World Muaythai Council

Muaythai Youth and Under 23 athletes from all over Europe are in high gear preparations for the upcoming 2023 European Youth & Under 23 Championships. Teams will be headed to Ankara, formerly known as Angora, the capital city of Turkiye. Hasan Yildiz, President of the Turkish Muaythai Federation and IFMA Executive Board Member said “We are ready and excited to welcome our muaythai european delegations once again to Turkiye, this time in our nation’s capital, Ankara. Our ...

UKMF continues to build the next generation. The grassroots development of any sport is key to move proper through the graduated elevator system. Young talent set the pace at the Team GB Squad training this weekend, preparing for the upcoming 2023 IFMA European Championships in Turkey. DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR1830.JPG Each athlete made the most of their opportunity to demonstrate how capable they were in a great atmosphere of enthusiasm. The IFMA journey has to start somewhere for everyone, and the ...

The Challenger: Muaythai Returns for a High-Stakes Season featuring Professional Male and Female Fighters from Across the Globe After a critically acclaimed debut season that earned an International Emmy Award nomination, “The Challenger” is back with a new set of contestants and even higher stakes. This season, the show will feature professional male and female fighters from across the globe, ready to compete for the world  title championship. The reality competition series follows a group of 12 ...

It was an epic night in Trencin on Saturday as PML Professional Muaythai League graced the Mestská Sports Hall for an evening of prime muaythai action. The sixth event in the series entitled Homecoming featured elite international fighters on a stacked card. The main fight of the evening saw Lukas Mandinec (The Pitbull) from Slovakia face Alex Ferreiro Urdiales from Spain. After an exciting five rounds, it was Lukas who emerged victorious, becoming the new WMC ...

The Motherland of Muaythai was very joyful on the news of the recognition of Muaythai by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.  Congratulation messages were sent from Thailand to USA Muaythai congratulating them on this outstanding achievement and encouraged them to keep up the fantastic work of muaythai as a cultural art form and recognized sport. His Excellency President Prawit Wongsuwan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand stated that the cooperation between the Royal Thai ...

WMC India got off to a good start to 2023 by completing one of the biggest event ranking series yet to date on its 10th edition. The show featured a full roster of India's finest athletes, all vying for a place in the official WMC India rankings. The main fight of the evening was for the WMC state title belt fight between Aniket Pantji and Asim Dayani. Asim and Aniket's title fight went the distance of ...

Online vote for MUAYTHAI's Monika Chochlikova until 31st January to determine the ‘Best of Birmingham’ Ready, set, go: The International World Games Association (IWGA) has now launched its online votes for the Athlete and Team of the Year 2022. Until 31st January (12 GMT), supporters and friends of The World Games can cast a vote daily for the top athlete and the top team. Voting is available online on the IWGA website: www.theworldgames.org 23 athletes and 12 teams, ...

IFMA’s Belgium Muaythai Organization is recognized by their National Olympic Committee and is in full line with IFMA’s grassroots development working closely with the National Olympic Committee, sports ministry and IFMA.The President of the Belgium Muaythai Organization, Patrick Van Acker stated, “The IFMA Youth World Championships is the flagship of the IFMA events both for sporting, education and cultural exchange. Over the years, Belgium has sent large teams and intends to continue to become even ...

The FAMA Secretary-General was invited to Chinese Taipei to meet the Chinese Taipei Muaythai Federation under President En-Huang Chang to provide updates on the many activities and updates of IFMA’s One Standard Muaythai Policy. The President welcomed the FAMA Secretary General as Chinese Taipei has become one of Asia’s most active federations. Through his 3 day visit, Mr. Tan was also invited to the National Olympic Committee and the Sports Ministry to discuss the many events in ...

The Serbian Thaiboxing Federation “Muaythai” recently organised a three-day seminar in Novi Sad delivered by the legendary Nathan “Carnage” Corbett,  multiple world champion from Australia. The seminar attracted the participation of  over 70 participants from numerous clubs from various regions of Serbia. The seminar was opened by  IFMA Vice President Mr. Rafal Szlachta. He expressed satisfaction that the Serbian muaythai association is organizing this type of seminar and announced IFMA’s full support towards further joint cooperation ...

The Muaythai Association of the Philippines held it’s pinnacle event, the National Muaythai Championships, last November 29 to December 3, 2022 at Subic bay Gymnasium SBMA Zambales. This year the Muaythai Championships and Philippine Youth Games collectively recorded the highest number of participants, where two competition rings were set for 535 athletes from 72 teams all over the Philippines. The tournament was composed of Combat, Wai Kru and Mai Muay categories, where competitors as young as ...