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Part 6 with Chad Collins, guest questions round and it gets unhinged.
Chad takes the rapid-fire guest questions and the answers are gold. He’d grab Mr. Beast’s autograph (met him at UFC 299 next to Logan Paul), reckons Muhammad Ali would’ve been the proper sit-down yarn, and breaks down the biggest fuck-up of his life, not moving to Thailand at 17 instead of 21, all because of puppy love. The boys talk about chasing dreams and why your partner has to be on the same page or they’re not the one.
Plus the story of losing his virginity at 13, and the absolute curse that his dad was hooking up with the girl’s mum on the same night. The Nobby’s surfy share-house party as a grade 8 kid getting fed goon by the older blokes. Punching on with local Gold Coast pro skater Peewee in the 5th Ave Maccas car park for 15 minutes over localism until Peewee started vomiting. Two years sober now, fully locked in on the fight game.
Walks out to The Doors’ LA Woman every fight and reckons Jim Morrison could play him in the movie. Also wants a pet ostrich to run his K’s with.
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Part 5 of the Proper True Yarn Podcast, world-class Muay Thai fighter Chad Collins shares wild stories from Thailand fight camps, surviving COVID chaos overseas, getting chased by rabid dogs during training runs, dengue fever before a world title fight, and the harsh reality of making money in combat sports. Chad opens up about life fighting in Thailand and Japan, the struggle of Australian fighters getting paid peanuts, and what needs to change in Muay Thai. This episode is packed with unbelievable yarns, fight culture, and raw insight into the life of a professional fighter.

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Part 4 with world champion Chad Collins — this one's all heart. Chad gets passionate about why every belt he's won (17-19 of them and counting) lives at his gym instead of collecting dust at home. He breaks down the kid-walking-into-Urban-Fight-Gym moment as a young Tucker, seeing Nathan Corbett's WMC world titles on the wall, and realising that's the dream — and how he's now paying it forward for the next generation of Aussie weapons coming through. Plus a proper breakdown of Muay Thai's global rankings (Thailand 60%, England second, Australia a fast-rising third), why he reckons it's a poor man's sport that deserves more shine, and a healthy rant about why MMA is shit when they're wrestling on the ground. Knuckles agrees — get the fuck up and punch on. ⚠️ Explicit content.

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Part 3 with world champion fighter Chad Collins — and it's the rawest one yet. Chad walks through his 15-fight winning streak, the WBC world title defence where he split his shin open, and the four-week turnaround for the brutal Petch Panomarung fight in Japan where he won with blood and piss pouring out of his leg. Then the high comes crashing down. Chad gets honest about Miguel Trinidad — the Portuguese striker who idolised him, told him at the weigh-in "I'm gonna beat you bad," and then put Chad down for the first time in his career. He talks through the head-game spiral afterwards, the comeback win in Japan, the 8-man Glory vs Rise tournament, and the rematch with Trinidad that didn't go his way either. Plus the "purple patch / black patch" philosophy from his old man, and why Chad reckons the tide is turning ahead of his next fight on 2 November — round 3 of the 24-man Last Man Standing tournament against Yura. ⚠️ Explicit content.

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Knuckles and Zak are live from Launceston, Tasmania for Silly Saturday #23 — drinking Boag's Draught 3.5 (Knuckles' new favourite) and rolling through another round of unhinged listener yarns. Charlie Maybury carries the whole episode with three rippers — a metals class welding slag incident that coated the teacher, and two Dubbo nights out involving a gorilla-on-steroids bouncer, a hammered taxi ride, and donuts in a Falcon at the Maccas car park that ended on a power pole. Plus Knuckles tells the proper true yarn about hitting a horse at 120k's on the Dubbo highway at 3am — and what he did with the dead horse to teach the dickhead owner a lesson. Zak chips in with his own Dubbo story about getting chased through the streets at 2am. 🎙️ Got a Dubbo yarn? The boys want to hear it. Hit the Linktree. ⚠️ Explicit content.

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