By Mike LNg
Mourad Sari
Mourad Sari was an A class champion France in 1992 and 1993, in 1994 he made his first fight in Thailand at a huge gala in the north to Chiang Rai to over ten thousand spectators.
Rambowjeaw was sort of the spiritual predecessor to Bovy Sor Udomson with his all out forward only attack. The two met and fought at the S-1 2004 tournament in the B-divison.
By Mike LNg
Warrington Fight Night
The Full card for Warrington Fight night has been updated and shared with me courtesy of Dan Green with Fight Sport Industries. The card as known is as follows and Dan has also shared an important update with the April card featuring Saenchai Sinbi Muay Thai against Thai Fight’s UK representative Liam Harrison. Since their first match against each other this has been a much anticipated 2nd fight between the two. Saenchai though may be sidelined for a while since he is apparently recovering a leg injury which was suffered from his last fight with Nong-O.
Warrington Fight Night – Parr Hall Warrington – 20th Feb 2011
Dean James (Pra Chao Sua) vs Fernando Machado (Portugal)
Craig Jose (The Faktory) vs Octavio Vasconceles (Portugal)
Paige Farrington (Warrington Kickboxing) vs Monica Santos (Portugal)
Andy Thrasher (Erawan) vs Mirko Moissar (Estonia)
John Kaufman (Fortitudo) vs David Armstrong (Super Gym)
Anthony Shelton (Phoenix) vs Ste Foy (Fortitudo)
Seb Long (2 Technical) vs Mike Dagley (Stockport Thai Fighters)
Luke Potts (2 Technical) vs James Hawksworth (Wigan Thai)
Oliver Smith (Majestic) vs Jack Fallon (Franks Gym)
Ryan Rutter (Majestic) vs Ryan Cllarke (Stockport Thai Fighters)
Doors open at 4pm. First Fight starts at 5pm.
For further info or tickets call 07973 431818
The upcoming April card continues the Duel at the Doncaster Dome series and is so far listed as the following:
Duel at the Dome
Harrison vs Sanchai – 9th April – tickets on sale now.
Liam Harrison (England) vs Sanchai Sor Sinbi (Thailand)
Damien Trainor (England) vs Rungravee Sasiprapa (Thailand)
Kevin Harper (Majestic Gym) vs Wayne McKoy (Nottingham)
Leigh Edlin (Chao Praya Lincoln) vs Kris Addis (Kao Loi)
Plus Joe Mcgovan, Chris Knowles, Michael Dicks, Andy Thrasher, Chad Sugden and others
Call 01302 370777 for tickets – show is selling out fast
By Mike LNg
Muay Thai Trophy
February 12th, 2011 was a very busy day for the nation of France. In addition to La Nuit Des Titans and so many other events coinciding on the same day, the Muay Thai Trophy Step 4 completed. The results are as follows:
Sofiane Derdega wins against Raouf Beliouz
Olivier Tchetche wins against Herbert Womaleu
Hocine Benue wins by KO with a double flying knee against a replacement opponent
Yacine Mahillon wins against Kont Boubacar
Hamza Rahmani (1 / 2 finalist IFMA) wins against Jeerasak In-Udom (IFMA Champion)
By Mike LNg
Michael Hansgut
Michael Hansgut vs Xavier Gattez in the B-division of the S-1 tournament in 2004 Bangkok, Thailand. The winner of this fight would go to fight in the semifinal of the B-division. Michael Hangsut has in the past fought Michael Zambidis in Australia. Xavier Gattez has been a past champion of Belgium at 72 kg.
By Mike LNg
Cosmo Alexandre Vs Giorgio Petrosyan
Fight Code rolls on with its third event co-promoting with Oktagon in Italy. The main event match is definitely going to appeal to kickboxing and Muay Thai fans alike as Cosmo Alexandre is scheduled to fight K-1 MAX champion Giorgio Petrosyan. Though Cosmo Alexandre himself has spoke on his preference for real Muay Thai rules he captured the It’s Showtime championship under kickboxing rules. Alexandre first made waves on the international circuit of Muay Thai by fighting and beating Wanlop Sitpholek for the World Professional Muay Thai Federation (WPMF) championship in Thailand.
Petrosyan despite starting out in full rules Muay Thai came to broader acclaim by participating in the struggling Japanese promotion K-1 MAX where he became its last tournament champion. Petrosyan also recently fought and beat some big international name Thai talents in Sudsakorn Klinmee and Kem Sitsongpeenong. Both matches were held under K-1 rules where arguably some of the Thai opponents’ best weapons could not be utilized.
In the single Muay Thai match of the evening Belarus standout Andrei Kulebin will fight Thai Fight season one champion, Fabio Pinca. Kulebin has fought consistently against the most dangerous Thais competing internationally but fell short against Sudsakorn Klinmee at the WKN sanctioned Big 8 in Belarus tournament.
Fabio Pinca of course has fought a long list of name Thaiboxers internationally including beating Petchmankong Petchfocus to win the Thai Fight tournament. Apparently, Fabio’s time in Thailand has treated him well and he appears to be growing from strength to strength.
Armen Petrosyan, the brother of Giorgio Petrosyan seems to exhibit the same skills that made an international star of Giorgio. Armen has the same slickness and ring intelligence that has helped him prevail in so many fights. He will be matched against Yoshiro Sato.
Yoshiro Sato despite being best known for his K-1 MAX career and Japanese championship has an extensive Muay Thai background. Sato fought and beat nearly all comers with All Japan Kickboxing Federation (now defunct) in Japan. Sato has stopped opponents with his long knees and yes, actually his punches. The high point for Sato may have been his KO of Buakaw Por Pramuk in K-1 MAX competition.
Overall, this is a very strong looking card but I cannot help but wonder how much better it could have been had every fight on the card been under full Muay Thai Rules.
The full card known so far is:
Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Cosmo Alexandre
Armen Petrosyan vs. Yoshiro Sato
Khalid Bourdiff vs. Marcus Oberg
Fabio Pinca vs. Andrei Kulebin
In the Fight Code tournament at 71 kg
Dzhabar Azkerov
Sudsakorn Klinmee
Moriyama
By Mike LNg
La Nuit Des Titans
Buakaw Por Pramuk emerges victorious from La Nuit Des titans event in Tours, France. Buakaw’s opponent was the Thai Fight 2 finalist Youssef Boughanhem. It was apparent during the fight that Youssef had much difficulties with his shoulder being dislocated and in fact it proved to be a factor in the fight. Unfortunately, it made for a somewhat anti-climatic fight and one can only hope that much needed surgery can be performed soon on Boughanhem and he can return to his old form.
French fans of Youssef have been aware of this long endured injury since his days of battling on Thai Channel 7 where the injury likely is from.
Leading up to the fight Buakaw did look sharper and better than he has for some time and apparently returning to full Muay Thai rules competition was no great difficulty. Prior to this bout with Boughanhem, Buakaw Por Pramuk became the 2010 Shootboxing S-Cup tournament champion.
Watch the video of the bout below to see for yourself the result of the fight.
By Mike LNg
Turnoi Young Guns 2
The lineup for Turnoi Young Guns has been completed. And though the card is primarily made up of K-1 style tournament matches it will also feature full rules Muay Thai and fights and even a full contact kickboxing fight. Also interesting to note is the abbreviated round length of 2 minutes instead of 3 minute rounds. The card known so far is as follows:
Young Guns II Tournament (K-1 / – 71 kg / 3X2)
No Extra rounds allowed in this tournament. There must be a winner after 3 rounds.
. Nabil Elouissi
. Ahmed Hassan
. Steeve Valente
. Ludvic Millet will be replacing Abdoul Toure who recently fought for the 75kg Muay Thai title
The 2nd tournament will also be a K-1 rules bout but allowing a full 3 minutes per a round.
Tournament Explosion Fight Night II (K-1 / – 71 kg / 3X3)
These bouts will allow for an extra round if required.
. Edgard Jahi N’Zunga
. Mickaël Piscitello
. Hicham Chaïbi
. Ahmed “The Punisher” Zragua
Superfights
Yannick Foeller VS Kenneth Van Eesvelde (K-1)
Laetitia Lambert Vs Rajja Hajdaoui (Muay Thai)
Jean-Philippe Olivier Deroo VS Exposito (Muay Thai)
Joel Noul Vs Kevin T’Joens (Full Contact)
In the first part of the participating boxers from Deroy Team are : Jeremy Villers, Geoffrey Slembrouck Christopher Den Baes, and Christophe Lambert.
By Mike LNg
Les Rois Du Ring III
By all appearances Les Rois Du Ring III was a more than reasonable success with a well attended and well organized fight gala that delivered mostly on its expectations. I am still gathering results but some of them are now known. Co-sponsored by Hennion gym the event in Loudres featured Italy based former Lumpinee champion Sak Kaoponlek. The known results are as follows:
Karim Souda defeats Mike Schmidt on the points after a very high paced fight that apparently maintained its pace from start to finish.
Sak Kaponglek defeats Elias Aharram on a reportedly very wide points victory. It was also noted that Kaoponlek was merciful to Aharram when he had him in some danger.
Lain-Zinedine Hameur defeats Sinistra Frederic by TKO stoppage. The referee called a halt to the action after a front kick from Hameur broke Sinistra’s nose in about 30 seconds into the first round.
I will continue to update news of the results as I receive them.
By Mike LNg
Battle in the Desert
The Inaugural event for Lion Fight, Battle in the Desert is complete and the results are in.
Michael Mananquil def. Malaipet via Unanimous Decision to win WMC Welterweight Title
Sittisak Por Sirichai def. Kevin Ross via Split Decision
Coke Chunhawat def. Scotty Leffler via TKO round 2
Remy Bonnel def. Singsiri Por Sirichai via TKO round 3
Chaz Mulkey def. Douglas Edwards via TKO (Knee) round 2
Amy Davis def. Emily Bearden via Unanimous Decision
Brandon Banda def. Shawn Yarborough via Unanimous Decision
Anthony Castrejon def. Jason Andrada via KO (Head Kick) round 1
Miranda Cayabyab def. Genesis Bravo via Unanimous Decision
Jason Cauldwell def. Josh Shepard via TKO round. 2
Patti Teran def. Pixie O’Rielly via Split Decision
Josh Pickthall def. Jason Park via Unanimous Decision
By Mike LNg
Wanlop Sitpholek
Wanlop Sitpholek, the infamous tattooed man of Muay Thai fights Yucel Fidan in the 2nd fight of the S-1 tournament of 2004. Wanlop would fight often international winning the King of Rings title and fighting Australian Standout John Wayne Parr.
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