By Mike LNg
Paul Slowinski performs the wai kru
Paul “The Sting” Slowinski of Australia versus former K-1 standout from the United States Carter Williams. Both have been past standouts with the K-1 promotion in Japan and finally both get their chance to fight one another albeit under modified rules. This fight happened on December 15th, 2010 at the Springers Leisure Centre Keysborough during the King’s of Kombat event. For a time Carter Williams had appeared to have switched wholly over to MMA.
By Mike LNg
Nathan “Carnage” Corbett
By Mike LNg
Steven Wakeling
The Champions Club (TCC) will host its sixth event on Sat January 8th, as England’s Steve Wakeling meets WBC Muay Thai super middleweight champion Jaochalam Chatkranokgym at Tipp Plaza in downtown Pattaya. Wakeling first came to international attention and acclaim in 2005 defeat of John Wayne Parr for the WBC Muay Thai middleweight world championship. Wakeling then subsequently fought and defeated Jomhod Kiatadisak. Wakeling then lost to Lamsongkram Chuwattana in 2007. Wakeling after winning a World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Muay Thai Against Drugs in 2008 in Rajadamnern stadium went into a hiatus of fighting.
Interestingly, Khun Ithipon Khunploum, Mayor of Pattaya and TCC promoter Bernard Caplin launched The Champions Club Thailand, at a special guest reception at the Pattaya Hilton on Tuesday. Over 50 distinguished guests from all over Thailand, including media, sponsors, partners and Mr. Niels Colov, CEO of the Pattaya People Media Group, attended the official TCC 6 reception.
The Champions' Club
TCC promoter Bernard Caplin said:
“I am very proud to confirm an extensive cross media cooperation with our choice partner in Pattaya, the Pattaya People Media Group.” We are also very pleased to confirm that TCC 6, The Champions Club Thailand 2011, will take place “open-air” on January 8th on the grounds of the Tipp Plaza complex.
“An event of this scale would also not be possible without the support from our major new partners, Thai Yamaha, Thai Namthip, Nok Air, Pattaya People Media Group and TopKingBoxing.
“Today marks a very special day for us indeed” Bernard said to invited guests. ” I am proud to say that TCC 6 is a milestone event, as it now establishes The Champions Club in the homeland of Muaythai as a mainstream sports event, that can help contribute to general sports event developement in the fantastic city of Pattaya.”
Also thank you to the WBC Muaythai for sanctioning the main event, the Supermiddleweight Championship of the World between Steve Wakeling and Jaochalam. Good luck to you both.”
Jaochalam, who has been the WBC super middleweight champion since October 2009, defeated France’s Yohan Lidon – the originally scheduled opponent for Giorgio Petrosyan at Thai Boxe Mania – on points at the King’s Cup Challenge in Bangkok on December 5th.
By Mike LNg
Evolution 22
Michael “Tomahawk” Thompson Vs. Yud Rawai at the Evolution 22 Muay Thai event in Australia. The fight took place at Evolution 22 in Queensland, Australia on November 27th. See for yourself how the fight went down with one of Australia’s stalwart Evolution fighters and an already established Thaiboxer.
By Mike LNg
King of the Ring with Kaoponlek
Somsak Kaoponlek the former Lumpini stadium champion and Contender Asia Qualifier for the now cancelled Contender Asia Season 2 returns. More recently Kaoponlek is noted for his fights with notable France Thaiboxing talent Fabio Pinca, who won this year’s Thai Fight tournament held recently. Kaoponlek won their first encounter in 2007 by decision. Ironically the two are also scheduled to meet this month at Thai Boxe Mania 2011. This time Kaoponlek will face off against Elias Aharram of France.
Elias Aharram recently won in a WKN Belgium fight by a 2nd round KO. Aharram fights out of Team Domingos in France.
The earlier announced bout with Malik Mangouchi against Steve Valente has been cancelled. Malik withdrew for health reasons. This fight will be replaced by:
Karim Souda VS Mike Schmidt at 72.5 kg. Also an additional fight has been added with Kevin Goubernator (Hennion-gym) vs. Delf (Strasbourgteam).
The rest of the card is so far scheduled to be:
Frederic Sinistra Vs. Zinedine Mameur Lain
Kaoponlek (now residing in Italy) Vs. Elias Arraham
Cyril Jacques vs. Jesse Petit-Jean
More fights are still being made for the February 12th card. The action begins at Espace Chadeau in Ludres, France. Tickets presumably will go on sale this month for the event.
By Mike LNg
Coke Chunhawat Returns to Action
Thanks goes to Lynda Chunhawat for the information. A new fight has been added to the inaugural event of Lion Fight Promotions: Coke Chunhawat the WMC international champion will return to action versus USA standout Scotty Leffler. Coke recently gave his opinion on fighting American opponents and international opponents including Kevin Ross who will also be fighting on this very card. The event will be held February 12, 2011 at the Star of the Desert Arena, Primm, Nevada.
Kevin Ross will be fighting a very seasoned Thai opponent in Loh-Ngern Pitakkruchaiden. Loh-Ngern has fought the likes of Jomthong Chuwattana and many other top tier Muay Thai talent from the capital nation of Muay Thai.
Ross has recently busied himself internationally by training at Sitsongpeenong in Bangkok and fighting in the Isuzu Muay Thai marathon where he put on an impressive showing. Ross also recently fought Malaipet and defeated him in a very dominant fight promoted by Stand Up Promotions.
Kevin Ross with title straps
Perhaps for a 2nd event Lion Fight Promotions could one day pit Ross and Chunhawat against one another a 2nd time.
The card as known is as follows:
Professional Card
Main Event
Michael Mananquil (San Francisco) vs. Malaipet (Los Angeles)
147 lbs / Welterweight title 5 rounds by 3 minutes / Full Muay Thai Rules
Chaz Mulkey (Las Vegas) vs. Douglas Edwards (San Francisco)
160 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 3 minutes / Full Muay Thai Rules
Kevin Ross (Las Vegas) vs. Loh-Ngern Pitakkruchaiden (Thailand)
145 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 3 minutes / Full Muay Thai Rules
Remy Bonnel (Miami) vs. Thiraphong Saengdaeng (Thailand)
155 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 3 minutes / Full Muay Thai Rules
Amy Davis (Idaho Falls) vs. Emily Bearden (New York)
114 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 2 minutes / Full Muay Thai Rules
Scotty Leffler (Las Vegas) vs. Coke Chunhawat (San Francisco)
140 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 3 minutes
Shawn Yarborough (Las Vegas) vs. Brandon Banda (Concord)
175 lbs / no title 5 rounds by 3 minutes
Amateur Card
Anthony Castrejon (Las Vegas) vs. Jason Andrada (Las Vegas)
125 lbs / title 5 rounds by 2 minutes
Genesis Bravo (Las Vegas) vs. Miranda Cayabyab (Milpitas)
112 lbs / title 5 rounds by 2 minutes
Patti Teran (Las Vegas) vs. Pixi O’Reilly (Phoenix)
108 lbs / no title 4 rounds by 2 minutes
Jason Park (Los Angeles) vs. Josh Pickthall (Phoenix)
162 lbs / no title 4 rounds by 2 minutes
Chris Lizaro (Las Vegas) vs Chris Minor (Los Angeles)
145 lbs / no title 4 rounds by 2 minutes
For ticket information please visit the official Lion Fight Promotions web site.
By Mike LNg
Liam Harrison Celebrates
A time and date has been named for UK Muay Thai standout Liam Harrison to rematch the widely regarded pound for pound best in the world in Muay Thai: Saenchai Sinbi. Dan Green’s Fight Sport Industries brings the rematch: Harrison vs Saenchai 2 – Saturday 9th April 2011 at Doncaster Dome in the United Kingdom.
Dan’s shows get successively bigger in scope and matchups and in my opinon could now be safely considered the biggest promoter in the UK for Muay Thai. It’ll be interesting to see how his shows grow and where he takes his product to next. In the past Fight Sport Industries has brought 8-man full rules Muay Thai tournaments or shows with main eventers known internationally such as Buakaw Por Pramuk.
Saenchai Sinbi Muay Thai
The first time the two fought Saenchcai would defeat Harrison by points in an exciting fight. Saenchai said he of Harrison that it was a great fight because Harrison would duplicate the techniques he used on Harrison. In the February 2009 bout Saenchai even found himself swept by the very game Harrison.
Tickets will go on sale mid-January, 2011. There are a number of other fights being finalized to fill out the card but early on it looks like an exciting rematch is in the works. In past events with Fight Sport Industries I have expectations that the rest of the card will be worthy of attention as well.
By Mike LNg
Evolution 22
Bruce “Preacher” Macfie fights Frankie Giorgi at Evolution 22. Leading up to this fight Macfie had outpointed John Wayne Parr for a win a recent fight. The decision was not without controversy and now Frankie Giorgi gets a shot at the man who had defeated Parr so recently.
By Mike LNg
Steve McKinnon
During the past few weeks, the McKinnon camp have apparently been trying to arrange a meeting with the Nathan “Carnage”Corbett camp to negotiate the rematch fight. In the first fight Nathan Corbett won by a 4th round TKO due to elbow cut. Corbett has since moved on to the heavyweight division and making his mark there as well. In that time Corbett has won the following accolades:
Steve McKinnon is coming off a title defense against Brazil’s Eduardo Morais and against France’s Stephane Superregui for the WBC Muay Thai super cruiserweight title.
Reportedly, both were ready to fight but Corbett’s camp declined the fight. The reasoning is that Corbett’s fight calendar is full for 2011 and likely 2012. It’s unlikely that WBC can make a match up at that weight given that Corbett holds no titles at McKinnon’s current weight. It seems the matches future if there is to be one would be up to promotional pressure and fan demand in Australia.
By Mike LNg
Evolution 22 lineup
Danny “DDD” Derdowski Vs. Daniel Jones at the Evolution 22 event held in Queensland, Australia. The two up and coming light heavyweights fight in Australia. Derdowski in the past has fought well known Khmer boxer Eh Phuthong.
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