World Muaythai Council

With about a month away from YOKKAO 43-44 taking place on 26 October, the much-anticipated main event has just been confirmed. Fan-favorite and UK legend, Liam Harrison will take on French KO specialist, Jeremy Payet in a headlining faceoff at the University of Bolton stadium. The man who hardly needs any introduction, Harrison is an integral part of YOKKAO shows since his promotional debut in 2014. He has built a reputation around the world for bringing ...

Muaythai superstar Sangmanee Sor Tiempo is set to make his debut in the One championship after signing a multi bout contract this week where he will be heading into the bantamweight division. Nicknamed 'million dollar baby' Sangmanee is both a Ratchadamnoen and Lumphinee champion and is now set to make his name on the international stage. Sangmanee used to fight out of the famous 13 coins gym in Bangkok where he was stationed alongside muaythai superstar ...

IFMA Youth World Championships have truly made their name as the world’s biggest Muaythai event in the world. The numbers of participants registering for the competition grows with every year as national teams grow in numbers of muaythai practitioners and athletes’ entourage.  IFMA has truly take Muaythai tournaments beyond the field of play and so many national teams arrive to the host countries accompanied by the representatives of the governments, ministries of sport and charity organisations ...

Saturday the 7th of September in Budapest, Hungary was a special day for many muaythai practitioners as they were treated to a seminar by none other than muaythai legend Andrei Kulebin. The 2 times WMC world champion and multiple IFMA gold medalist Andrei Kulebin travelled to Hungary to transfer his knowledge and skills in a seminar conducted at the Rokko gym which was divided into 2 parts from 10am to 12 then 2pm to 4pm. Andrei Kulebin ...

Monday the 2nd September saw the crowning of a new WMC Asian Champion during the World Martial Arts Masterships in Chung Ju, Korea. A special super fight took place between Yousif Alharby from Saudi Arabia and Woochan Lee from Korea during the IFMA finals for the vacant featherweight (57.14kg) Asian title. This was a very close fight with both athletes giving it their best. At the end of the hard fought rounds the fight ...

The Buakaw Country Marathon will return on the 19th of January 2020 this time in the Samrong Thap district in the Eastern part of Surin. The marathon has proved to be a great success and now reaches it's 4th event which is set to be the busiest so far with participants travelling from all across Thailand. Buakaw the world-renowned muaythai star, invites both Thais and foreigners to join the “4th Amazing Thailand Buakaw Country Marathon”, a local ...

The 6th September is the date for the next serving of the ONE Championship entitled Immortal Technique this time heading to the historic city of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The Phu Tho Indoor Stadium will be the venue for the first ONE event held in Vietnam and is already set to be another one for the history books. Fight fans are especially looking forward to seeing Lumphinee Champion Rafi Bohic's debut in the ONE Championship ...

From all at the WMC and IFMA we would like to wish our life honourary President General Chetta Thanajaro many happy returns on his birthday. The General needs no introduction as he is the honourary President of the Olympic Committee of Thailand, former Supreme Commander and Defence Minister of the Royal Thai Army and President of the WMC since 1996. The muaythai world would like to wish the life honourary President a happy birthday and ...

Siam 2 Sydney returns on the 14th September to the Auburn Basketball Centre in the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia for an evening of top notch muaythai. The event will feature an international professional card alongside an amateur undercard featuring some of the best Ozzy homegrown talent. Sydneysiders  are in for a treat as the main event will see Palungchok from Thailand go to head to head with Matthew Smith in a much anticipated bout. Kudos to Promoter ...

Friday the 16th September was a big night for fight fans around the world as the semi final of the Super 8 tournament took place at ONE: Dreams of Gold. The event did not disappoint with another stacked card held at the Impact Arena in the capital city of muaythai, Bangkok. The first fight saw Samy Sana from France go head to head with star of the Contender Asia Series Dzhabar Askerov from Russia. Samy Sana the ...

With the echo of the World Muaythai Championships just fading IFMA athletes are looking forward to new challenges and two weeks from now the world of martial arts will be concentrated in Korea at 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Mastership. 20 sports will be featured at the event and muaythai will be represented by athletes seeking the recognition as well as elite athletes who just walked off the awarding podium in Bangkok. One of the most titled ...

It is with great sadness that IFMA found out about the passing of Thomas Rasmussen. Thomas was the founder of Stockholm Muaythai Academy and the first Swedish muaythai star. He was a true leader in our sport holding the title of the European Champion. IFMA's thoughts are now with the entire Swedish muaythai community and Thomas’s achievement will live in victories of new generations of Swedish athletes.