World Muaythai Council

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.

Thai fight returns on the 24th August, this time to Udon Thai in the North Eastern part of Thailand. The event which is run in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism aims to boost tourism in the region and is run as part of the '10 years's of Thai Fight' ongoing celebrations. The event is called Thai Fight Kham Chanod which pays homage to the venerable Grandfather Si Suttho and The Great Grandmother Sripatuma and the ...

Friday the 16th August is the date fight fans around the world have been waiting for as the ONE championship returns to Bangkok Impact Arena with another epic line up. Headlining the card will see Petchdam Petchyindee Academy from Thailand defend his title against Ilias Ennahachi from the Netherlands. Also on the show will be the semi finals of the most talked about super 8 tournament in the sport as the final 4 contestants battle it out for ...