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Underdog Ultimate Muay Thai Bendigo

Locality: Golden Square, Victoria

Phone: +61 409 011 542

Address: 28 Allingham Street 3555 Golden Square, VIC, Australia

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24.01.2022 My Fifth Fight August 1998...After Winning The Victorian Title In November I Had Quarterzone Injections In My Right Knee For An Injury I Incurred At Home...After The Doctor Injected Me He Said "No Sport For Six Months" I Tried To Train But I Was In Pain When Kicking So Greg Sent Me Home From The Gym To Wait Out The Six Months... In That Time My Victorian Title Would Be Relinquished & Fast Eddie Delic Would Defeat Goran Denalovic For It In St Albans... Returing To The Gym in J...une I Wanted To Reclaim My Victorian Title But Greg Already Had His Sights Set On Bigger Things... Promoter Jay Osman Was Looking For A Semi Main Event & I Would Fill That Spot By Rematching Leon Evangilistis For The Eastcoast I.S.K.A. Title At The Werribee Events Centre... It Would Be Four By Two Minute Rounds But Unfortunately The First Round Was Never Taped...Although Friend & Corner Person Tony Billman Would Tell Me It Was The Best Round I'd Fought So Far... In Training I Pushed Really Hard With The Road Work Knowing That Leon Was Always Really Fit Too... At The Weigh In I Came In One Kilogram To Heavy & It Was Up To Leon Whether I Had To Lose The Kilo Or Not...But Leon Said "It's A Title Make Him Lose It"...So I Jumped On The Exercise Bike & Pedalled Fast For An Hour Talking, Joking, Laughing & Throwing Punches Now & Then...To Make Weight Before The End Of The Weigh In...I Don't Think It Did Leon Any Good To Watch Me Do That With Ease...He New Right Then That I Was Very Fit & He Was Going To Be In For A Tough Fight... Knowing I Was The Harder Puncher & That I Could Wear Anything Leon Threw At Me...I Just Came Out Swinging Putting Everything Behind Every Punch Trying To Take Leon's Head Off... The Time Keeper Would Accidentaly Ring The Bell A Little Early In The Last Round Thats Why We Continue On For A Few Seconds At The Finish Of The Forth Round... In The Speaches Both Leon & His Trainer Ivan Will Complain About A Bad Decision That Stable Mate (South Pacific Champion) Simon Fenech Recieved The Week Before... Unfortunately On The Night My Stable Mate Jay Court Would Not Be Successful In His Title Bid...

24.01.2022 Not Long After Failing To Win The Australian Title My Stable Mate & Main Sparring Partner Jay Court Retired & Without Him I Literally Needed To Go To Melbourne For Sparring As We Didn't Have Anyone Else Skilled Or Fit Enough In Our Gym To Put Me Through My Paces & No One From The Other Two Bendigo Gym's Would Even Consider Sparring Me...Trust Me The Offer Was There... This Fight Was Meant To Be The Semi Main Event To Lester Ellis's Debut Kick Boxing Fight In St Albans But Due... To A Back Injury I Had To Pull Out & Tony Would Fight Richard Walsh Instead...Richard Would Go On To Become Nathan Carnage Corbett's Trainer... But By The Next Ultimate Promotions Show Came Around I Had Recovered From My Injury & Was Right To Compete...Semi Main Event At Keilor Basketball Stadium...I Had Been Out Of Competition For 15 Months & Without Proper Kick Boxing Sparring My Preparation Would Not Be Complete...Trainer Greg Went To America For A 2 Week Holiday Which Would Be The 3rd & 4th Week Of My 6 Week Camp Before The Fight Leaving Me To Run His Gym...New Manager Chris Only Managed To Show Up Once In That 2 Week Period To Hold Pads For Me & Others In The Gym Were More Concerned With Their Own Training. Tony Had Been Wanting To Fight Me For Awhile So I Was A Bit Surprised When I Went Out & Stood In Centre Ring For Him That He Just Circled Me Not Even Coming Close Enough To Strike...Although Tony Had 17 Fights Under His Belt Which Was Double My Experience I Still Consider This Fight To Be A Stain On My Career...I Should've Done More Road Work & I Should've Went Hard At Him From The Start...As Tony Said If I Had've Got The Opportunity I Would've Knocked His Block Off... I Always Wanted To Fight At Festival Hall Or On Pay TV...But I Think It Was Clear My Kick Boxing Career Had Come To The End Of The Road With 5 Wins 2 Draws 2 Losses With 1 Victorian Title & 1 Eastcoast Title... Commentated By Mark Hammer Castagnini & Micael Schiavello...

21.01.2022 Congratulations To Young Ben.. On His Footsal Premiership Win Yesterday... Go Ben... Champion Hair Cut...

20.01.2022 The next VAMAA Interclub Training Day is on Sunday April 29th at Ultimate St. Albans. Registrations forms emailed to clubs on our mailing list this morning. Look forward to seeing you again soon

20.01.2022 Ultimate Promotions & Greg Angwin Staged Bendigo's Second Kick Boxing Show At The Schweppes Centre In November 1997... Greg Made History At The Time For Having The Most Amount Of Fighters (9) From One Gym On The One Show... This Would Be My First Four Round Fight, My First Main Event, My First Title Shot & My Fourth Fight For The Year... In Front Of A Home Crowd With Greg Planning More Shows With Me As The Main Event...No Pressure At All...... My Son Kyle Was About Four Weeks Old At The Time...So The Last Eight Weeks At Home Are Only Something New Parents Will Understand... Greg Had Told Me My Opponent Scott Harrison Was Only Recently Released From Jail...I Still Don't Know If This Was True But It Only Made Me Train Harder At The Time Which Was Probably Greg's Plan Anyway... Scott Was A Very Frustrating Fighter Constantly Trying To Score A Few Points Then Crowd Me & Hold Me Obviously Hoping I Would Struggle In An Attempt To Wear Me Down Frustrate Me & Stop Me From Scoring Back... There Were A Few Times When I Wondered If Scott Was Getting The Better Of Me & It Would Just Be Easier For Me To Quit (And I Think Greg Knew It) (I Would've Quit On Myself But I Wasn't About To Quit On Greg & My Friends) I Was Just Fatigued From Lack Of Sleep As New Parents Are...But I Hung In There...It's Amazing How Much The Roar Of The Crowd Can Energize You... Greg Had Actually Sent Me Home From The Gym In The Last Week To Rest Just Leaving Me With Road Work To Do Canceling My Last Three Training Sessions Before The Fight... No Matter How Hard Or How Many Times I Hit Scott He Just Seemed To Keep Coming Forward...A Head Kick In The Fourth Round Is What I Believe Cut Scotts Eye... Due To Scotts Consistant Leg Checking & My Refusal To Lighten Up On The Leg Kicks I Would Stress Fracture My Right Shin In The Fight Causing Me To Spend A Week On Crutches & Sleep With My Legs Raised For Weeks Trying To Get Rid Of The Fluid... As The News Reporter Says I Am The First & I have Not Seen Any Evidence Of Any One Else From A Bendigo Gym Winning A Kick Boxing Or Muay Thai Title Since Other Than Me... No One Gives You Anything In This Game... You Must Fight For It & Title Belts Last A Lot Longer Than The Pain Does...

19.01.2022 Matt Petrusma Is One Of Our Best Helpers & If Ever There Was A Time To Get Behind Matts Family This Would Be It...

17.01.2022 I will be starting a group this weekend to keep our students informed on whats happening... Would people prefer fb messenger or whats app... Inbox or text your response pls...... Need your response by friday night...thanx See more

17.01.2022 Greg Watts Was Lining Up For His First Fight & Greg Angwin Was Stearing Me Towards A Victorian Title Even Though I Wanted To Rack Up A Few More Fights Experience Before A Title Shot...Greg Was Adament We Were Going For It... Even Though We Were Just Mucking Around For The Cameras If You've Ever Done Martial Arts Check Out The Kick At 1:24 Seconds...

15.01.2022 Its Great... *To Be Back In The Gym... *To Have Full Classes...... *To Have New Faces Come To Join Us... *To Have So Many Loyal Students Return... *To Come Back To So Many Experienced Students... *To Have Boys Already Putting There Names Down To Fight... Thanx To... *Beaudin Mott...Looking To Add Some More Wins To His Fight Record... And... *Jacoby Mott Looking To Make His Amatuer Debut... *We Would Have To Be The Most Successful & Fight Experienced Kickboxing / Muay Thai Gym In Bendigo By Far... *This Many Wins Isn't Just Luck...Its Knowledge Hardwork & Experience...

15.01.2022 Since closing the gym I've had a few offers made to me which have been unexpected, quite generous & appreciated... But just recently I have been asked to join the McQuinns Gym Family & Danny has been very accomidating & genorous to help make this happen as I do not have the time to run my own gym, so I will be teaching & Danny will be taking care of the rest... I am very honoured & humbled to become a part of Bendigos best gym which is a credit to Danny & his hard work...... The gym is in a great location & Danny has been working tirelessly to get the new area ready... Classes are 1 hour on Mondays & Wednesdays from 7pm, bookings are essential & places are filling fast with the first week already booked out. Some pt spots will be available for Friday nights or Saturday mornings by appointment only... I intend to change things up a little this time in a few different respects but as always keeping the same high standards that saw 4 of our fighters win 9 out of 10 fights, of course not every student wants to be a fighter, but I am here to help you reach your full potential with correct technique & unequaled winning fight experience in Bendigo... Until covid restrictions ease there can only be 10 students per class, so please give plenty of notice if you cannot attend your class so someone from the waiting list doesn't miss out... Students must have their own gloves, shin pads, towel & water bottle... If you do not feel well please stay home... Entry is through the main gym door & sanatising upon entry is compulsery. Prices are $15 per class Half hour pt $40 Hour pt $70 All enquiries please contact... McQuinns Gym 54 418 457 Facebook McQuinns Gym & Supplements Instagram McQuinns Gym As always I'm keen for your feedback or suggestions...Thanx Phil...

12.01.2022 Ultimate Promotions Next Pro Fight Night...

07.01.2022 Seems like a lifetime ago...

04.01.2022 Just Letting Everyone Know We Are Now On Instagram... phil_chapman_underdog_gym... Thanx For Your Support...

03.01.2022 . ...THIS IS OUR FINAL WEEK... ...AFTER OVER A DECADE... ...I AM CLOSING THE DOORS...... There are many reasons for this decision and it is a decision that has taken some time... As no one has invested more time or money into the gym than myself... But due to high over heads and low student numbers at the moment... My day job commitments and my beautiful family at home missing their Father... I see no other option than to move forward to the next phase of my life... Nothing is for sale... The Gym equipment will be put into storage as we may reopen in the future anything is possible as I have been in and out of combat sports since 1983... I will still be involved with Kévin Jousset at least until the end of 2018 and maybe beyond who knows... I will still remain closely affiliated with John Scida and Ultimate Muay Thai... As I have been sparring in Johnnys gym and fighting on Ultimate Promotions Shows since 1996...And I would like thank him for his friendship, support, loyalty, advice and understanding... In sport as in life we meet many people along the way...I may even like some of you more than you know... I would like to thank everyone who has supported me and the gym...students past and present...family and friends...Joe Demicoli...and of course my beautiful wife Rebeka...Matt Petrusma for his help and support with the gym and kids classes...I would also like to thank anyone who has helped our gym grow/run classes or with there handy work...Simon Doyle...Harley Every...Justin Fitzgerald...Brent McQualter...Dylan Thornton...Polly I would especially like to thank those who have stepped up to compete on Amatuer and Professional shows for me... Brodie Harrison... Tyler Weater... Jimmy Crute... David Powerhouse Patterson... Beaudin Mott... Kévin Jousset... I have trained/helped a variety of people along the way from...bullied kids...adults with anxiety/depression and drug issues...but now I have to put some time back into myself and my family... All direct debit payments have already been cancelled on the 6th or the 13th which ever your fortnight ends on... I intend to honour IN DATE session passes... Our last class is April 11th... I will be at gym packing after work and weekends until the 25th so come and grab your gear/clean out your lockers... I hope this will answer alot of everyones questions... I'm not leaving town... I may still work with some of you... I will keep the face book page open so people can keep up if anything is happening... ...THANKS FOR COMING... ...I LOVE YOU'S ALL...

03.01.2022 Classes Are Starting Back Next Monday 11th January @Hit Factory Boxing Club Inc.... We Will Be Continuing The Ultimate Graded System... Monday & Wednesdays 7pm till 8pm...... Cost Is $32 per Week Or $62 per Fortnight In Advance By Direct Debit....No Lock In Contracts.... Free 30mins Training After Class Mon & Wed...Pad Work...Drills...Sparring... Free Friday Nights 7pm till 8.30 Training Drills...Sparring... Not Open Public Holidays... Students To Supply There Own Gloves, Shin Pads & Water Bottle etc... We Welcome New & Old Students To Join Us In 2021... All Enquiries Phil 0409011542 or Message Through Gym Page...

03.01.2022 Presented By Ultimate Promotions & Greg Angwin... My Second Kick Boxing Fight... What A Night Finally Getting To Fight In Bendigo & Winning In My Own Weight Class... Leon Forced The Pace Of The Fight With His Superior Fitness But Lucky For Me I Was Fit Enough To Hang In There To The Finish... Although Leon Was Skilled & Threw A Great Variety Of Strikes I Didn't Find Leon's Punches Had Enough Power To Hurt Me...But He Did Catch Me With One Uppercut That Sent My Teeth Through M...y Mouth Guard Chipping My Two Front Teeth... Greg & I Worked Out A Bit Of Fighter Trainer Stuff As I Went Into This Fight Without A Game Plan & Just Adapted As The Fight Went On... The Referree Was Good & Fair Letting The Pair Of Us Get Away With Plenty Of Dodgy Stuff...LOL I Never Imagined Winning A Title But Talking To Leon After The Fight & Finding Out He Had His Eyes On The Vic Title I Then Realised I Was Standing In His Way... See more

02.01.2022 Underdog Gym's Brodie Harrison Vs Nick Taxidis @ Hammer's Interclub... Along Time Ago I Was Often Travelling Around With A Car Full Of Kid's, Sparring, Competeing & Having Fun... Although Brodie Was Taller, These Two Boys Were Very Close In Weight... Nick Was A Great Competitor With Great Skill's Even Throwing Spinning Kick's & Superman Punches & Although Nick Had Beaten Us Many Times Before The God's Of Kick Boxing Smiled Upon Us This Day...... Before This Display The Boy's Had Been Asked To Do A Demonstration Bout On The Ultimate Promotions Show STAND YOUR GROUND.... See more

02.01.2022 I Was Supposed To Fight Nick The Razor Raptous From Dana Goodson's Fitzroy Stars A Top Melbourne Gym That Produced World Champion Stan The Man Longinidis, Chris Allen The Manchester Machine (Who Defeated Wayne Parr) & World Champion Nick The Terror Tetoris... But Before You Know It We Were Given Queensland Opponents As The Wild Thing Sharon Anyos Was Being Flown Down To Fight Holy Fernley & Was Bringing Stable Mates With Her To Be Matched Against Us On The Card...Unfortunatel...y The Nick Raptous Fight Would Never Eventuate... My Opponent Was Slightly Taller, More Muscular & From MC Howard Leighs Introduction More Experienced...Did Howard Say "Having His 10th Fight Tonight" I'll Let You Make Your Own Decision On That One... A Little Something My Trainer May Have Forgotten To Tell Me... I Was Also Sporting A Scab On My Left Eye Lid From A Training Accident Which I Was Concerned Would Get Ripped Of & Bleed Into My Eye But Fortunately For Me This Didn't Happen... Without Sounding To Conceited He Was Not Of The Standard We Were Used To...I Think There Are Many Reasons The Fight Ended The Way It Did But These Are My Opinions On Style, Training & Conditioning... The Night Was Absolutely Freezing & I Could Still Feel The Cold In My Bones Even After My Pre Fight Warm Up... Anyhow I Loved His BJC Shorts...

01.01.2022 If You've Watched All The Video's So Far You Will Realise That I'm Walking Into The International Kick Boxing Federation Australian Title Undefeated In 7 Fight's... I Was Ment To Rematch Con Grivas Bodily Harm From The Previous Fight But Con's Trainer Michael Vukavic Was Also A Promoter & Con Had To Fight On Michael's Show But I Wanted To Fight On Neutral Ground & The Two Shows Were To Close Together & Although Con Would Be Keenly Watching This Fight Unfortunately Our Rematch...Continue reading

01.01.2022 Coming Up Against I.K.B.F. Eastcoast Champion Con Grivas Bodily Harm I Was Pretty Nervous Giving Away So Much Experience...Con Had Won 9 Out Of 10 Fights & Had A Reputation For Knocking Opponents Out & He Was Quick To Capitalise On Any Opportunities Or Mistakes Presented Before Him... In Negotiations They Wanted Me To Put My I.S.K.A. Title On The Line (The Greater Or More Sort After Title At The Time As The I.K.B.F. Had Only Just Gotten Started) I Asked If Con Would Put His T...itle Up & The Answer Was No...So We Agreed On A Non Title Bout... Then They Wanted To Make It A Five Round Fight But I Refused...In Hindsight I Probably Should Have As I Was Getting The Better Of Con In The Latter Rounds... Con Not Only Had Stable Mate Professional Kick Boxer Michael The Magic Karitsis To Train & Spar With All The Time He Had Also Just Returned From A 7 Week Training Camp In Thailand...Meanwhile I Was Just Training At Greg Angwins Gym In Bendigo & Travelling To Sunshine To Spar At John Scidas Gym Every Fortnight Or So Were I Would Normally Spar With Comonwealth Champion Jenk The Great White Shark Behic But On The Last Sparring Session I Would Sparr Ursen Tekin Fom Jamhal Hassan's Gym As Jenk Was Busy Sparring World Champion Baris Nezif... Yes 5 Rounds & Under Was Amatuer...But We Were Paid To Fight & We Fought Under The Professional Boxing & Combat Sports Board Of Victoria...Back In The Day 6 Rounds Plus Was Pro & Although 8 Round Fights Were Common Some Fighters Were Going Up To 12 Rounds For World Titles...Anything Bare Shinned Is Classified As Professional By Todays Standards Even A 3 Round Fight... I Was Often Asked From The Start By Many Officials To Choose A Fight Name...But I Never Did...MC. Howard Leigh Was Obviously So Impressed By My Last Performance Against Leon Evangilistis That He Decieded To Take It Upon Himself To Introduce Me As Phil The Man The Machine Chapman... I Am Shocked At How Blatently Con Kicked Me In The Groin Just 46 Seconds Into The First Round...I Still Consider This As A Deliberate Attempt To Take The Sting Out Of Me...At The End of The Second Round I Would Deliberately Uppercut Con In The Groin Just To Return The Favour...At 9.53 Seconds Con Would Catch Me With A Head Kick (& Everything Would Go Black In My Head) & Con Would Attempt To Finish Me...Much To His Frustration...If You Noticed Him Touching Gloves At The End Of The First Round Just Watch Him Walk Off On Me at The End Of The Third Round & Him Continually Starting To Hold Me In The Forth Round... Commentators Michael Schiavello & Mark The Hammer Castagnini Would Continually Talk About The Lack Of Punching Power Or Commitment In The Strikes But I knew I Had To Be Quick & Fight A Strategical Fight Against Con...