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“Yut, Chock, Yut, Yaek, Ying!” IFMA’s HERStory about Female Referees

June 14th, 2021

Women’s participation in muaythai 40 years ago was very much unthinkable especially in the motherland of Thailand. In the early 90’s, IFMA and the WMC stood up for gender equality, breaking the history marked by division and discrimination and started a journey with major accomplishments for all stakeholders in the muaythai family and important steps towards the empowerment of women, girls and gender equality.  Breaking social barriers and allowing, encouraging and promoting female muaythai athletes ...

Jones vs Padilla: Pan American Title Bout this Weekend

June 10th, 2021

Triumphant 11 is nearing with only 2 days to go in what is shaping up to be one of their best fight cards to date. The event will be held at the James Knight Center in Miami, Florida and is already creating quite a buzz in the area ahead of Saturday's bouts. Co-headlining the main event under the Kevin Ross and Asa Ten Pow WMC MAD title bout will be a WMC Pan American title bout ...

Muaythai Night Returns to Abu Dhabi with Stacked Main Card

June 9th, 2021

June the 25th is the date for the one of the most stacked cards to grace the sport of muaythai in a very long time as Muaythai Night returns to Abu Dhabi. The 6th event and season closer which is sanctioned by the WMC and organised in conjunction with the UAE Muaythai federation is looking fantastic as the team have have really pushed the boat out to get the best of the best international fighters ...

Empowering youth champions of life: Partnering with the sport sector to build youth and community resilience to violence and crime

June 8th, 2021

01 June 2021 – While preventing crime is often considered the responsibility of law enforcement, for efforts to succeed a much more comprehensive approach is required. This includes building strong partnerships with a wide diversity of sectors – including education, social, health, youth, civil society and sports – to tackle the root causes of violence and crime and promote positive youth development and wellbeing, with a focus on early prevention, and investing on young people ...

WMC trainer, Ajarn Gae, in Greece! (June 22 – July 10)

June 7th, 2021

No need to go to Thailand, Thailand is coming to you! The famous trainer of WMC (World Muaythai Council)Ajarn Gae, 4 years after the analyzed seminar of the Panhellenic Federation of Muaythai (P.M.F.), at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, on Saturday, June 24, 2017, is coming again in Greece, as a guest of WMC – Greece, for a series of seminars, at from 22 of June until the 10th of July, with a seminar -from the three-day seminar of ...

Hoskings vs Gabiola: State Title Bout

June 4th, 2021

On the 26th of June in Cairns, Queensland, the WMC light heavyweight State title will be contested between Paul Hosking and Joseph Gabiola. This is set to be an epic fight as both fighters have left no stone unturned ahead of this fight. Paul Hosking, fighting out of Fusion Fight and Fitness is a strong opponent who began training at the tender age of eight years old. He has been preparing for the fight with 10K ...

Saudi Muaythai Moving Forward

June 3rd, 2021

Over the last two years muaythai in Saudi Arabia has grown into a thriving federation which is fully recognised by the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia and the Sports Ministry under the presidency of His Highness Prince Fahad Al Saud. His Highness has a strong vision to build muaythai in Saudi Arabia alongside the countries vision 2030 on strong grass roots development and international engagement. His Royal Highness Prince Fahad stated that the Kingdom of ...

IFMA HERStory: Female Muaythai Salutes Rangsit Stadium

June 3rd, 2021

Rangsit Stadium has a proud history. Established in 1962, its purpose was to promote muaythai around the Pathumthani Province. In 1980, Mr. Amuay Kesbumrung, who is a member of the Executives of the Amateur Associations of Thailand and board member of the World Muaythai Council and Committee Member of IFMA, started to build his own standard stadium. In 1995, Rangsit became the official WMC Stadium and also hosted the first IFMA Prince Cup. The vision of ...

WMC and IFMA mourn the loss of H.E. Mr. Andrii Beshta Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Thailand

May 31st, 2021

H.E. Andrii Beshta was known for his love for sport and muaythai. He has been a strong supporter of using sport towards creating positive change and he has been supporting not only the Ukrainian national team and athletes when competing in Thailand but also his presence and support for IFMA’s social projects was greatly appreciated and will be missed. He was on hand to witness and support IFMA when the IOC granted provisional recognition in ...

Siam 2 Sydney Springs Back into Action

May 28th, 2021

Get your Google calendars updated as Saturday the 26th June will see the return of Siam 2 Sydney for a day of muaythai bouts and festivities. The event which is sanctioned by the WMC and is now in its 18th season promises not to disappoint with a strong line up as usual. Fight fans will be pleased to see 2 time WMC Australian champion Yolanda Schmidt back in the ring after some time out following an ...

Road to MTGP:Athens

May 27th, 2021

After a long hiatus due to the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic, Muay Thai Grand Prix will once again be gracing the city of Athens, Greece. The show which is sanctioned by the WMC is set for Sunday May the 30th live from the Greek online Arena and boasts a stacked card of international fighters alongside local heroes. The event will feature a Super 4 international tournament with the winner to be crowned as the WMC super ...

USA Muaythai Event Breaks Statewide Record: 300 Muaythai Bouts in 2 Days!

May 25th, 2021

Phoenix, AZ: The U.S. Muaythai Open (USMTO) is one of the most prestigious and respectable events in the world and it is the only event in North America that closely adheres to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recognized standards for the sport of Mauythai. 2020 was a challenging year for the USMTO as the organizers had to overcome many unique challenges to host the event due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The USMTO made three ...

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