.instagram.com/kiatphontipgym/Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode Co-promoter of Muaythai grand Prix and of Head MTA R&Js in WA Darius Doutch jumps on the podcast to talk about how he got into the fight promotion game with Gavin Fuller to lead one of Australia's consistently stellar Muaythai shows in one of the countries deepest talents pools, Western Australia. We break down most of the main card which is headed by guaranteed bangers line Roy wills vs Max McVicker and George Mann vs Chris Watts, which you can catch via live stream in the link below.Livestream of MTGP: McVicker vs Willshttp://www.liveboxing.com.au/online-store/Follow MTGP Australia:https://www.instagram.com/muaythaigrandprix_australia/https://www.facebook.com/Muay-Thai-Grand-Prix-Australia-203716070258877Follow us:https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastSupport the show

The Combat crew this week recap a few of the Australian combat sports athletes who went to battle over the last week. Josh Tonna took on the Legend Sam-A at ONE's Reign of Dynasties event, Reece McLaren took on Alexsi Toivonen on the same card and Craig Jones locked up with rising young gun Roberto Jimenez. They also look at a few fight events starting to pop up over Australia and reveal who their new guest is on the next episode. Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastsubscribe to our Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show