Thai Fight 2012

On December 16th, 2012 the Final of Thai Fight’s 70kg and 67kg tournament will be matched and fought.  And on the same date criticisms of Sport Art, the promoter of Thai Fight matching Buakaw soft appear to be answered soon.

Facing Buakaw Por Pramuk at the 70kg final of Thai Fight will be Vitaly Hurkou.  Hurkou’s fight record so far is 102 fights total with 90 wins and only 12 losses. Hurkou has so far in his fight career collected a K-1 European championship, was a runner-up at Taftnet Cup’s tournament in Kazan, Russia, and recently collected an IFMA world championship win in the final of the 2011 71 kg fights.

Hurkou earned his spot by beating the not televised win over his Finland opponent Antero Hynenen during Thai Fight’s Semi-final leg of the tournament. Hurkou at least on paper appears to be very stiff competition and like so many Eastern European Thaiboxers is not going to be lean on experience. Hurkou has fought and beaten good names internationally including Enriko Gogokhia who himself recently has a win over Berneung, a former champion of Rajadamnern Stadium At Thai Boxe Mania.

Buakaw Vs. Hurkou

In the 67 kg tournament final Singmanee Kaewsamrit of Thailand will fight Andrei Kulebin. Andre Kulebin advanced to the final by beating impressive Brazillian fighter Adaylton Freitas. Though it was a close fight in the semi-finals Kulebin turned on the pressure to win his spot at the final of Thai Fight.

Comparatively, Singmanee fought a relatively conservative fight to outpoint his opponent and win his position into the finals. Overall the 67kg Thai Fight tournament has emerged as the more competitive of the two tournaments and this final looks like it will follow the quarter and semifinals in maintaining that level of competition.

Singmanee Vs. Kulebin

The remainder of the Thai Fight card will be supported by super fight, non-tournament single bouts.

Making a return appearance is Sudsakorn Klinmee who finished his last appearance by making a sudden and devastating elbow knock out of his opponent, Mohammed Hossein Dodorian. This time fighting against Sudsakorn will be Brazillian Thaiboxer Gustavo Mendes.  Mendes is now fighting and training out of Bangkok, Thailand. Whether or not he will be a more competitive fight for Sudsakorn will be determined on the 16th of December.

Sudsakorn Vs. Mendes

Also, returning to Thai Fight in a super fight, non-tournament bout will be Iquezang Kor.Thanakeat against Italy’s Angelo Veniero, though the Thai Fight artwork says he is from Spain. Veniero recently won a TKO against fellow Italian Giovanni Giglio during the Yokkao Selction tournament. Iquezang fought a prior super fight bout against another Italian opponent in Cecchini Simone who showed little respect to in the ring.

Iquezang Vs. Veniero

Though the details of Thai Fight’s remaining card and when it airs are not yet official it’ll be Thai TV 3 and a stream will again be available likely during the early AM for so many of us in the west. Just based on paper, the majority of the matched do look better matched and should produce an interesting night of fights.

Vladimir Borodine

There are few men in the USA that have made as many pioneering and indelible impacts on American Muay Thai than Vladimir Borodine. Vladimir Borodine is chief instructor and owner of Brooklyn, New York’s Borodine’s Gym. It’s been the training home of K-1 fighters, Muay Thai fighters and champions. Borodine has been decorated many times over as a fighter, an official, a coach and is now a virtual fixture in the American east coast Muay Thai scene. With 200 plus fights in Kyokushin and Muay Thai Borodine is a coach who has truly been there and done that. It was my pleasure to finally get to speak Vladimir Borodine for this interview.

Very few people know how you got your start in combat sports.  You started initially in boxing and Kyokushin karate.  What made you decide to try boxing?  And then karate?

When I started boxing I was 10 and that time I lived in a Siberian city named Kemerovo,where my mom was transferred to work.
That region of the Soviet Union is very famous for it’s amount of gulag style concentration camps during the Stalin period and some of them are functioning til now. So many people who went through those camps usually stayed in the region as they were not allowed to go back to central Russian cities. That’s why many ex-convicts and criminals lived in that area and they usually formed gangs throughout the region and members of those gangs were sometimes the same age as myself.  So for kids like me it was important to stay in physical shape to protect oneself  and protect their belongings as gangs could just take them by force including  your clothes or shoes away from you. They often so-called “borrowed it” and you could freeze on the street  as winter temperature was often -40 celcius.

Anyway a lot of guys my age were signing up for boxing or sambo schools to be able to fight back in case any dangerous situations may occur. I have to mention that street fights in Russia were very popular at that time and sometimes they could be like riots of one project against the other. I once witnessed a fight of maybe 50 people against 50.   My generation of Russians all remember how it was as it was mostly similar in many parts of the Soviet Union. Kids, including myself were just trying to survive in that street life.

Later in 1978 karate became popular and a lot of teenagers started signing up for karate training, in most cases ruled by so called senseis or sifus or a guru who never knew what karate really was and were just copying moves they saw in the movies or foreign magazines or contraband karate books. I need to mention that karate at that time was prohibited by law in the Soviet Union and practitioners and their senseis could get up to 5 years in prison for their training. So for some time we trained “underground”. That was fun and karate was becoming even more popular because of that. Later on communist party leaders realized that karate had to be legalized otherwise it could go out of control and turn into a dangerous tool against the government. So we got the opportunity to train and compete legally. I was very lucky to have very good and talented trainers help me to become a successful athlete

What made you decide to switch to Muay Thai?

After competing in boxing and karate for several years I saw documentary on Muay Thai on TV and was shocked and amazed by this sport, the reality of it. Plus in Muay Thai you could use both the techniques of boxing and kyokushin karate together. I just loved it!!!

Vladimir Borodine with Dutch legend Thom Harinck

What led to you forming the first USSR Muay Thai organization?

Me and my friends started to look for any information about Thaiboxing. We sent letters to all the international Thaiboxing organizations about cooperation but none of them answered us except one – the European Muay Thai association. It’s president Thom Harinck invited me to Holland for a trainer’s course and offered his help in developing Muay Thai in the Soviet Union. It was 1987  so after visiting the famous Chakuriki gym in Amsterdam several times, and opening my own gym in Odessa, Ukraine I decided to form an official association of Thaiboxing which could unite practitioners of this sport throughout all of the Soviet Union. So I did it along with my close friends and martial artists. The official training center for the association became “Kapitan gym” in Odessa which is still functioning now and producing many talented world known fighters. Needless to say, that at that time similar groups were formed in Siberia (now Russia) and Minsk (now Belarus).

Can you tell us what led to you eventually leaving the USSR for the United States?

In 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and there was a military coup in Moscow my family decided to move to the USA . Here as any other immigrant I went through the whole package of different dirty works, if you watched the movie “Moscow on the Hudson” that is my case hahahah!! But at the end I was able to open my own gym again where I still now work and train people.

How difficult was it to leave your home and rebuild your life and work in the USA?

For me frankly, it wasn’t too difficult as I was still young and full of energy.

You are one of few trainers who have trained in both the Dutch and Thai method of Muay Thai.  What do you think is important to learn from the Dutch style of Muay Thai?

Dutch or European style of Muay Thai is more concentrated than pure Thai style. Thai fighters live in their camps and train twice a day, six days a week. European fighters train 2-3 times a week from the beginning and mostly 5 times a week when they become pros. So it really depends on the trainer to create a decent fighter within 2-3 years who can face serious opponents. That’s why I think Dutch or so called European style of Muay Thai is very real and successful. Thom Harinck and other Dutch or French trainers created fighters within several years who could fight and beat Thais in their rules. It’s just amazing!  I’m not even talking about K-1 fighters Holland created, they dominate the world up to now. The most important aspect in the European style training is that trainers can give you as much within two hours of work out in the same amount of hard work as Thai trainers give you within 4 hours. Also trainers in Europe can concentrate on specific aspects of training rather than the same drills every day.

Is there anything specifically about the way that Thom Harinck trains fighters that you considered especially effective?

As I mentioned before Thom Harinck’s unique method is different than the Thai way in regards to the speedy development of an all around competitive fighter at a high level. He knows from his own martial arts experience (as a karate practitioner and wrestler) how to make a fighter. Thom can see what specific techniques a fighter should concentrate  on, and he develops a special systematic training program for every guy he sees as a future champion.

How does that differ from the Thai way?

He is a sculptor just takes all unnecessary stuff out and hones a fighter to be successful. That makes his style different from the Thai way where natural selection is everything. That’s my opinion.

Young gun Vladimir Borodine

After training with Pimu in Thailand you continued training in Thailand. Who was the best teacher you had during your journeys there?

In Thailand apart from Master Pimu I met many trainers who helped my fighters a lot. I want to mention them here. First it was Andy Thompson of the Lanna Muay Thai camp and the second is Saentiengnoi “The Deadly Kisser” of Songchai camp. They both are real gentlemen and are great teachers in sport and in life. They both took a good care of my students in Thailand and prepared them for their wins against Thai opponents.

What about your training has led you to have champions in Muay Thai and in K-1?

I don’t think my training is different than any other. I just happen to have good students in my hands. It always takes two people working together for good results in anything, in sport or art or anything else. I just did what I thought was the best for the particular fighter I worked with. And they trusted me and did my part 100% so it all went successfully.

You’ve not only been recognized for your excellence in teaching but also in officiating and even won a New Jersey state award for judging. What is needed most by American officials for Muay Thai?

Yes, I’m very proud of my award as a judge here as it takes a lot to be a judge. Especially when you know the fighters and their trainers personally for many years. You have to be clear, clean and make a right decision even if it may cost you a big scandal after the fight. I had one huge case of arguments with my close friend, a trainer when I judged against his fighter in the past. It’s a sport and if a promoter or athletic commission trusts you to be a judge, you have to put all your personal biases behind the ring otherwise its no good for anybody.

When training new fighters what do you look for in a fighter who might one day become a professional Thaiboxer?

Frankly, I don’t look at my students as future champions. It takes a lot to be a ring fighter, especially a pro. Nowadays our sport unfortunately can’t provide a pro fighter with a decent living so it’s very hard to make a decision for a guy to become a pro fighter. If a person loves the fighting sport with a full heart than it’s a different story. I never push anybody to become a pro fighter or to become a champion. It has to come from the fighter himself. On the other hand, if I see a talented, hardworking guy or a kid who is willing to train hard and who is not afraid to sacrifice his fun life for hard work, then I can create every possibility for him to become a champion or a pro. I’ve been taking my fighters to compete all over the world and and I am still doing it. I hope like any other trainer that one day my fighter will become the next Peter Aerts or Ernesto Hoost.

How do you feel about the current state of Muay Thai in the USA?

Right now I can say that Muay Thai is truly starting to grow in America. I look at the latest promotions in California, Nevada or New Jersey! Full Muay Thai rules were accepted in those states and now American fighters are being invited to big international promotions overseas. Big name international fighters came to fight in in the USA too. It’s good and it is a long step forward. I think it’s a big change for us here. We still need a lot of new developments like more international shows and strong foreign opponents to learn from. But all around Muay Thai has made gigantic moves in USA. I hope after big fighting corporations like K-1 and Glory come here Muay Thai will continue to grow with it’s own authentic rules of fighting.

Valdimir Borodine

What so far has been your proudest achievement as a teacher in Muay Thai?

As a trainer I’m always happy when my fighters win their bouts no matter if it’s four year old kid or a professional champion. If I see them happy, I’m happy too. Even if my fighter may lose but did everything right and smart I’m happy too. Through the years of hard work I have two distinct moments  in my memory as highest achievements. First when Moti Horenstein won the 5 day championship of the King’s Cup Tournament in Thailand. And this meant for 5 days Moti had to fight a new opponent from different countries. That’s an unforgettable experience. And the second moment was when Andrei Dudko won the K-1 USA tournament in Las Vegas. That was incredible too. Those guys were following all the instructions, worked as monolith machines and earned their fame and glory. I think those titles are what every trainer would love to have in his achievements. The tournament style of fighting is the most hard and the most prestigious that’s why it always stays in the memory.

Moti Horenstein

The Eastern European and Russian Muay Thai scene seems to very strong and constantly developing.  Do you think your early contributions have helped it to become what it is now?

Who do you think the strongest fighter coming from the former Soviet Union is now?

Here I would like to mention three names because I still consider that region as commonwealth of independent countries. So, from Russia the strongest guy is Artem Levin, there’s no doubt about it. The Ukraine has Artur Kyshenko (even though in recent years he competes in k-1 rules tournaments). And in Belarus- Andrei Kulebin. But I must mention that those three fighters are just the tip of the iceberg. You can’t imagine how many young talents those countries have standing right behind theses champions. There are enormous amounts of upcoming future champions. The secret is that in these regions fighting sports always have been very popular. And training systems from Olympic boxing or judo have transferred to today’s Muay Thai development. Also many Muay Thai gyms like, Kapitan gym in the Ukraine allow kids under 12 years of age to train there for free. It’s really something right?

New York was recently hit by Hurricane Sandy and it notably did a lot of damage to gyms including CROM gym.  How are you coping with the damage?

Yes, New York was definitely hit hard by hurricane Sandy but what can we do against mother nature? CROM gym was completely destroyed along with several other gyms in our area. But we are all fighters and we’re fighting back hard. We are just people helping each other anyway we can. I personally, lost half of my students because of the destruction Sandy made here. A lot of homes were destroyed, cars flooded, and we had no power and heat. But still all bad stuff is going to pass sooner or later and finally all will be back to normal.

I understand you also recently had a health scare even prior to the storm. As a friend I had to call to make sure you were doing ok.  How are you feeling now?

Yes bad stuff happens sometimes in every ones life. Recently, I was diagnosed with stomach cancer and had to go through a big surgery.

What are the challenges after your surgery to go back to teaching?

It may sound crazy, but two weeks after surgery and living totally without a stomach which was removed because of two tumors inside I was in the gym teaching again. I just couldn’t stay home. Teaching and training is still giving me a full source of recovery. I live my life in a gym and forget about everything here. More over I already flew to Canada to corner one of my fighters there. That’s my destiny

What kind of legacy do you want to leave in Muay Thai and are there any new prospect fighters we should watch from Borodine’s?

I don’t know what every trainer would like to leave after himself , probably a line of champions, respected fighters, new successful ways of training. And his good name on it .

Warrior FC

Warrior FC was held in the AIS Arena at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, ACT. Warrior FC (Fighting Championships) with two, featuring both Muay Thai and MMA, in one day.

From 4:00pm on the professional fighters’ part of the card was shown and the results are as follows:

The card  changed along the way with these matches and results:

Mark Sarracino vs. Dane ‘Daddy Kool’ Beaucham, 5 X 3, Full Muay Thai rules. Dane ‘Daddy Kool’ Beachum wins by decision.
Chana Eak (Thailand) vs. Daniel Kerr, 5 X 3 Full Muay Thai rules. Channa Eak wins by decision.
Cody Brooks (NSW) vs. Josh Heta (New Zealand), 5 X 3 Full Muay Thai rules. Cody Brooks wins
Nut (Thailand) vs. Brian Hasse, 5X3 Full Muay Thai rules.  Nut wins by decision.
Beau St. Quentin vs. Ray Irwin, 5X3 Full Muay Thai rules. Beau St.Quetin wins
Mary Wildner vs. Vannessa Taylor, 3X2 Modified Muay Thai rules. Vannessa Taylor wins by Decision.
Kim Loudon vs. Jamie Eades, 5X3 Full Muay Thai rules. Kim Loudon wins.

Much credit due to the Warrior FC scrambling hard still making this card happen despite some late cancellations.

Hippy Singmanee

Hippy Singmanee is a less discussed legend of Muay Thai in Thailand. Of the greatest of tMuay Thai in the 1980s Hippy Singmanee could be included in the top 10 of that company. During his campaign at mini flyweight (105lbs) and junior flyweight (108lbs) Hippy held the Lumpinee stadium champions ships and was virtually untouchable at both weight classes.

Born in Nakarn Si Thammart, Thailand Hippy came from the fighter rich region of Issan.  After dominating the flyweights Hippy eventually moved up to fight 20 pounds larger at lightweight where he was less dominant but still could fight memorable fights.

Since that time Hippy has been involved in promoting and in teaching a new generation of fighters at his camp in P. Suwan Muay Thai Academy in urban Bangkok, Thailand. Another former great of Thai Thaiboxers Nungubon who had fought Karuhat, Kaensak and even Saenchai said that he considered Hippy the best of all of them.

Check out Hippy Singmanee in action against Chanlit. Hippy is in red and gold and it should become very apparent why Hippy was such a feared fighter in the ring.

Hippy now teaches the next generation of Thaiboxers at P. Suwan Muay Thai Academy .

Enfusion Final 3

The Finale for Enfusion 3 in Slovenia wrapped up on December 2nd, 2012  and the fights to determine the winner of the $40,000 are over. This time the rules were K-1 for the tournament but Muay Thai rules for the opening bouts.

For this tournament the weight for the male tournament is 85 kilograms. Initially there were 18 fighters, but there are now only four remaining from the Ohrid amphitheater bouts and moving on to the grand finale. The event will took place in Ljubljana’s  Tivoli Hall. The 4 male fighters semi-finals and then the subsequent winners fought to decide the 85kg winner of the tournament.

The opening matches are under Muay Thai rules featuring the following with fighters with as yet to be named opponents.

Mirko Vorkapić vs. Zradni Mourad 70 kg – Morki Vorkapic wins by decision

Grega Smole vs. Miljan Vidović 75 kg – Not yet known

Tadej Toplak vs. Cheick Sidibe 86 kg – Not yet Known

The women of Enfusion will be in a tournament as well with a similar 4 fighter format as the men’s tournament.  This is the announced order of the fights and the match ups.

1st Chajmaa Bellakhal (Mar) vs Lucy Payne (ENG) – Chajmaa Bellakhal wins by decision

2nd Denise Kielholtz (NZ) vs. Lindsay Scheer (USA) – Denise Kielholtz wins by unanimous decision

3rd Andrew Tate (USA) vs. Ritchie Hocking (SC) – Andrew Tate wins by TKO

4th Franci Grajš (SLO) vs. Sahak Parparyan (ARM)- Franci Grajs wins by decision

5th Wendell Roche (NZ) vs Jasmin Bećirović (GB) * prestige fight

6th Women’s final-  Denise Kielhotlz wins against Chajma Bellakhal.

7th Men’s final – Franci Grajs wins against Andrew Tate.

With Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators in the books it looks like plans are already in motion for Enfusion 4 with the UK’s Kieran Keddle with exciting news to emerge soon.

Smash Muay Thai

Smash Muay Thai’s December 1st card has wrapped up and the results are in.

So far the results of December 1st, 2012 is as follows:

Main Event – WBC Super Welterweight UK National Title

A Class FTR | Mike Egan (Next Generation) v Danny Connaughton (Lumpinee Crawley): Mike Egan wins by decision. Egan knocked down Connaughton in the 4th round via spinning elbow. With this win Egan becomes the WBC super welterweight National Champion.

A Class FTR | Alexis Rufus V Kate Stables : Alexis Rufus wins by decision. From all reports this could have been the fight of the night as both fighters were closely matched and had good exchanges throughout their bout.

A Class FTR James Hawksworth (Wigan MT) V Aiden Greenwood (Bradford Thai): The winner on points and new Goldenbelt Champion is James Hawkworth.

Much thanks to Alex Foreman for the results. The rest of the results are as follows:

Blue Corner V Red Corner
68kg Joe Quayle (Team MASDA Lpool) V Ste Griffiths (Fortitudo)
WINNER JOE QUAYLE POINTS
61kg Ian Gibson (Kirkby Thai) V Tyler Liptrott (Salford MT)
WINNER IAN GIBSON POINTS
88kg Chris Dunne (Wigan MT) V Ryan Melvin (Fortitudo)
WINNER CHRIS DUNNE POINTS
59kg Gerard Price (Team MASDA Lpool) V Charlie Hopper (Majestic Gym)
WINNER CHARLIE HOPPER CORNER STOP FIGHT
64kg Luke Bennett (Team MASDA Lpool) V Sam Plaister (Salford MT)
WINNER SAM PLAISTER 2nd ROUND OPPONANT HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE
61kg Mike Dennis (Under John Dennis) V Michael Hargreaves (Majestic Gym)
WINNER MICHAEL HARGREAVES POINTS
65kg Conner McCormack (Podesta MT) V Ian Houillebecq (Legions)
WINNER CONNER MCCORMACK POINTS
81kg Danny Hamer (Warrington MT) V George Davis (Shinkick MT)
WINNER GEORGE DAVIS POINTS
51kg Bart Tweed (Podesta MT) V Sam Owens (Majestic Gym)
WINNER BART TWEED 4TH ROUND STOPPAGE
77kg Ian McGowen (Kirkby Thai) V Sam Gough (Shinkick MT)
WINNER IAN McGOWEN 2ND ROUND STOPPAGE

75kg Nick Walker (Team MASDA Lpool) V Kev McAlister (Elite Fight Factory)
NICKS OPPONANT DID NOT SHOW – NICK IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY SHOWS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IF ANYONE NEEDS HIM
71kg Mark Taylor (Next Generation) V Rob Hayward (Shinkick MT)
WINNER MARK TAYLER POINTS
64kg Josh Kehoe (Team MASDA Lpool) V Gaz Oates (Al’s Gym North Wales)
WINNER JOSH KEHOE POINTS
70kg Scott Richards (Independant) V Danny Horton (Majestic Gym)
WINNER DANNY HORTON 3RD ROUND STOPPAGE

Joe Schilling

American light heavyweight Thaiboxer Joe Schilling has a super fight booked for Glory. The official Can’t Stop Crazy press release confirms that Schilling has finally been able to get the dream bout he had been hard pursuing throughout 2012 to actually be booked. Joe Schilling will fight the United Kingdom’s Steven Wakeling at Glory.

I’ve been following Joe Schilling’s ascent into championships first as a super middleweight and then as a light heavyweight. Since those days past Schilling has always called for competition and made fights among the top tier of international light heavyweights. Schillingis one of the busiest fighters at light heavyweight in Muay Thai fighters in North America.

Like Schilling, Wakeling also fought professionally at a lower weight in the start of his fight career. Wakeling gained my attention as he fought and beat the elite at the time at middleweight including a prime Jomhod Kiatadisak and Australian Muay Thai stalwart John Wayne Parr. Along the way while adding more wins Wakeling collected also a WMC world title.

The bout is scheduled to take place on March 23rd, 2013 in Wakeling’s London, England home court. This could be correctly considered the fight between two of the elite of the sport at light heavyweight. Though both Wakeling and Schilling have competed in their familiar rules of Muay Thai this bout will be with K-1 rules. I am looking very forward to this fight and I am eager to see what else will be on the coming Glory card though this bout has to almost certainly be its main event.

Satanfah Sakamee vs Saenkeng Keelasport

Satanfah Sakamee fights Saenkeng Keelasport from November 4, 2012 at the Channel 7 See stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The fight was for the Muay Thai 7 See bantamweight title (118 pound). This title is finally won on a split decision (49-48 x 2, 48-49 x 1) with a nice 70.000 bonus for the winner. Much thanks for Canal de Boksieuws for the upload!

La Nuit Des Titans Tournament

More updates are still emerging from the February 2nd, 2013 scheduled card for La Nuit des Titans. In addition to the normal 5 round, 3 minute round bouts there is now a 4-man tournament announced.

The 4-man tournament will be in the 72.5 kg weight category with full Muay Thai rules. It’s no exaggeration to say each fighter on both sides of the bracket are very well established Thaiboxers. And truly their track records speak volumes about the level of fights this tournament is going to have. The fighters and match ups for the tournament are as follows:

1. Yohan Lidon (France), WBC Muay Thai world champion vs.  Karim Ghadji (France), ISKA world champion, WPMF and winner of the La Nuit Des Titans 2011 tournament

2.  Yuri Bessmertny(Belarus), Belarus Fight Code champion vs. Aikpracha (Thailand), current champion of Lumpinee stadium.

The two semi-finals and finals will take place in a 3 rounds of 3 minutes each format. The prize on the line will be the Time Fight belt.

At the moment the main event fighter Fabio Pinca is as of this writing still without opponent so it should be interesting to see who Fabio will ultimately face during La Nuit Des Titans 2013.

La Nuit Des Titans Match Ups

Also without opponents for the coming card is Isaam Reghi and Modvik Zakarian. The rest of the fighters do apparently have opponents now named.

Ayoub Al Kaidar will fight Team Naser K fighter Amine Kacem. At this point Team Naser K has to be one if not the winning-est team of Thaiboxers from France and perhaps Europe. Earlier in October Naser K team member Dylan Salvador scored a TKO win over Thailnd’s Saiyok. The other scheduled non-tournament bout will see Aziz Hlali fight Super X of Thailand.

While it is still early in the card development, the 72.5 kg tournament gives fans much to be excited about especially with the inclusion of Thai fighting star Aikpracha still involved.

Röschtigrabe Derby 2012

October 20th, 2012 Dylan Salvador of Team Naser K produced a Saturday shock almost nobody saw coming.  Roschtigrabe, Switzerland served as host to the Muay Thai Derby event. Saiyok Pumphanmuang faced Dylan Salvador and Hongtonglek Chor. Fahpiansi faced fellow Team Naser K fighter Hakim Hamech.

Now the videos have finally come to the internet and you can see for yourself how the fights ended. All credit goes to backdra1 for the encoding and uploads of the videos.

Noé Frutiger vs. Dario Rodrigues

Basil Rakasz vs. Adrien Rizzone

Bryan Solis vs. Justin Tookey

Jovan Jovanovic vs. Nik Eichernberger

Yekalo Mengestu vs. Raphael Tavernier

Jerome Falliers vs. Armand Ngendanganya

Deborah Semeraro vs. Aicha Amarhoun

Joel Ritschard vs. Claudio Istrate

Markus Meier vs. Martino Ciano

Akim Hameche vs. Hongthonglex Chor Farpleansee

Rit Ubon vs. Morgan Adrar

Dylan Salvador Vs. Saiyok Pumpuanuang