A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers. We are all members of a unique family built on ancient traditions and values passed from the ancient times of Siam to the modern day Thailand. We love muaythai. Muaythai is more than just a combat sport, it is an art, it is culture and for many of us it is our life. We have a saying in muaythai, “The only way we look down upon ...
A very important meeting took place at The Royal Thai Parliament, invited by Dr. Boonlue Prasertsopha Chairman of the Standing Committee on Sports, House of Representatives . Over the last weeks, various communications had been circulated with regards to the status of the recognized muaythai bodies in the Kingdom of Thailand, and also false rumours circulated which needed clarification. This is why all the different relevant ministries and government departments such as the Ministry of Tourism ...
On February 22, females from twenty-five gyms from over 12 cities of Spain from various backgrounds traveled to the Center of High Performance of the High Council of Sports (CSD) in Madrid to attend the Muay Ying Movimiento seminar. This Spanish female movement was founded by IFMA Athletes’ Commission Member and Champion, Sarai Medina and her best friend, Jessica Sola. Muay Ying Movimiento began in April of 2019 to increase the popularity of ...
Friday the 28th of February is the date for the long anticipated rematch between Stamp Fairtex and Janet Todd. The pair first met last February with the fight going to the judges score card in favour of Stamp in what was a very close match. This time Janet will challenge Stamp for her ONE Championship world title at ONE King of the Jungle in Singapore and has been leaving no stone unturned in her training ahead ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aptnSzjPDS0&feature=emb_logo In 2019 Abu Dhabi was the centre of muaythai in Asia and this year it will be the centre of the world. UAE has been given the rights to host the IFMA world championships. It is every UAE athlete’s dream to represent the UAE wearing the national colours and be part of the national team to march in the arena on June the 5th at the opening ceremony. The last 3 days have seen the qualification bouts. ...
Saturday the 4th of April in the beautiful city of Brescia, Italy will see an evening of international muaythai action. The headlining fight of the evening will be between Alex Avogadro from Italy an IFMA silver medalist and Spanish champion Manuel Gomez for the vacant WMC European Lightweight title. This is set to be a fight of epic proportions as both athletes have publicly stated that they are not going home empty handed. From all at the ...
There has been a lot of buzz around MTGP/KGP Angels the last days, for a good reason. But in every great saga, the greatest battles has been played out when the Masculine and Feminine join forces. And “Road to MTGP - season 2” is no different. Let us present you - “MTGP/KGP Heroes”! This is a pro-amataur fight series that gives up and coming fighters the opportunity to earn a spot in the main promotion of ...
Saturday the 21st of March in the beautiful suburb of Lidcombe, New South Wales will see an evening of international muaythai action brought together by Siam 2 Sydney. Sanctioned by the WMC the 17th edition of the show will feature their strongest card to date in the making and will welcome the return of Petchtawan, Cruz Briggs, Soraya and Diandra Martin to the stadium, plus a host of NSW/ACT finest athletes. The main event of ...
With four exciting match-ups for YOKKAO 47-48 confirmed, the promoters are taking things up another level with the announcement of yet another sensational showdown in the coming event. Back again at the University of Bolton Stadium are Jack Kennedy and Brian Totty who will return for a highly-anticipated rematch on March 7. Kennedy and Totty put on an amazing Muay Thai clinch war in what was regarded by many to be one of the most memorable bouts ...
The global fight scenes spotlight is no longer purely occupied by men, as the rise of numbers of talented female fighters in the sport is a fact we no longer can deny. To celebrate and further support the growth of female fighters, The Greek promotion of MTGP/KGP, lead by Pavlos Kaponis and sanctioned by the WMC have created a fight-series for woman, called “MTGP/KGP Angels”, next event will be the 23rd of February in Athens. ...
Saturday February 8th at Empire fight in Montbeliard, France was a night French man Jimmy Vienot will not be forgetting in a hurry. Jimmy defended his WMC world title against Chanajon PK Saenchai Gym from Thailand. The pair met in 2015 and 2017 with the Thai fighter taking both wins so this was a massive victory, dubbed by Jimmy as the revenge match. Jimmy a 2 time IFMA gold medalist took the WMC world title from ...
Sunday the 23rd of February in the ancient city of Athens, Greece will see the return of the Road to MTGP at the Piraeus Academy. The show which is sanctioned by the WMC will once again showcase the best of the best from Greece as well as Europe’s finest and will feature a Super 4 competition as well as a string of competitive title bouts. Promoter Pavlos Kaponis stated that as the promotion continues to ...
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