From Being Homeless To World Champion & Losing My Best Friend to Suicide - Craig 'Coco' Coakley

He Built the Road for Irish Muay Thai Himself. Two Years
Homeless. A Best Friend Lost. World Champion.


Craig "Coco" Coakley is one of Ireland's most accomplished Muay
Thai fighters a Dublin Combat Academy fighter who became Irish
Fighter of the Year, won multiple titles including a world title,
and fought for Yokkao, Muay Thai Grand Prix and ONE Championship.
But what makes Craig's story remarkable isn't the trophy cabinet.
It's everything that happened underneath it.


Ryan sits down with Craig for an unfiltered conversation about
growing up in Dublin's inner city, falling into fighting almost
by accident, spending two years homeless while building a career
at the same time, losing his best friend to suicide, and walking
away from the security of the biggest promotion in the sport
because his sanity mattered more than the contract.


What we get into:


Growing up in Dublin 1, community, hardship and what people
get wrong about "rough areas"

How Craig fell into Muay Thai after getting battered in his
first boxing match

The brutal reality of fight week, fight camps and the
sacrifices nobody sees

Two years homeless in a hotel room with a newborn while still
actively competing

The loss that nearly broke him, his best friend James, and
the system that failed him

Why fighting is more mental than physical, and what losing
taught him about who's really in your corner

Walking away from ONE Championship and choosing his sanity
over the biggest contract in the sport

Becoming a father and how it completely reshaped what he was
fighting for

What he wants people to actually remember about Craig Coakley
when it's all said and done



Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from
the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos
exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into
hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.


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