World Muaythai Council

Saturday 3rd September will see the 8th edition of West Coast Battle in the beautiful city of Varberg Sweden. Muaythai in Sweden is rapidly becoming one of the strongest in Europe and this event demonstrates the quality and popularity of the sport by the Swedish nation. The event will be headlined by a bout between Sofia Olofsson (Sweden) and Meryem Uslu (Germany) for the European title at 53.58 kg. Sofia is a rising star in Muaythai ...

The WMC family would like to express our sincere condolences for the recent passing of Wichit Somboon, known and loved in the Muaythai world as Nokweed Davy. His tragically early death at just 51 years is a loss to our sport community. We wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family, friends, and colleagues who are affected greatly by this loss. He will be missed. Nokweed had many memorable achievements, holding the Rajadamnern stadium title across an ...

Bangkok’s Asiatique is set to host the opening show for 2016 for the Elite Fight Night Champions League series of four man tournaments. With 4 shows set for around the World with the Winner of each tournament set toe earn their place in the Grand Finale tournament to be held in Bangkok on the Kings Birthday. The opening show, EFN Bangkok is being held at Asiatique in Bangkok on the 12th of August, the Queen of Thailand’s ...

The 4th August every year is an important day in the Muaythai calendar as it marks the Saint Tropez Fight Night. For the last 5 years every year the best athletes travel to Saint Tropez to this spectacular venue which is visited by many celebrities from around the world, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to name a few. It is a glamour event televised around the world in a spectacular setting. This year was to celebrate ...

All at WMC and IFMA would like to send their best wishes to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on the occasion of his 64th birthday anniversary.

  Thursday the 4th August will once again witness the legendary annual Fight Night in Saint Tropez, France. The prestigious event which is sanctioned by the WMC is popular among A-list celebrities and is often frequented by the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Gerard Lanvin and Matthieu Kassovitz to name a few.   This event will see a WMC World title up for grabs with Taina Duarta (Brazil) vs Taehiran Chomanee (Thailand) in the 57.2kg category . Aside from ...

The latest edition of Ignition on Sunday 17th July, 2016 in the city of Perth, Australia saw a fantastic evening of Muaythai, once again highlighting the popularity of the sport in the country. The main fight of the night saw Bec ‘the Hulk’ Rooney go head to head with Victoria Callaghan in a battle for the Lightweight WMC state title. This turned out to be an awesome event with the two local athletes giving it all ...

This coming Saturday 23rd July, 2016 sees the latest edition of Thai Fight at Central Plaza, Nonthaburi. Thai Fight is celebrating the 120-year anniversary of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Russia in the theme of Thai fighters vs Russian fighters and is lining up to be one of their best events yet.   This event promises not to disappoint and includes fights from Muaythai legends such as, Saiyok Windy Sport, a 3 times WMC world champion, Antoine ...

Saturday 16th July in Milan, Italy saw an epic night of fights at the ASD International Fighters Gym sports venue. The headlining fight featured two fighters competing for the WMC Intercontinental title which saw Gabbie Naughton from the UK training out of Frank’s gym and trained by Frankie Hudders take on Barbara Bontempi. Barbara who fights out of the International Fighter’s gym (Italy) and holds the WMC European title now has another trophy for the ...

"In Thailand they say, 'Today, I have money. Tomorrow, you have money. Everyone eats.'"   One of John Wayne Parr's greatest accomplishments is being known as one of the nicest guys in combat sports. Yet he is completely unforgiving in the ring. "The day of the fight, I have bad intentions. I want go in there and destroy people," he told me. That is the kind of paradox that summarizes the Gunslinger: Humility out of the ring, ...

Saturday 16th July in Milan, Italy, the ASD International Fighters Gym sports venue and stadium will host an evening of Muaythai. The headlining fight will see Gabbie Naughton from the UK training out of Frank’s gym and trained by Frankie Hudders go head to head with Barbara Bontempi fighting out of the International Fighter’s gym (Italy). The two fighters will be competing for the WMC Intercontinental title on Barbara's home turf. Barbara is an experienced ...