By Mike LNg
Sudsakron Vs. Kulebin
Sudsakorn Klinmee battles Andre Kulebin in the WKN final of the Big 8 Muay Thai tournament. The two had met before in February 2010. The continuation of this rubber match sees the two once again fighting one another at Minsk, Belarus to decide the winner of the WKN Big 8 Final.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf6j17_kulebin-vs-sudsakorn-wkn-big-8-muay_sport
By Mike LNg
Nuit Des Champions
Here are some quick results of Nuit Des Champions held over the weekend.
World kickboxing Network (WKN) World Title
Full contact / 12 x 2 mn / – 66, 700 kg
Cédric Castagna (65, 240kg) vs Bruce Codron (66, 700kg)
Winner : Bruce Codron by Decision
‘Nuit Des Champions’ Title
Muaythai / 5×3 mn /-70 kg
Abdallah Mabel (70, 600kg) vs Kem Sitsongpeenong (70, 200kg)
Winner : Khem Sitsongpeenong by Decision
‘Nuit Des Champions’ Title
Muaythai / 5×3 mn /-64 kg
Sittichai Sitsongpeenong (63, 900kg) vs Damien Alamos (63, 270kg)
Winner : Sittichai SitsongpeenongI by DEC
European WKN Title
WKN Full contact / 10 x 2 mn / - 72, 600 kg
Przemyslaw Ziemnicki (72, 300kg) vs Sébastien Pace (72, 300kg)
Winner : Sébastien Pace by points
‘Nuit Des Champions’ Title
Full contact / 5×2 mn / -79 kg
Medhi Amar (78, 500kg) vs Jean Luc Benoit (79kg)
Winner : Jean Luc Benoit by Decision
SUPERFIGHT
Muaythai / 5x3mn / -62kg
Thomas Adamandopoulos (62, 320kg) vs Cédric Peynaud (62, 320kg)
Winner : Thomas Adamandopoulos by KO in the 1st round
SUPERFIGHT
Full contact / 5×2 mn / -60 kg
Kevin Escanez (59, 300kg) vs Lucien Gross (58, 900kg)
Winner :Lucien Gross by Decision
SUPERFIGHT
Full contact / 5×2 mn / -75 kg
Maxime Sanchez (74, 800kg) vs Frédéric Gargani (74, 600kg)
Winner : Frédéric Gargani by Decision
By Mike LNg
Sudsakorn Brings the Elbow
Sudsakorn fights through the semi-final of the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) ‘s Big 8 event. Facing Sudsakorn is Belarus’ Ruslan Kushnirenko. The winner will go on to fight Andre Kuelbin in the final of the Minsk, Belarus event. Rounds are 3 minutes with 3 rounds per a fight.
By Mike LNg
Evolution 22
A few surprises came from the results of Evolution 22. I was pleased to see some and how overall it seemed like both the winners and losers in this event showed great sportsmanship and class.
Chris Kearney wins the Queensland Australia WMC title by defeating Ben Lane.
Jamie Stamp retains his WMC Australia title by defeating Ryan Jones.
Danny Derdowski wins against Daniel Jones by a 5th round KO.
Kevin NTG wins against Mark Sarracino by unanimous decison.
Michael “Tomahawk” Thompson loses by split decision to Yud Rawai.
Eli “mad Dog” Maddigan wins by cut stoppage against Harlee Avison.
Franki Giorgi defeats Bruce “Preacher” by KO in the 2nd round.
Nathan “Carnage” Corbett vs. Frankie Munoz. Corbett wins via KO in the 3rd round.
By Mike LNg
Andre Kulebin with Belts
Andre Kulebin fights Erkan Varol at the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) Big 8 tournament in Minsk, Belarus. Andre now in the semi-final bout fights against Turkey’s Varol in a 3X3 full rules Muay Thai bout with the winner set to fight in the finale.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf74qo_andrei-kulebin-vs-erkan-varol-wkn-b_sport
By Mike LNg
La Nuit Des Challenges 9
This event is sponsored by France’s international boxing great Fabrice Tiozzo, who owns 10 titles of World Champion WBC – WBA obtained in the years 1995 to 2006 and brought boxing to the forefront in Tiozzo’s home country.
On Saturday, December 18 French Muay Thai standout Yohan Lidon will main event the night. Lidon last year, had won “The Green Belt”, the WBC Muay Thai World Championship by KO in the first round against former champion, Thai ,Lamsongkram Chuwattana. Another Muay Thai world champion will be with him to represent the team NAS-RK,none other than the recent title challenger for Lumpinee stadium, Abdallah “The Panther” Mabel.
On the Thai side will be Naruepol Fairtex , a Thai champion who has experience 226 fights, 176 wins with 53 by knockout. Naruepol already fought Yohan Lidon. Both have a win against each other so this match could well be the tie breaker between the two. Abdallah Mabel will be matched with the champion of Rajadamnern 2008-2009, Lumpinee stadium Champion and Thailand 2007 champion, Nontachai Sit-O. Nontachai is noted for his slickness especially in the clinch.
A third match of the Dec.18th event is expected to be NAS-RK team member, Elouissi Nabil, 18, who will face Gabriel Chauvin from the Vacarie Team (Avignon).
On the side of boxing, as the heavy with the coming of Rachid El Hadaka (20W (7 KO) – 8L – 1D) Team HARZOUZ (Feyzin, Lyon). Rachid is the current Champion of France in his category (Cruiserweight), and won the belt recement EBO (European Boxing Association) against the Czech Roman Kracik on June 10th.
Other residents of the team HARZOUZ, Affif Belghecham (19W (4 KB) – 5L – 1D). Affif evolved in the category and was the Middleweight Champion of France. With him a young but talented boxer Newfel Ouatah (6W (5Kb) – 0L-0D) Newfel to 25 years and in the past fought as a heavyweight.
Also from the French side , Brice Roumagoux, Champion du Lyonnais, who is part of the Team of the Academy of Lyon.
These four fighters will face a selection of boxers from Lodon, UK. The names and fights have yet to be confirmed for the English team.
The Fightcard thus far is:
Super-Fights
(Full MuayThai Rules – 5×3)
FRANCE VS THAILAND
Yohan Lidon VS 72.5Kg Narupeol Fairtex
Abdallah Mabel VS -71kg Nontachai-O-Sit
Super-Fight
(Full MuayThai Rules – 5×3)
Nabil Elouissi VS Gabriel Chauvin-67kg
Super-Fights
(Boxing Rules – 6×3)
FRANCE VS ENGLAND
Affif Belghecham VS TBA-72.5Kg
Rachid El HadakaVS TBA-91kg
Newfel Ouatah VS 100kg TBA
Brice Roumagoux VS TBA-64kg
By Mike LNg
Sudsakorn Klinmee
Sudsakorn Klinmee fights Michael Mananquill in the quarter final of the WKN Big 8 tournament in Minsk, Belarus.
Sudsakorn began fighting at the age of 6. He began training under his father Yack Klinmee for 4 years and his older cousin Rambaa Somdet M16.
Michael Mananquill
Michael Mananquill is a United States standout. Sudsakorn would ultimately make it into the Big 8 final fight. See how he got there.
By Mike LNg
Andre Kulebin
Andre Kulebin of Minsk, Belarus Vs. Taylor Harvey of Australia at the WKN Big 8 in Minsk, Belarus from the Sept. 11th,2010 8-man full rules Muay Thai event. The two would fight en route to the semi-final match. Ultimately Kulebin would go on to the final. See for yourself how he got the semi-final fight.
By Mike LNg
Buakaw adds another championship belt
Buakaw Por Pramuk has not only returned to Japanese competition in the form of the S-Cup 2010 on November 23rd but he has added more gold to his resume as the S-Cup 2010 champion. Much of Buakaw’s old aggression and dominance returned with his return to Japan. It was apparent that the less fettered rules of Shootboxing fit Buakaw well. Buakaw made full use of the clinch, throws and kick catches that helped him make such a dominant mark in his early K-1 MAX days.
Shockingly Andy Souwer was eliminated from the tournament by Toby Imada. Imada was a late last minute replacement for Charles “Crazy Horse” Bennet. Although Souwer was able to mount some late offense he was ultimately outpointed by Imada.
The full results of the Shootboxing 2010 S-Cup from JCB Hall Tokyo, Japan are as follows:
S-cup 2010 Final
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Toby Imada by TKO – Round 2, 2.29
Single Fights
Daiki “DJ.taiki” Hata def. Tomohiro Oikawa by KO – Round 2, 2.18
Hiroaki Suzuki def. Mitsuhiro Ishida by KO – Round 2, 2.21
S-cup 2010 Semi-finals
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Henri van Opstal by Unanimous Decision
Toby Imada def. Andy Souwer by Split Decision
Single Fight
Ai Takahashi def. Karina Hallinan by Unimous Decision
S-cup 2010 Reserve Fight
Jun Hyuk Song vs. Kenji Kanai by KO (Kick) – Round 2, 1:59
S-cup 2010 Quarter Finals
Henri van Opstal def. Luis Saraiva by Unanimous Decision
Buakaw Por. Pramuk def. Hiroki Shishido by Unamious Decision
Toby Imada def. Takaaki Umeno by KO (Punches) – Round 3, 3:00
Andy Souwer def. Bovy Sor. Udomson by KO (Punches) – Round 3, 0:47
Single Fight
Kengo Shimizu def. Shunsuke Inoue by TKO (Corner Stoppage) – Round 3, 0.35
Opening Fights
Kazuyuki Fushimi def. Hiroaki Okuwa by Unanmious Decision
Yuji Sugawara def. Masaya Matsuhana by KO (Body Shots) – Round 1, 2.32
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The Science of 8 Limbs
The Science of 8 Limbs 
FFSCDA Retains the Delegation of France Muay Thai
•November 24, 2010 • Leave a CommentBy Mike LNg
First, a warning: this article is interspersed with my commentary and I have made my best efforts to make it obvious where my commentary applies.
On November 10, 2010, The French Council of State rejected the request of the Federation of Muaythai (FMDA) and the Federation of Full Contact (FFCDA) to cancel the decree of October 27, 2009 whereby the Minister of Health and Sports has given the delegation to the French Sports Federation Contact and Associated Disciplines (FFSCDA) . The FFSCDA remains the only federation delegate.
With regard to the Muay Thai amateur, the representative of the Federation also spoke:
Prior to this decision the The Federation of Muay Thai and Related Disciplines (FDMA) could legitimately make the claim as being the only recognized governing body in France. Though it should be noted internationally and in any scope meaningful or otherwise the IFMA is the only true game in town for amateur recognition.
Regarding future projects over the next two seasons, the FFSCDA has verbally committed to working with the French Olympic Committee Sport. To that end the president named a specific agenda:
In France some federations are directly responsible for the actual execution of a public service remit. They receive the delegation from the Ministry of Sports, made to a single federation in a particular discipline to organize sports competitions after which the securities are issued international, national, regional or county.
As the new delegated authority in Muay Thai FFSCDA define the technical and administrative rules specific to their discipline. This seemed to be the key issue in the rejection of FDMA’s protest to FFSCDA. A while back FDMA was found to be guilty of granting a title shot for a nak muay with no authority but their own.The newly appointed FFSCDA are free to set rules for the organization of their competitions, with the exception of matters relating to public order. These areas include violence, doping, disciplinary power, medical rules, and are subject to specific legislative and regulatory framework. The new Sports Act of July 6, 2000, amending the Act of July 16, 1984, establishes the framework of “public service of sport” by reaffirming the principle of recognition between the state and the sports movement.
Its hard to argue that under the FFSCDA big events haven’t happened with the recent Lumpinee title fight in France as well as big events waiting in the wings. France is arguably the strongest and most consistent country in the west for Muay Thai. With FFSCDA even offering the proverbial olive branch to former FDMA staff members the future could indeed continue to improve in France where Muay Thai has always been strong.
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Tags: FDMA, FFSCDA, France, Muay Thai