Benny Drohan Podcast

Matt "The Jedi" Floyd grew up in and out of foster homes.
At 10, he was placed with a family that abused children in their care. By his teens, he was deep in street gangs and violence, before becoming one of the youngest bikie gang presidents in Western Australia at 22.
But instead of chasing money or power, he had his crew hunting and kidnapping child predators.
Eventually, it caught up with him. Matt spent six years in prison.
For most people, that would have been the end. For Matt, it became the start of his fight back.
Inside, he taught himself how to box. After getting out at 30, he turned pro. Today, he’s undefeated and fighting on some of the biggest platforms in combat sports.
This episode is about abuse, rage, vigilante justice, prison, and what happens when you decide to fight back and become something more than your past.
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👇 Chapters:
00:00 Matt "The Jedi" Floyd
01:24 Growing Up in Foster Care
03:50 The Abuse That Changed Everything
10:00 The Predator Basketball Coach
18:12 Street Gangs and Fighting
21:28 Becoming the Youngest Bikie Gang President
27:02 Hunting Child Predators
28:16 The Police Setup and Prison Sentence
32:35 Confronting the Predator Informant
45:32 Prison, Boxing and Redemption
50:03 Boxing Career, BKFC and Misfits

Tony Jeffries won Olympic bronze in boxing, then turned pro and started building an unbeaten record before one hometown fight changed everything.
He opens up about how his promoter talked him into a fight that was supposed to be six rounds, only for him to find out mid-fight, live on national TV, that it was eight.
After that, he received thousands of abusive messages telling him he was shit and that he should die.
He also reflects on being forced into boxing as a kid, punching a bully in the face at 10 after his parents told him to, and the dedication, sacrifice and self-doubt that followed him throughout his career.
Eventually, both hands gave out, his boxing career was over at 27, and the drinking and depression took hold.
But losing boxing became the best thing that ever happened to him, as he channelled that same obsession into becoming the biggest boxing educator in the world, with over 3 million YouTube subscribers.
This episode is about what happens when the one thing you built your life around is taken away, and how you find a way to build something even bigger.
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👇 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Growing Up And Finding Boxing
06:48 Becoming An Elite Amateur Boxer
12:48 Qualifying For The Olympics
15:40 Turning Pro And Falling Out Of Love With Boxing
23:32 Retirement, Depression And Moving To America
33:00 YouTube Success And The Guinness World Record
45:45 Parenting, Bullying And Life Lessons

Prince Banjaku was raised on nightclub punch-ons and street scraps before fighting his way to a 19–0 record.
He is now one win away from holding every major kickboxing belt at the same time, something no one has ever done.
Prince opens up about the rage that stopped him smiling until he was 35, why the gym was the only thing keeping him from becoming a junkie or a criminal, and the mindset that made him impossible to beat.
He breaks down the Cyrus Washington fight, where 90 percent of people picked him to lose, and the Chris Bradford knockout where he stopped a man 30 kilos heavier with a punch he does not even remember throwing.
He also breaks down the Tsushi Mori fight, where he broke his fibula in the first round and still found a way to win.
Then came the lockdowns, the SWAT raids, and the path that led to a year in jail, where everything changed.
This episode is about what happens when a man who refuses to lose hits rock bottom and comes back more dangerous than ever.
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👇 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Being a Wog Kid in 90s Melton
06:22 Anyone in My Situation Should Be a Junkie
15:05 “You’re Going to Get Knocked Out”
19:30 Beating Cyrus Washington (140-Fight Legend )
20:48 30kg Heavier: The Chris Bradford Knockout
28:58 Fighting Musashi Mori With a Broken Leg
36:05 The Curse of Being Undefeated
41:52 Lockdowns, SWAT Raids & Jail
52:49 The 20–0 Fight for Undisputed

For someone to willingly step into a cage and fight another man… something’s not normal.
You’re either wired differently… or there’s a deeper reason driving it.
This week on the pod, I sit down with Luke Howard.
An OG Aussie MMA fighter who was fighting in a cage long before there was a blueprint, a pathway, or any real structure to the sport.
Before Volk, Whittaker, or Della became household names, Luke was already in there, headlining fight cards around the country.
He opens up about his Australian title fight with Jack Della, stepping in when no one else would, taking it to him, and what it actually feels like to go out cold in a cage. The physical damage, the mental fallout, and the reality of fighting in the early days when safety was less regulated and the risks were higher.
But this isn’t really a fight story.
It’s about what drives someone to do it in the first place.
Luke breaks down what he calls controlled violence, the difference between fighters who break and those who don’t, the danger of chasing validation, and why knowing your “why” can save you in and out of the cage.
That mindset is what led him to becoming a world-class boxing coach at Soma Fight Club in Bali.
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it really takes to live this life, the pain, the pressure, the mentality, Luke’s lived every bit of it.
He is that guy. If you know, you know.
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Comeback Fight vs Anthony Bynoe
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👇 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Luke Howard’s Story
03:39 Injuries That Ended Judo
09:59 Transition to MMA
18:41 Chasing a Fighting Career
26:00 Moving to Bali
33:39 Life in Bali
35:25 Fighting Jack Della
51:46 Mental Health & Demons
53:26 Advice for Young Men
🥋 Stay in the fkn Fight

From East Auckland Street violence and not expecting to make it past 21 to building Bali’s toughest fight club.
Mike Ikilei, founder of Soma Fight Club, opens up about growing up comfortable with violence, the moment a gym pulled him back from the edge, and how Soma became a global destination for fighters and more family than a facility.
He talks about fatherhood, community, the ANZAC toughness that shaped him, and why titles are just byproducts of giving everything.
If you’ve ever felt pulled toward chaos, struggled with direction, or wanted more from yourself, this conversation shows what happens when violence is turned into purpose.
Mike shares the mindset behind Soma, the standards he lives by, and the code that built one of the world’s most respected fight communities.
We break down the story behind the Soma name, the mission driving the movement, and what comes next.
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👇 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:01:41 Did Soma Become What Mike Originally Envisioned?
00:04:09 Growing Up in East Auckland
00:09:08 The Gym That Changed Mike’s Life
00:14:01 Moving to Bali and Taking the Risk
00:29:09 Building Soma Fight Club From Scratch
00:31:26 How Soma Built a Global Fight Community
00:33:07 The Biggest Challenge Facing New Gyms
00:38:41 Building the Soma Brand
00:43:03 The Story Behind the Name Soma
00:46:32 Protecting the Culture Inside Soma
00:51:40 Coaching India’s First UFC Fighter
01:02:34 Outro
🥋 Stay in the fkn Fight