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 matchThe brutal reality of fight week, fight camps and the sacrifices nobody seesTwo years homeless in a hotel room with a newborn while still actively competingThe loss that nearly broke him, his best friend James, and the system that failed himWhy fighting is more mental than physical, and what losing taught him about who's really in your cornerWalking away from ONE Championship and choosing his sanity over the biggest contract in the sportBecoming a father and how it completely reshaped what he was fighting forWhat he wants people to actually remember about Craig Coakley when it's all said and doneRyan 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.Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis🖊️ Sponsored by The Ink Factory, Temple Bar. Ireland's highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory