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This week we recap a huge night in Melbourne for the Hardcore Promotions 8-Woman Eliminator. 

Tournament favourite Katie Mitchell took out Olivia Kerr, Paris Rose and Nyra Boyle all in one night to take home the WBC Nak Muay Ying Championship belt and a cool $20 0000. 

Tune in for a recap of the full tournament, a discussion about what could be next for Katie plus your questions answered. 

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After 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 next

Round 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...

A 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...

A 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...

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...

It was a big weekend for Muay Thai all over the world with the final round of the Rajadamnern World Series Welterweight Group Stage as well as One Championship continuing their move into the United States. 

This week we dive into an in depth recap of the deciding RWS welterweight bouts and the match ups we have to look forward to moving in to the finals, as well as talking through all the action from ONE: 168 in Denver where Superlek Kiatmoo9 claimed the ONE Muay Thai
Bantamweight Championship. 

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Tomorrow, live from the Melbourne Pavilion, Australia's premier Muay Thai Promotion returns with an exciting new concept.

"Road to Rajadamnern" will be a full day Muay Thai festival showcasing fights, food and culture with 4 marquee bouts seeing athletes compete for the chance to perform at the world's oldest Muay Thai stadium. 

In this episode we preview the 4 main bouts:

- Kai Weate Jones vs Ramesh Habib
- Bryony Soden vs Corban Harvey 
- Ibrahim Abou Saleh vs James Kostic 
- Diandra Martin vs Shannon Gardiner 

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It'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. 

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This 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.

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This 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 live

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This week we had the pleasure of getting Bryony Soden on the podcast. She is the current WBC Featherweight aus champ and also WBC ranked number 4 in the world and fresh off a IFMA campaign where she captured the bronze medal in Thailand. She talks about the impact strength training has had for her fight career so far and investing in help with her nutrition and enlisting a boxing coach to improve her heavy hands style. We also delves into her mindset training which she started in preparation for her second IFMA trip after finding the mental rigours of...

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This week we have Dori Duncan in to chat, she has had a stellar run in 2022 and looking to step up a level to the challenge of Erin Harbringer at Eruption Muaythai next week. Dori talks bout being Thai and what it means to do the sport for herself, also we got lot in to the the mental prep side of things and how she outsources parts of her training to give drive 100%  energy into the actual training itself instead of worry about every single aspect of a camp. plus much more! 

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This 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!

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It's been a few weeks, but we are back and with a guest. We had current WMC Aus champion on Cody Jameson from NSW. He talks about his upbringing with his mother who was a victim of Domestic Abuse and how Muay thai/combat sports gave him a positive path to keep him out of trouble. also we go over his recent trip to thailand training out of Sanfmorakot and fighting on Fairtex Fight promotions, plus his upcoming fight with Jayy "the Dingo" Tonkin

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Salt 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.

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This 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.
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This week Shane gets to chat to WBC Nai Khanom Tom champion Cruz Briggs from Sydney. We talk about his fight of the year with Jonothan Aiulu, Fighting in k1 against Phillip Kimura, capturing the Nai Khanom Tom title from Henry Lee for KO of the year contender and his upcoming match to defend his title against veteran Alexi Petroulias on Hardcore promotions Feb 11th in Melbourne. 

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This week we had the pleasure of Chris of the hilarious  instagram channel of TEEP! Muay Thai. Chris talks about how he first went viral, how he and his wife co-ordinate making videos and how he keeps getting his inspiration for continually making Muay Thai content. Also we dig into his next venture of building his youtube channel and how fighters need to use social media more to market themselves. 

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This week we had Nakia wright on talking about her fast rising Muaythai Promotion: Muay Thai League. It's a unique promotion that regular holds all female cards called:  A league of their own. Nakia is providing a platform for female muaythai fighters to be the total showcase and grow the female participation rate in the sport.

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this week we got Brandon Spain of Spain's gym on the podcast. Brandon talks about growing up in the fight game with his Dad (Leon Spain) fighting since he was 7 yrs old and how he has 60+ fights at the age of 23 with experience at IFMA (Gold medalist), K1-WGP , Eruption 4-man, Pro boxing and much more!

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We are starting off 2023 with a solo episode! We talk about the exciting new classes format Muaythai NSW is going use this year, we also take a brief look at some of the promotions that are putting on shows in February across Australia and finally we go over how ONE, RWS and Fairtex fight promotions are shaping a new genre of Muaythai that is gaining traction and bringing in new viewers to the sports.

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This week Hugh and Shane are back in studio and go over the recent AUS Muaythai awards for 2022. Check them out on instagram:
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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 t...

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 m...

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.

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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 maincard

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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 

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We 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.

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This 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.

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This 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...

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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This 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. 

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It'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 ma...

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 Siam2...

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.<...

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.

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