By Mike LNg
Farid Villaume with belts
French nak muay great Farid Villaume fights Mon-Kung Kiatsomkown in the semi-final of the A division at the Prince’s Cup Tournament. The event was held in 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand to celebrate the King’s Birthday. The winner of this fight would go on to fight in the final of the Prince’s Cup of 2003 against the B-divison winner.
By Mike LNg
Arslan Magomedov
Suriya Sor Plonechit Vs Arslan Magomedov at the Prince’s Cup tournament for the King’s Birthday Celebration of 2003. Suriya Sor Pleonchit had made past appearances at King’s Birthday events having soundly defeated K-1 MAX’s Masato and also Shootboxing’s veteran Hiroki Doi. Of late Suriya has fought in international boxing in the Olympics of 2004 where he won a bronze medal. Suriya was also a Lumpinee Stadium champion and S-1 Champion.
Arslan Magomedov is a veteran of both international Muay Thai and K-1 MAX. Magomedov fought many top tier fights internationally but eventually moved to a bigger weight.
Both would be fighting for a place in the semi-finals in this, the last of the B division quarter final fights.
By Mike LNg
Eh Phuthong
Eh Phothong VS Rafi Zouheir at the Prince’s Cup tournament during King’s Birthday 2003. As part of the B division qualifier the winner of the two would go on to the semi-final and fight the winner of the A division.
By Mike LNg
Thai Boxe 2011
The January 29th, 2011 event Thai Boxe Mania appears to be nearly complete. The Torino, Italy fight card boasts many of the current best in Muay Thai and will feature the newest K-1 MAX king, Giorgio Petrosyan. Petrosyan will be fighting in a K-1 rules only match against the recent winner of the World Kickboxing Network tournament winner Sudsakorn Klinmee. Sudsakorn beat a field of competitors including Belarussian fighter Andrei Kulebin whom he stopped via TKO in the final bout.
Andrei Kulebin is also on the card and will be matched against Kaoponlek.
Kaoponlek is a former Lumpinee stadium champion who now resides within Italy. Kaoponlek recently won the Kombat League Intercontinental championship.
Abdallah Mabel of France will be fighting Costantin Sebrenikov. Mabel recently fought for the Lumpinee stadium title on the France versus Thailand card held recently.
The card as known so far is as follows:
70 kgs K-1 Rules : Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee (Thaïland) vs Giorgio Petrosyan (Italy)
66 kgs Full Muaythai Rules : Andrei Kulebin (Belarusia) vs Kaopon Lek (Thailand)
72.5 kgs “Selection Oktagon” K-1 Rules : Costantin Sebrenikov (Russia) vs Abdallah Mabel (France)
72.5 kgs “Selection Oktagon” K-1 Rules : Miodrag Olar (Romania) vs Armen Petrosyan (Italiy)
Super Heavyweight K-1 Rules : Milan Dasic (Serbia) vs Lucian Danilencu (Romania)
65 kgs K-1 Rules : Amadou Ba (France) vs Frederico Pacini (Italy)
70 kgs “Selection Oktagon” K-1 Rules : Tomas Carducci (Italy) vs Maldin Hamzai (Italy)
70 kgs “Selection Oktagon” K-1 Rules : Shan Cangelosi (Italy) vs Lorenzo Mosca (Italy)
65 kgs K-1 Rules : Alessandro Alias (Italy) vs Loris Audoui (Guadelupe)
72.5 kgs K-1 Rules : Raphael Ilodra (France) vs Paolo Fiorio (Italy)
67 kgs Full Muaythai Rules : Aldric Demayer (France) vs Filippo Solheid (Italy)
64 kgs Womens K-1 Rules : Annalisa Bucci (Italy) vs Laura Passatore (Italy)
By Mike LNg
Sahin Yakut
Sahin Yakut fights Munkong Kiatsomkown in the quarter final of The Prince’s Cup tournament. The tournament was held in Thailand as part of the King’s Birthday Celebration of 2003. Sahin Yakut was seen recently as part of the cast of the kickboxing reality TV show in Thailand called Reality where the winner would ultimately get a contract with It’s Showtime the Dutch Kickboxing promotion.
By Mike LNg
The Night of Titans
Earlier, boxesport.com announced Buakaw Por Pramuk would be going to France to fight none other than recent competitor from Thailand’s Isuzu sponsored Thai Fight, Youssef Boughhahem. The event will be titled The Night of the Titans and will take place February 12th, 2011 at the Palais des Sports.
Buakaw Por Pramuk came to international acclaim by becoming a 2-time champion of the Japanese Promotion K-1 MAX (middleweight kickboxing). Buakaw since then has not been active in K-1 MAX but has maintained a busy schedule fighting full rules Muay Thai internationally and also in the Japanese promotion Shootboxing where he has just become champion of the annual S-Cup tournament.
Youssef Boughanhem is one of the standout nak muays from France and Belgium that are more and more often getting their starts in Muay Thai early in life, Youssef himself started at the age of 12. Youssef has also fought and beaten 13 of the 15 opponents he fought against in Thailand. Some of his opponents include:
Numeechai Scorpion Gym, Champion of Rajadamnern stadium: Tawalitnoi SKV Gym, ex champion of Lumpinee stadium and Thailand; YodNapa Changtalley, ex champion of Rajadamnern stadium, and Mangkornyok Sityodthong; champion of Pattaya who fights regularly broadcast on TV 9.
Youssef also fought on the Isuzu sponsored Thai Fight where he made it into the final match against the eventual winner, Fabio Pinca.
The full fight card is as follows:
Tournament at -72 Kg
Karim Ghaji
Jeremy Marin
Aydin Tuncay
Sébastien Billard
Superfights:
Buakaw Por Pramuk vs Youssef Boughanem
Angelique Pitiot VS Cynthia Moreau
Gaëtan OLIVIER VS Arthur Siong
Damien Alamos vs. Yodsiam Por Pramuk
Ticketing information is available at: Fnac – Carrefour – Géant – U Stores – Intermarché
www.fnac.com – www.carrefour.fr – www.francebillet.com
By Mike LNg
Faird Villaume Versus Nuangkatran Por Muang Ubon
In Celebration of the King’s Birthday in 2003 a special tournament event entitled the Price’s Cup was held. Fighting in the quarter finals from the A division is Farid Villaume of France against Thailand’s Nuangkatran Por Muang Ubon. These were to be among the final fights Nuangkatran would fight against international competition at a high level.
By Mike LNg
The Champions Club
The results of the January 8th, 2011 Champions Club 6 card are in. The event was held in Tipp Plaza in an open air venue in Pattaya, Thailand. Steven Wakeling wins the WBC Muay Thai Super middleweight title from incumbent champion Jaochalam. Apparently, suffering no shortage of ability from his recent layoff from Muay Thai, Wakeling fought and defeated the highly regarded Jaochalam enroute to a 4th round stoppage from knees. The TKO came swiftly and as a shock to many.
In the 4 man tournament the results are as follows:
1-KING “4 Man” Muaythai Tournament 70Kg MAX
Andi Rogner (Ger) VS Dan Magnusson (Swe)
Rogner defeats Magnusson via KO.
Yacine Darkrim (Fra) VS Saentiennoi (Tha)
Saentiennoi defeats Dakrim.
1-KING “4 Man” Muaythai Tournament 70Kg MAX Final
Andi Rogner (Ger) VS Saentiennoi (Tha)
Rogner defeats Saentiennoi on points.
Muaythai Super Fights
Matthias Pattaya Combat VS -58Kg Urkam Sasiprapa Gym
Matthias defeats Ukram on points.
It looks like the new weight is treating Steven Wakeling well and I look forward to what may come in the future from him.
By Mike LNg
WPMF title match
The card for the Muay Thai in Vannes event has been fully updated. The event is scheduled to take place on January 15th, 2011 with long time France nak muay Xavier Bastard main eventing in a World Professional Muay Thai Federation (WPMF) title bout at 60 kg. Opposing Bastard who is a 2-time European champion is Thailand’s Apisit KT Gym. Bastard has been steadily fighting his way up through the WPMF in France and has been busy in the past training and fighting in Thailand. Bastard has been especially notable for his technically method of fighting and this will be the litmus test for him and his readiness to become a champion for WPMF.
The rest of the card is as follows:
Maxime M'Boki Versus Adriene Le Clanche
Maxime M’Boki Versus Adriene Le Clanche at 71kg.
Roman Le Moy Versus Corentin Lievens
Roman Le Moy Versus Corentin Lievens (2X Champion of Belgium) at 63.5 kg.
Aiello Batonon versus Johane Beausejoir
Aiello Batonon, champion of Europe 2010 and champion of France 2009 versus Johane Beausijoir, intercontinental champion 2010 and champion of France 2010 at 75 kg.
Stephen Landure Versus Alexandre Pini
Stephen Landure Versus Alexandre Pini at 71 kg.
Karim Dahou Versus Roland Speltdoorn
Karim Dahou Versus Roland Speltdoorn at 57 kg.
Margaux Chaline Versus Camille Andeler
Margaux Chaline Versus Camille Andeler at 60 kg.
Bobo Sacko Versus Olivier Guidicelli
Bobo Sacko, the 2010 Champion of France Versus Olivier Guidicelli. The last I saw of Sacko was at the France versus Thailand event where he defeated Olivier Tchétché by decision in a Muay Thai super fight. The event was one of the few times a Lumpinee style was up for grabs on foreign shores with Abdallah Mabel ultimately losing out to Sayiok.
More fights are being added to the card as of this writing but should be complete before the 15th of this month.
By Mike LNg
Paul Slowinksi
Paul Slowinski known as the “Sting” fights Andre Meunier at the Knees of Fury 31 event held in Australia. The former K-1 super heavyweight returns to full rules Muay Thai in this one before facing America’s Carter Williams, also a K-1 standout of the past.
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