World Muaythai Council

Congratulations to the Egyptian Muaythai Federation for holding the official senior national muaythai championship last month from 1 till 3 April 2021. The successful event saw the participation of 15 clubs and more than 150 athletes competition over 3 days on 2 rings celebrating the true spirit of muaythai under its five pillars of respect, honour, tradition, fair play and excellence. The event opened with an inspirational message of non-discrimination, echoing the vision and ...

IFMA was honoured to take part in last week’s seminars delivered by the FISU for all Organising Committees of 2022 and 2024 seasons of the World University Championship and University World Cup events. IFMA was represented by Dmitry Putilin as the Technical Committee Chair for Muaythai, alongside IFMA Director Charissa Tynan. The week-long seminar covered a myriad of subjects for the Organising Committees from Services & Protocols, Accreditation, Sport Programme, Venues, Anti-doping & Medical Services to Marketing, ...

The Hong Kong Muaythai Association is one of the leading associations in Asia which have organised some of the biggest annual promotions under the banners of IFMA and WMC. Many superstars from around the world such as Yodsanklai, Mardsua, Somsak, Arslan and Kulebin, including many celebrities such as Jackie Chan have been a part of these five-star Hong Kong events. Hong Kong has also staged many IFMA international competitions and now is planning post pandemic to ...

Muaythai Australia is getting ready for another big event on the beautiful Gold Coast at the famous Carrara Stadium this weekend which was part of the Commonwealth Games in 2018. The Gold Coast also hosted SportAccord 2019 and the sports festival in which Muaythai Australia played an important role. This week will see the Allan Bell Open in memory of one of Australia's pioneers of muaythai, the late Allan Bell with over 100 athletes expected. Muaythai Australia is beginning to prepare for the ...

Yodwicha, a name well-known on the muaythai scene has just signed with Thai Fight and will be joining the promotion from May onwards. Many fight fans are looking forward to see him back in the ring following a one year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. Yodwicha made his name in the Thai stadiums having beaten some of the best in the game including Petchboonchu FA Group, Singdam Kiatmoo9 and considered by many as the pound ...

IFMA, a proud signatory of WADA and partner of ITA, has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for doping. Promoting clean sport environment, protecting clean athletes and prevention through education are IFMA’s missions. IFMA stakeholders took part in the April webinar session of the 2021 monthly series delivered by the International Testing Agency (ITA). April’s session focused on athlete nutrition. In particular, we examined how athletes can navigate between a food-first approach and dietary supplement options. Nutrition expert Professor ...