Episode 1614: The Player’s Chair With Paddy Holohan

In the latest episode of The Player’s Chair Richie chats to former MMA fighter Paddy Holohan, who is now a businessman, a coach, a politician, and an author.

My autobiography “Hooligan” is available tomorrow! The 1st page is read below! International link ???????? https://t.co/wpVPtqLlk3 ?? RT & tag a friend for a chance to win a signed copy @eason @NoShameCast @RichieBarrett @Gill_Books @PunditArena @SBG_D24 pic.twitter.com/77YpphBR0o

— Paddy Holohan (@PaddyHolohanMMA) October 31, 2019

Paddy discusses his troubled childhood, being in a coma, his absent dad, and why fighting in a cage for a living was the least risky option he had.

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Why go for MMA when he knew he had a rare form of haemophilia? What is he thinking as he walks to the octagon? How does he control his inner chimp? And why he believes there is “something” after death.

Plus there’s Ken on getting hit on the face, Richie’s shoplifting, and the benefits of ayahuasca.

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We ask Eoin Reddan and Shane Horgan if, given the Boks won, Ireland were right to be conservative after all, if we can build in some mental resilience for 6N, and what the next step should be in the giant fix that’s required.https://t.co/WjGUVdQDjI pic.twitter.com/wqMGnLHR9k

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Was Saturday’s late Liverpool win the most heartbreaking come-from-behind win of Pep Guardiola’s career?

And were the City manager’s supposed comments about Mané’s diving misreported?https://t.co/VnzXukFmCR pic.twitter.com/8jt5tT7ooX

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