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King’s Cup 2015

December 1st, 2015

The press conference took place for the 2015 King's Cup in honour of His Majesty the King's 88th birthday. December 5 is truly a day of celebration in the kingdom of Thailand. Every year, one of the main attraction to honour His Majesty is the King's Cup. As every year, the event will be organised in conjunction with the Royal Thai Government (Ministry of Culture), the World Muaythai Council under the patronage of H.M. the ...

November 30th, 2015

25th of November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. UN Women and UNiTE campaign to end violence against women around the world this year aims to create awareness with “Orange the World” beginning from the 25th of November until 10th December which is the Human Rights day. Participated cities, countries and organisations illuminate their buildings, landmarks and statues with orange colour during the 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. These include the Little ...

Pan-American Championships in Peru

November 6th, 2015

Peru Muaythai Association will be the host for one of the biggest fight events held in the region. Peru Muaythai Association under the Presidency and national director of Rodrigo Jorquera, have put together a world class event which will put Lima in the center of Muaythai this weekend. The event is hosted by the Peruvian National Muaythai Federation which is fully recognized by the national Olympic committee of Peru in collaboration with Peruvian Sports Institute and ...

WMC I-1 Huge Success

November 5th, 2015

One of the WMC trademarks, WMC I-1 organised by famous promoter Master Kim Ip under the sanctioning of Hong Kong Muaythai Association was again a huge success. The Hong Kong Exhibition Center was again filled to the bursting point where entertainment met sporting excellence in the truly knock out event. Two belts on the line: the 57 kg event with Ali Yaakub from Malaysia, one of the biggest names in muaythai was matched against Nonthachai from Thailand ...

EFN 3 Results And Recap

November 3rd, 2015

Malaysian fight fans were treated to a feast of action at the Kuala Lumpur Cheras Stadium for the EFN Champions League event. A packed out crowd witnessed the final tournaments to decide the last two places for the Kings Birthday tournament in December. The group A tournament featured the Thai contender Teerapong Kiatkorvit, Canadian prospect Sean Kearney, Aiman Redarmy from Indonesia and local favorite Kai Chee. Sean made his intentions very clear in his opening bout, ...

Italy Promotes Female and Kids Muaythai at Muaythai Gala in Brecia

October 22nd, 2015

Italian Muaythai Federation is set to hold the 3rd International Fighters Muaythai Gala in the city of Brecia where athletes in female and male divisions will clarify who is the strongest Italian muaythai athlete. Kids promotion will open the gala with a special match. Italy Female Commission represented by European WMC Champion Barbara Bontempi has been actively working to promote muaythai for females and kids, and is fully engaged in the event as a technical official ...

Superstar Buakaw Joins HeForShe Campaign with UN Women

October 19th, 2015

WMC and IFMA have signed an important campaign with UN Women 2 years ago to end violence against women. WMC president, Gen. Chettha Thanajaro, says that giving back is important and Muaythai must continue to help with transformation of life of those in need, injecting positive development. IFMA President, Dr. Sakchye Tapsuwan, stated that Muaythai is in various campaigns such as Muaythai Against Drugs, Sport is Your Gang which has won the Spirit of Sport awards ...

Dresden Welcomes Back E.M.L. League

October 16th, 2015

European Muaythai League has established itself as a spectacular event which is widely highlighted on TV organising its events in different European cities. The city of Dresden and Glöckner EVENTARENA will again host the European Muaythai League on 7 November 2015. After the successful debut of the event last year Dresden is proud to welcome muaythai athletes, finalists of the last Muaythai Royal World Cup. The full roster for the event promises to give an exciting event for ...

Kick-off of Muaythai World Game Campaign

October 12th, 2015

2017 will be another historical year for muaythai with the first inclusion of muaythai in the World Games, an event patronised by the IOC. Muaythai is expanding a two-year promotional campaign towards Wroclaw 2017 with the 1st step being the first sport starting the qualification series at the Royal World Cup last month in Bangkok with 120 countries participating. Now a national hype will be created in Poland in which muaythai is fully recognised by the sports ...

Ultra Elite Fighters to Compete for Honour

October 9th, 2015

Spanish Muaythai is putting on another world class event under the banner of Ultra Elite Fighters where the best of the best will compete for honour this Sunday, 11 October. Ultra Elite Fighters has become a world recognised fighting event under the banner of the World Muaythai Council especially in the Hispanic world. Good luck to all athletes!

UN Women: International Sport Federations Commit to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls

October 7th, 2015

Twenty three sport federations from around the world committed to promote gender equality and train coaches and athletes to prevent violence against women and girls. A joint pledge was signed by the sports groups' representatives and presented to UN Women during the Muaythai Royal World Cup 2015 held in Bangkok in August. The signing ceremony was witnessed by over 400 delegates and sports representatives from around the world. The event was attended by UN Women Asia Pacific ...

WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Extreme to Thunder in Hong Kong

September 25th, 2015

On 2 November 2015 the Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Center (Star Hall) will host the I-1 World Muaythai Grand Extreme 2015 which is held in cooperation with the World Muaythai Council under the sanctioning of the Hong Kong Muaythai Association. Hong Kong and its love for martial arts as the main city for so many famous martial art movies will come alive again when the WMC event series will be again filling every seat ...

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