World Muaythai Council

UMF South African Muaythai Champs and CPT VS Durban MMA Fight Night”

June 8th, 2011

Cape Town Appliances, in conjunction with Dragon Power Promotions, brings you the South Africa Muaythai Championships & MMA Fight Night on the 11th of June 2011! The UMF is an International and National Muaythai Circuit which, since 1993, has brought you ultimate muaythai fights in South Africa, with world and local title belts sanctioned by WMC (World Muaythai Council), the sanctioning body for professional muaythai, and IFMA (International Federation of Muaythai Association), the official muaythai amateur ...

Tags: Competition, IFMA, IFMA World Championships, IFMA World Championships Qualifier, South Africa, WMC
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Professional Muay Thai Gala

June 9th, 2011

The gym and promoter Jordi Peña of Fuerteventura is organizing the first ever national title of the Spanish Association of Muaythai held in the Spanish islands. It will be hosted by the town of Corralejo and will be based on the 60 kg weight category, under full WMC rules, with 5 x 2 professional B class fighters. The lineup includes: David Mederos (team Jordi Peña) - Champion of Canaries IFMA 2011 Javier Madueño (club Hanuman) - Andalucia silver IFMA 2011 CLASS ...

Tags: Competition, Spain, WMC
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Rumble at the Reebok

June 14th, 2011

Another brilliant event was successfully organized this weekend, in the United Kingdom, under WMC and UKMF sanctioning. The Bolton Rebook Stadium saw on Saturday one of the biggest muaythai events ever put on in England, the Rumble 4, with 15 fights running from 4.30pm to 11.00pm, and great names showing their best skills. The 4 main fights, that came at the end of the evening, saw firstly Ivan Daminov (Firewalker) facing Andy Thrasher (GFC). Once into ...

Tags: Competition, UK, UKMF, WMC
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Muaythai booming throughout China

June 13th, 2011

Yet another major event is being held in China following the 2010 SportAccord Combat Games, under patronage of the IOC. Muaythai is growing throughout China at an exponential rate as a consequence of the Thai-Chinese collaboration and the MOU that was signed between the two countries in order to promote sports and cultural exchange. The Chinese National Team is being faced to the best Professional Muaythai fighters from around the world on the 11th of June, ...

Tags: China, Competition, WMC
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OPEN Polish Championship

May 25th, 2011

The Polish Muaythai Association under IFMA would like to invite all interest member NFs to participate at The Open Polish Championship held in conjunction with the "Muaythai Against Drugs" Festival. The event will take place in the beautiful Polish city of Kracow from 4th to 5th June 2011. And will be competed under IFMA and EMF rules. The Polish Open Muaythai Championship is the biggest event in amateur Muaythai in Poland. Invitations have already been sent ...

Tags: Competition, EMF, IFMA, Muaythai Against Drugs, Poland
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Muaythai Premier League has begun!

June 2nd, 2011

The Muaythai Premier League, organized by Warrior Caste Productions, in association with WMC, will be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, muaythai series ever staged. Never in Thailand the sport and entertainment press has shown so much interest in a muaythai event, Bangkok Park Plaza Hotel was filled today. The press conference was hosted by Cindy Bishop and press from around the world attended this important breakthrough for muaythai. General Chetta Thanajaro, the President of ...

Tags: Muaythai Against Drugs, Press Conference, TV, USA, WMC
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International Referees and Judges Seminar – 28th May 2011

June 7th, 2011

A one day referee and judges seminar was conducted last Saturday, the 28th of May, at the Suda Palace, in Bangkok. Dr. Sakchye Tapsuwan was the official President of the Seminar, as he is also the President of the Amateur Muaythai Association of Thailand (AMTAT), under Royal Patronage, and of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA), and General Secretary of the World Muaythai Council (WMC). At this event, 137 people took part of a ...

Tags: IFMA, Referees and Judges, WMC
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First Khan Seminar in Poland a Success! (17th April 2011)

May 25th, 2011

Poland’s first Khan Seminar was successfully concluded on the 17th of April. The program was divided into two sessions. The first session focussed on theoretical and practical training, with degrees from the first to the sixth grade Khan, which teaches typical Muaythai techniques i.e. (moving to position, hit, attack, elbows, knees, wrestling in the clinch). The second portion of the seminar involved demonstrations and discussions on the methods of resisting enemy attacks with knife or ...

Tags: IFMA, IFMA World Championships, Khan, Poland
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Arafura Games finished with a bang

May 21st, 2011

2011 Arafura Games in Australia, again was a major success for muaythai with the stadium filled to the bursting point every competition day, making muaythai one of the main attractions at the Arafura Games. The final medal tally was a big success for the host of the upcoming IFMA World Championships as Uzbekistan was overall the best team. Australia came at a close second and Thailand third. Macau really improved in the last 12 months and ...

Tags: Arafura Games, Australia, SportAccord
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IFMA India National Muaythai Championships at Hyderabad

May 19th, 2011

IFMA India National Muaythai Championship 2011 will be held from August 5 – 7, 2011 in the historic city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad is one of the fastest growing cities of India and has emerged as a strong industrial, commercial, technology center, gives a picture of glimpses of past splenders and the legacy of its old history. The city founded in the year 1591 by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah, the fifth sultan of Qutb ...

Tags: Competition, IFMA, IFMA World Championships, India
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LA NOTTE DEI CAMPIONI – Champions Night – May 21st , 2011- Palaporada Seregno Italy

May 18th, 2011

After the great success of the event’s last edition and the increase of importance and diffusion of Muaythai throughout Europe, the Italian Muaythai Federation (Fimt - www.fimt.it) will organise, for the second consecutive year, the “4 NATIONS TOURNAMENTS” professional Muaythai event with the direct elimination tournament, semi-finals and finals all packed into one exciting evening of Muaythai. Competing for the prestigious prize are…. Corrado Zanchi (Italy), Italian champion of the PRO FIMT 2010 Hamza Rhamani (Belgium), IFMA ...

Tags: IFMA World Championships, Italy, WMC
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ARAFURA GAMES 2011 – OPENING CEREMONY PACKED TO THE BURSTING POINT

May 18th, 2011

The TIO Stadium in Darwin was packed to the rafters from the begging till the end of the events. The opening ceremony was spectacular with over 2700 athletes, from 45 nations, waiting to march proudly into the arena in front of a delirious crowd of about 7000 people. The show kept on surprising the fans, starting with 6 aircrafts performing acrobatic stunts and followed by the representative of the Larrakia signing the traditional Waltzing Matilda to ...

Tags: Arafura Games, Australia
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