Troubled youth to Muay Thai world champion! Claudia Diaz’s journey from Spain to Thailand! HBH #94

This week we are joined by Claudia Diaz a Muay Thai champion hailing out of Spain now transitioning to MMA. Claudia Diaz started her career training Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand where she moved from Spain in order to pursue a better life. Claudia shares with us her amazing journey from fighting Muay Thai weekly to survive, traveling to China with no Visa to fight kickboxing rules and how she ended up training in Miami Flordis at the famous MMA Masters Gym where she is now making the transition full time to MMA! All this plus much more on pisode 94 of the Honey badger Hour Podcast. Follow Claudia Diaz in her social media accounts in the link below.   / claudiadiazmma   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Follow The Honey Badger Hour podcast on PATREON   / honeybadgerhourpodcast   Get merchandise on our website http://honeybadgerlifestyle.com/ check us out on spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4MX2Ob8... Follow the Honey badger Hour podcast on social media in the links below   / honeybadgerhour.  . https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...   / honeybadgerho.  .   / honeybadgerhour   Follow Emilio Urrutia on Social media   / honeybadger305   https://m.facebook.com The Honey Badger Hour podcast has been a longtime coming and is the culmination of years of hard work and travel that has allowed Emilio to experience so much of what the world had to offer. Emilio "The Honey Badger" Urrutia is a professional MMA fighter, commentator, and Comedian with over a decade of experience in martial arts. Hailing from Miami, Florida and now living full-time in Phuket, Thailand, Emilio has amassed a wealth of knowledge in the sports world. Throughout his fight career, Emilio the "Honey Badger" has competed for various promotions around the world, including ONE Championship, PXC and KunLun Fights. The sport has taken Emilio "The Honey Badger" around the world, competing in countries like the Philippines, Thailand, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Mongolia and Guam, just to name a few. Check out the rest of Emilio "The Honey Badger's" content on his YouTube page, which includes VLOGS and other shenanigans from his world! You can find Emilio "The Honey Badger" on Instagram and Twitter name Honeybadger305. Come join the Honey Badger lifestyle learn some new techniques, laugh and be entertained. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 1:00 How we met 3:34 martials arts background 4:00 How you got started 5:30 Troubled past coming from Spain 8:25 fighting amateur in Spain 9:00 finding Tiger Muay Thai 10:00 speaking spanish in Miami 12:25 7 fights first 3 months in Thailand 13:25 pro career started in Thailand 15:50 Thailand lifestyle 17:20 cutting weight in China 18:50 fought 5 times in China 20:11 slept in shopping center 25:50 transition to MMA 26:52 broken hand story 28:60 clinch in Thailand 29:35 move to Miami 33:30 Training MMA masters 35:00 Training with women 36:25 moving weight class 37:35 cutting weight as female 39:00 fighting One Fc 41:00 fighting pro right away 42:30 experience best learning 44:30 being managed 45:00 hobby to pro mindset 47:20 BJJ for MMA 49:30 muay thai vs mma cardio 51:30 visa runs when traveling 52:25 stuck in Cuba 1:01:00 go Thailand with money 44:30