TEEP 009: Joe Gogo

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02/19/19 • 73 min

In this episode Joe and I get way into the behind the scenes of some of his epic fights against top tier opponents including Travis Clay and Eric Luna. I learned all about what it is to be Chomorro and we explored just how different Muay Thai fighting is from other fight sports. We talked about life, self-awareness, tradition and how knowing ones self and honoring that knowledge can order your steps toward living a fulfilled life. © 2019, TEEPTHIS.COM. All rights reserved.

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TEEP 008: Travis Clay

In this, the second podcast episode of 2018, I'm happy to have finally caught up with a unique fighter that I've been tracking since around Jan of 2016. Travis Clay (Sitan Gym, Arizona) is a WBC National Muay Thai Champion and is one committed and too often underestimated American Nak Muay.

Travis was fresh from weighing-in for his contest with Ognjen Topic for Friday Night Fights (New York) which is slated to be the first full rules muay thai fight in America to be streamed live over the internet. It's a glorious time for Muay Thai in the states and Travis and I discussed some of his past fights in particular detail. Including his pro debut against UFC veteran Jared Papazian at Lion Fight 26; his stunning fight with Julio "The Don" Peña and his epic WBC title fight last year with Joe Gogo in San Diego for Dennis Warner's WCK Full Rules Muay Thai promotion.

Travis went deep into his muay thai technique, he let us inside his head before during and after the aforementioned fights as well as discussed the nuanced differences between "Muay Thai" and "Kickboxing" and where Muay Thai may seemingly be headed in the USA over the next few years.

Sit back and take in the interview and enjoy. This is also a pivotal podcast episode for Teep This as this was the very first video podcast that I ever recorded. I interviewed and cut this podcast from my office and Travis spoke to me from his hotel room in New York before turning in to rest up for his fight the very next day.

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TEEP 010: Regian Eersel

A special shout out to the Muay Thai promoters across North America who are working harder than ever creating more and more opportunities for fighters and students to get experience in the Muay Thai ring! Also, please check out our friends just north of us in Canada on all that's happening on their exploding Muay Thai scene by tuning into The Bloody Ballet podcast hosted by Ryan McKinnon. This episode features my conversation with one of the most feared young fighters making waves around the planet in both the Muay Thai and Kickboxing circuits. Regian Eersel aka The Immortal is the current Lion Fight Super Middleweight World Champion and I spent some time with Regian and his trainer Paul learning more about what it feels like to be a world champion at only 24 years of age and how the American Muay Thai scene appears from his perspective in Holland, the world capital of Kickboxing. We get into "the Dutch style" and is it as hardcore as everyone says it is? We go deep behind some of his most memorable fights and experience some of those fights from his perspective inside the mayhem. Tune in for Episode 11 with special guest Glory world champion, gym owner, entrepreneur and father of five Richard "Maximus" Abraham from Maxiumus Muay Thai in Itasca, IL. Live well, love much, laugh often and train hard. Sawasdee krap.