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This episode the combat crew devle into recapping the action of ONE's last card a few weeks ago because they didn't have a chance to talk about it. Polaris ran a Quintet style ruleset in their latest Submission grappling event. They analyst the superb game of Israel Adesanya as he smashed through Costa with superior positioning and nullifying Costa's ability to have any offence time. Then finally, they run through a few scenarios of The Josh Tonna vs Sam-A World title fight of how would Josh dethrone Sam-A.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

Josh Tonna is the #1 ranked ONE Championship Straw weight contender who will challenge reigning champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao on October 9th. Josh joins us alongside his trainer Kieran Walsh to talk us through his career thus far, the impact mental training has had on his overall game and preparations for the fight of his life.Josh Tonna: @timebombtonna  Kieran Walsh: @kieranmuayuMuay U Gym: @muayucanberra.Follow us!www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastinstagram: @combatchatpodcast:youtube.com/combatchatpodcastSupport the show

The Combat Crew have Carlos Thiedeke from Mexico on again to talk about the current situation in Mexico and their Covid problems leaving 1 in 3 gyms shutting down, Carlos work hours down to 10% from pre-Covid and little to no federal/sate government assistance and himself getting hit hard with Covid. Yet, he is still staying positive, training people to the capacity he is allowed and reminding everyone there is light at the end of the tunnel. This was a great chat to highlight how lucky Australia is during this pandemic compared to other unfortunate countries that have been hit super hard. Follow Carlos on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/to3r3ap3r/Check us out on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This episode the combat crew recap ONE championship's Muaythai/Kickboxing fights: Supergirl vs Lopez, Superlek vs Khaled and Pongsiri vs Clancy. After the recaps the boys get on the topic of Muaythai clinching prowess in MMA and how some gyms have a severe lack of understanding and unwillingness to train Muaythai clinching. Lastly, they get into banter about weird fights that had lots of hype but ended up fizzling out like the boxing match Dana white and Tito Ortiz were going to have. Check us out on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastSupport the show

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://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSgSupport the show

This 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 Quandamook cup Suicide prevention. check notes below for more info on this great foundation and support them by buying their MerchQuandamooka cup: https://quandamookacup.com/charlie bubb's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie_bubb97/Support the show

This 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 on www.bjjfanatics.comMatt's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Matt-DAquino/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMatt+D%27AquinoMatt's Club, Beyond Grappling: https://beyondgrapplingclub.com/Matt's Instructionals: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/instructional-videos/matt-daquinoSupport the show

This 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

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

This 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

This 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

This 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

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

This 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

This 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

This 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

This 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 the show

This 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

This 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 it has provided him a constant positive outlook that no matter what life throws at you, there is always a way to pull through and grow for these experiences.  Support the show

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 the show