World Muaythai Council

The matchups are coming in one after another for YOKKAO 45-46, set to take place in Turin, Italy on the 25th January 2020. Following the main event announcement, another potentially explosive bout has been confirmed. YOKKAO newcomer Faipha will take on Cristian Faustino, an Italian fighter from the YOKKAO Agency. Faipha is one of the newest additions at the YOKKAO Training Center Bangkok. He was a regular on the elite stadium scene in Thailand with a ...

A special meeting took place at the highest level during the Sports Forum in Russia to discuss sporting cooperation. The IFMA Secretary General who is a highly respected member of the recognised sporting world in his capacity as the Vice President of GAISF and President of AIMS had many meetings with the leaders of sport in Russia, most importantly the first Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Igor Levitin and the Minister of Sports, ...

The marvellous city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will welcome National Muaythai teams from all over Asia for an event to remember. The gold medalists of 2018 edition of the Asian Muaythai Championships in Macau will defend their titles while so many contenders will challenge the champions for the medals of 2019. Known as the Father of the gazelle the city of Abu Dhabi will offer all the participants its beauty ...

Saturday the 28th of December in the Royal Mas Arena, in Colombo marks the date for the inauguration of the Sri Lankan WMC which will be showcased through their first event. The Muaythai Federation of Sri Lanka has spent the last 6 months working with the government on the constitution in order for professional events to be able to take place in the island country and have passed the test with flying colours. The first event ...

Saturday the 23rd of November at the Angel Guimera Pavilion of El vendrell, Spain saw the latest edition of Nak Muay 8 muaythai series which was a massive success. The event which was Live telecast on one of the major Spanish TV channels featured some of the best female athletes from the international muaythai scene. The all-female event was to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th. The premise ...

On Tuesday, November 19th, IFMA General Secretary, Stephan Fox, joined Right to Play in a powerful panel discussion at the ASEAN Youth Development Workshop for Peace and Leadership. Mr. Fox, a former Muaythai world champion, alongside Right To Play Track and Field Twin Athlete Ambassadors from the UK, Ms. Lina Nielsen and Laviai Nielsen and Ms. Pacharakamon Arkornsakul, a professional badminton athlete and lecturer at Thailand National Sports University Chiangmai Campus spoke on how professional ...

The Sri Lankan Muaythai Federation went out from their gyms with the national coaches giving a lesson to the local schools. The event turned into a fun session where youth could try a role of the Muaythai champions and hear about IFMA and WMC events taking place all over the world.More than a hundred kids joined the session which started with the welcoming word from the President of the Chairman of the Muaythai Association of ...

Saturday the 30th November welcomes the 10th installment of the Art of War to be held at the Central City Venue in East Auckland, New Zealand. The infamous 'Scarface' Slav Alexeichik from East Auckland meets West Auckland's favourite, fearless son, Hayden 'Tat North' Todd, to fight for the WMC NZ Professional Cruiserweight title. This fights promises not to dissapoint as both athletes have trained hard for this and are not wanting to go home empty handed.

The ONE Championship has done it again by adding another amazing fight to the roster for the upcoming ONE Edge of Greatness show in Singapore this coming Friday. The event will take place in the Indoor Stadium in Kallang and the recent addition of Petchmorakot Petchyindee pitted against Charlie Peters has caused quite a stir on the muaythai circuit. The fight was originally scheduled to take place last year but due to injury Charlie had to ...

Big news from the WMC this week as a fight which has been in the pipeline for some time has finally been 100% confirmed. Bobo Sacko vs Chadd Collins is now set for the 14th December in the Pierre De Coubertin, Paris at Golden Fight. Bobo Sacko began training at the age of 11 years old coming from a rough area in Paris which he describes as a ghetto. He is one of the most notable ...

The European Muaythai Championships concluded in Minsk giving the world names of European Champions 2019. Over the 6 competition days the Europe’s best muaythai athletes competed for medals, and it was a true demonstration of skills, spirit, excellent physical shape which spectators saw in the Minsk Palace of Sport. Dzimitry Valent proved again that there is no better school than the old school as he gained the upper hand in the bout against Andreas Gardasevic (SWE). ...

Thai Fight is back on Saturday the 23rd November and will this time be hosted in the city of Mae Sot on the Myanmar border. The event which works in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism has targeted Mae Sot to help promote Thai-Myanmar relations and encourage travel between the 2 countries. The event will feature the usual roster of muaythai superstars including multiple time WMC world champion Saenchai, Tengnung, PTT and Phayak Samui to name ...