World Muaythai Council

The 2022 Nordic Championships, held from 11-13 November in Pajulahti, Finland. The Nordic Championship event includes weight categories of Senior (Min Age 17, Max Age 40) and U23 (Min Age 17, Max Age 23) categories as per International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) rules. The Finnish Muay Thai Association, host of this year's edition, is looking forward to welcoming the Nordic IFMA to Pajulahti Finland. Pajulahti, an outstanding sports and leisure Oasis is ...

The Finnish Muaythai Association is organising a course for its national referees and judges to be held on 16th October. The course will be conducted by Senior International Technical Official, Vice-Chairman IFMA R&J Commission and Head Referee in Europe & Austria, Gunter Plank via Zoom from 10.00 – 16.00 local time. As part of the ongoing development of the sport, the course is offered free of charge for members of the Finnish ...

The Rajadamnern World Series returns to the prestigious Rajadamnern Stadium this Friday the 14th of October. The show boasts a roster of the best of the best elite fighters from top gyms throughout the Kingdom of Thailand and promises not to disappoint. This week the show enters the final round for both the Superwelterweight male division and also the flyweight female division tournaments with the semi-final line-ups to be decided ...

The beautiful Gold Coast which is part of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics was the venue for the Australian Youth National Championship to decide on the Australian Team travelling to Turkey for the Youth World Championships 2023. Australia, one of the top teams at the 2022 YWC in Malaysia, again, will travel with a strong delegation to Turkey. Muaythai Australia, the sole governing body of Muaythai in Australia, will continue with their ...

Italy is gearing up to finalise their athletes for the national team with a 2-day event that will take place next month on the 5th and 6th of November. The best of the best from the national championships will meet to train and determine who will represent Team Italy at IFMA championships throughout the next year including the Senior Championships, FISU, the European Championships, and the World Combat Games. The Muaythai ...

The 26th of November is the date for the West Bengal City State Ranking Series - 2, this time heading to the city of Kolkata. Kolkata is the capital of the state of West Bengal and is known as the martial arts capital of India. Muaythai enthusiasts will flock to the state and North Eastern states of India for a chance to compete and etch their names into the WMC ...

This coming weekend the 8th and 9th of October will see the Australian National Muaythai Championships being held at the Tallebudgera Leisure Centre on the Gold Coast. The best of the best in their respective weight categories from across Australia will be making their way across the country in the hopes of securing a place on the IFMA national team. Gold medalists will earn the chance to represent Australia at the ...

Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol that is to take effect in 2024. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting on 23 September 2022 and enters into force on 1 January 2023. Click HERE for more details. Tagged 2023 Prohibited ListWADA

In 3 weeks, the fastest growing Muay Thai promotion in the world Freedom Fighter Promotions is back as Freedom Is coming to the Royal Kingdom of Jordan, which will take place on October 14 at THE ARENA in Amman, Jordan The first fight announcement for Freedom8, is USA VS Iraq for the WMC championship MAD title. We bring to you the best 140 Lb Super Lightweight in America, the World Freedom ...

The Styrian Galanacht des Sport in Graz is a night of heroes for Austrian sport. Every year the county of Styria/Austria elects an outstanding sportsman and sportswoman out of all athletes of Austrian government recognized sports. This year, the award of the Styrian Sportswomen of the Year 2022 went to the Austrian IFMA Athlete, Rebecca Hodl who won silver at the 2022 European Championships in Istanbul and 4th place at The World ...

This weekend on Sunday the 9th of October will see an evening of muaythai action as the Shock returns to Via Nina Siciliana, Italy. Following the FEDERKOMBAT regional championships, spectators will be treated to a series of professional bouts which include Italian, Greek, and Spanish fighters. IFMA Executive Board Member and WMC Representative of Italy, Davide Carlote stated that professional muaythai in Italy continues to flourish and events such as this ...

Buriram was the host of the 2022 Grand Prix and certainly, muaythai was once again part of the attraction at the Chang International circuit. Thailand's elite came together to compete at this special event celebrating muaythai as an Olympic recognised sport and continuing to promote muaythai as a soft power of the Kingdom of Thailand. Thank you to everyone that contributed to this important event.