By Mike LNg
Asawindum Stadium
This fight is from the Sunday, May 3, 2009 fights from Aswindam stadium. Asawindum Stadium regularly broadcasts full fight cards on Channel 9 in Thailand.
By Mike LNg
Amateur Muay Thai
Details regarding the court ordered dissolution of the old Muay Thai Association are beginning to emerge as accurately guessed the fight for changing Muay Thai to a single word and watering down Muay Thai’s national origins continue in an attempt to make Muay Thai an Olympic sport.
Sakchai Tapsuwan, the president of Amateur Muaythai Association (and former Secretary General of the World Muay Thai Council) has renewed his respective organization’s push for Muay Thai as Olympic event. I reported early on the 5 year long enduring court battle finally coming to an end with IFMA being the sole authority. However the fallout of the decision is still in process. Santipab Intharaphat president of Amateur Muay Thai Association of Thailand recently announced that long outstanding payment due will be made to all boxers before dissolving Muaythai Association of Thailand.
The Thai Supreme Administrative court accepted only Amateur Muaythai Association because it has been approved legally by Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT). The association still has many missions to complete.
Lastly, Mr.Sakchai told about another important plan of the association. That was creating “Road Map” in order to push Muaythai towards Olympic Games. Initially, it has to be registered as a member of Olympic Commission of Thailand. Formerly, Muaythai Association of Thailand, led by Mr.Santipab, was a member. Plans will still proceed through with the newly formed MuayThai Association as confirmed by General Jaruek Ariratchakarn.
Santipab Intharapat, president of the soon to be dissolved MuayThai Association addressed some of the accusations levelled at him in the long court battle.
- About taking 50% share from sportsmen Santipab said: he was not involved in this point. It was an agreement between coaches and boxers. Moreover, the coaches did not compel boxers to share the money. They share willingly.
- Hiring a coach without background, or is called “Ghost Coach”, this case was not possible. However, he hired female coach to take care of sportswomen because she can understand women more than male coach can. In addition, such female coach has been working with the association for more than 10 years. She has been trained by Asian Boxing Federation many times. She surely has experience and is familiar with boxing society.
- About allowance that sportsmen and coaches have not received, he accepted that was true. However, he have not withdrawn total amount of money from Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) yet but he gradually paid for coaches and sportsmen. In calculation, the debt is not very much.
Due to this, Mr.Santipab asked 9 sportsmen and coaches, who complained the association, to take remaining compensation at the association’s office at national stadium within 15 June. Mr.Sakon Wannaphong, the director of sport development department of SAT, will be a witness. He confirmed that he owed sportsmen and coaches for about two hundred thousand Baht. However, there is no need to hand in front of mass media because he has been judged too much already.
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By Mike LNg
Lumpinee Stadium
This match features in red: Petjing Wor. Sungprapai – 117 lbs against in blue: Daodung Petfergus – 119 lbs from the fights from Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday night, January 9, 2010.
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By Mike LNg
MOTS logo
Official reactions to counter measure the damage done to Thailand’s main source of revenue have appeared. It looks it is getting officially addressed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MOTS). As a natural consequence of the violence and basic hampering of basic functions of Bangkok tourism took a distinct down turn. Prime Minister Abhist Viasat has assured all visitors that normalcy has returned to Thailand and he’s at least rhetorically assured everyone Thailand is on the path to reconciliation towards all factions of the conflict with the red shirts.
But beyond those obvious statements MOTS has issued the following statement on their own site:
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports places the safety and security of international tourists above all else. Free travel insurance for foreign tourists and a waiver of tourist visa fees have been extended to 31 March 2011. The Royal Thai Government has issued insurance measures to protect foreigners visiting Thailand who areinjured or unable to travel out of Thailand due to rioting. This programme is intended to boost the confidence of foreigners visiting Thailand.
As part of a coordinating effort to help inject some money again into Bangkok’s Muay Thai tourism and training camp industry Nirot Sunthornlekha, the president of Commission of Tourism and Sports, House of Representatives (MOTS) revealed that MOTS was preparing to advance the concept of the Muay Thai visa. All related parties of the Thai Ministry of Finance and tourism are expected to attend.
In essence the proposed Muaythai VISA will offer an opportunity for foreigners who want to study Muay Thai in Thailand a longer initial stay to do so. The Muay Thai visa will expand on the typical duration of 3 months to 6 months to a year. So prospective students now have a minimum of twice the time to devote to Muay Thai training on a visa while in Thailand. Muaythai camps, which have been registered legally with Sports Authority of Thailand or educational institutes containing Muaythai curriculum, such as Banbueng Rajabhat University and Bangkok Thonburi University, will approve this.
Good thinking on the Thai government’s part I think. And I have a pretty good feeling this will shortly coalesce into a reality.
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By Mike LNg
Lumpinee Stadium
Lumpinee Stadium’s 2009 first event! Petjing Wor. Sungprapai (red) vs. Daodung Petfergus (blue) from Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday night, January 9, 2010. This fight was matched at 177 lbs.
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By Mike LNg
The full lineup for the Sport Accord games of 2010 has been released for Muay Thai. See if you can spot your friends and family members on the list. I counted a few myself.
Sport Accord logo
Newly renamed SportAccord, the former General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is moving forward with a full range of amateur sports among the combat sports is Muay Thai.
For Muay Thai competing males and females the roster is as follows:
54 kg category
1 IFMA Male 54 KG Choi Jin-Sun Korean Male
2 IFMA Male 54 KG Paleenaram Sattra Thai Male
3 IFMA Male 54 KG Liao Zhenhui Chinese Male
4 IFMA Male 54 KG Kurt Ridvan Turkish Male
5 IFMA Male 54 KG Youb Said French Male
6 IFMA Male 54 KG Madadi Mohammad Iranian Male
57 kg category
7 IFMA Male 57 KG Chankhunthod Witsanu Thai Male
8 IFMA Male 57 KG Yaakub Mohd. Ali Malaysian Male
9 IFMA Male 57 KG Wang Kang Chinese Male
10 IFMA Male 57 KG Ng King Chung Chinese Male
11 IFMA Male 57 KG Aukenov Birzhan Kazak Male
12 IFMA Male 57 KG White Christopher Australian Male
13 IFMA Male 57 KG Simonides Rafal Polish Male
63.5 kg category
14 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Finlayson Kurt Russell Australia Male
15 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Tanjad Panupan Thai Male
16 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Zhang Dezheng Chinese Male
17 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Kholmuratov Firdavsiy Uzbek Male
18 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Akthar Martin Swedish Male
19 IFMA Male 63.5 KG Calvo Sebastian Argentine Male
67 kg category
20 IFMA Male 67 KG Guo Dongwang Chinese Male
21 IFMA Male 67 KG Dicks Michael British Male
22 IFMA Male 67 KG Saenpong Suphachai Thai Male
23 IFMA Male 67 KG Petrov Igor Russian Male
24 IFMA Male 67 KG Luna Gustavo Argentine Male
71 kg category
25 IFMA Male 71 KG Wang Guan Chinese Male
26 IFMA Male 71 KG Kyshenko Artur Ukrainian Male
27 IFMA Male 71 KG Smagulov Almas Kazak Male
28 IFMA Male 71 KG Oberg Marcus Swedish Male
29 IFMA Male 71 KG Baai Bakhulule South African Male
30 IFMA Male 71 KG Banchamek Sombat Thai Male
75 kg category
31 IFMA Male 75 KG Guo Hanghang Chinese Male
32 IFMA Male 75 KG Tereshonok Vasyl Ukrainian Male
33 IFMA Male 75 KG Lacombe Jesse Canadian Male
34 IFMA Male 75 KG Phorat Yodthanong Thai Male
35 IFMA Male 75 KG Levin Artem Russian Male
36 IFMA Male 75 KG Abdollahi Mostafa Iranian Male
81 kg category
37 IFMA Male 81 KG Marcus Simon Canadian Male
38 IFMA Male 81 KG Jiang Guangzhen Chinese Male
39 IFMA Male 81 KG Sengirov Nurbolat Kazak Male
40 IFMA Male 81 KG Olsen Kim Australian Male
41 IFMA Male 81 KG Brinkman Hendrik Dutch Male
91 kg category
42 IFMA Male 91 KG Zhang Xuefeng Chinese Male
43 IFMA Male 91 KG Mirzamukhamedov Jasur Uzbek Male
44 IFMA Male 91 KG Rogava Tsotne Ukrainian Male
45 IFMA Male 91 KG Blachowicz Jan Polish Male
46 IFMA Male 91 KG Hoopmann Thor Australian Male
47 IFMA Male 91 KG Shelepov Semen Russian Male
48 IFMA Male 91 KG Alimohammadi Hassan Iranian Male
51 kg category
49 IFMA Female 51 KG Pirnie Amy Wendy Robertson British Female
50 IFMA Female 51 KG Mezyan Jihad Moroccan Female
51 IFMA Female 51 KG Heo Song-Bok Korean Female
52 IFMA Female 51 KG Pramari Prakaidao Thai Female
53 IFMA Female 51 KG Guido Gillberry Santiago American Female
54 IFMA Female 51 KG Xu Zhurong Chinese Female
55 IFMA Female 51 KG San Ozlem Turkish Female
56 IFMA Female 51 KG Pinto Fatima Norweigian Female
54 kg category
57 IFMA Female 54 KG Sutherland Misty Dawn Canadian Female
58 IFMA Female 54 KG Yan Xiaonan Chinese Female
59 IFMA Female 54 KG Yakovleva Diana Ukrainian Female
60 IFMA Female 54 KG Benitez Karla Venezuelan Female
61 IFMA Female 54 KG Preston Michelle New Zealander Female
60 kg category
62 IFMA Female 60 KG Sun Jiao Chinese Female
63 IFMA Female 60 KG Fucz Anna German Female
64 IFMA Female 60 KG Shevchenko Valentina Russian/Peruvian Female
65 IFMA Female 60 KG Willberg Anna Finnish Female
66 IFMA Female 60 KG Ross Madeleine South African Female
In March 2009, SportAccord signed an agreement with the city of Beijing, P. R. China, to organize the first SportAccord Combat Games. Scheduled from 28 August to 4 September 2010, the competition will showcase 13 Martial Arts and Combat sports, both Olympic and non-Olympic. The event will also include a Cultural Program that will reflect the social and cultural values of these sports and Combat Games as a whole.
Sport Accord has announced that each sport will have 80 top athletes competing in the 2010 SportAccord Combat Games. These athletes will go through the qualification system set up by their respective International Federation. It is expected that the world best martial arts and combat sports athletes will qualify for the Combat Games. Both male and female athletes will take part. For those sports requiring weigh-in, different weight categories will be included.
During the eight days of competition, the 2010 SportAccord Combat Games will also include a cultural program. Indeed, martial arts and combat sports have rich cultural heritages and convey social and educational values. The Combat Games will then serve as a great opportunity to enable deeper understanding of the sports by the public.
This year’s SportAccord Combat Games of 2010 will be held in Beijing, China. Best of luck to all athletes representing their home countries. The event will last from August 27th, 2010 to September 4th, 2010. The last of the national qualifiers for participating nations wraps for Asia during the week of June 25th to June 30th, 2010.
source: http://sports.tom.com/2010-05-20/0OUD/85908211.html
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By Mike LNg
Evolution 18
Super Boi of Thailand fights Andy Colgrave of Australia at Evolution 18 in Melbourne, Australia. The event took place October 9th, 2009 under full Muay Thai rules.
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By Mike LNg
Sangtiennoi the Deadly Kisser
Got this piece of news from Bryan Popejoy, Muay Thai trainer and in my biased opinion probably one of the nicest people one could ever care to meet in USA Muay Thai.
Muay Thai Legend Sangtiennoi makes his first ever U.S. Seminar Appearance at Boxing Works, Hermosa Beach, CA. Sangtiennoi is the head trainer at the world famous Baan Muay Thai Gym in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a former Champion at both Rajadamnern and Lumpini Stadiums, the premier venues for Muay Thai. In addition to his own fighting prowess, he has taught and trained numerous champions in Muay Thai, K-1, Kickboxing and MMA. Sangtiennoi has fought and beaten a virtual who’s who of Muay Thai greats but is probably famous most in the west for his win against Ramon Dekkers at the ripe old age of 17.
When
June 26-June 27 2010
10 am-12 pm
12-1:30pm lunch break
1:30-3:30pm
Tuition
$80 per day 0r $130 for both days in advance by 6/22/10
$100 per day/ $160 for both days after 6/22/10
contact
Bryan Popejoy
office (310) 376-1602
CELL (310) 408-2049
bryanpopejoy@hotmail.com
Space is Limited. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to train with one of the legends of Muay Thai.
Bryan himself has given some information captured via youtube and has what I’d regard as a very comprehensive knowledge in Muay Thai from his years of fighting and training Muay Thai. Here’s a sample of Bryan demoing some of that knowledge.
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By Mike LNg
Another busy night for Team Nasser K and it looks like Fabio Pinca again did not disappoint.
St.Fons lineup
Elouissi Nabil (Team Nasser K) vs Usoyan Temo (Team Domingos)
Winner: Nabil Elouissi, apparently Usoyan did not answer the bell for the 3rd round.
Ayaydin Yuksel (Team Nasser K) vs.Danilencu Lucian (Team BARBUTO)
Winner: Yuksel Ayaydin points
Bennou Karim (Team Nasser K) vs. Xavier Bastard (Team Cobra)
Winner: Karim Bennou by referee stoppage due to injury R3
Penda Abderahmane (Team Nasser K) vs. Rahaoui Mohamed (Friends Gym bruxelles)
Winner: Mohamed Rahaoui points
Mabel Abdallah (Team Nasser K) vs. Walid Haddad (training academy)
Winner: Abdallah Mabel by TKO injury R1
Yohan Lidon (France) vs. Diesel Lek (Thailand)
Winner: Yohan Lidon points
Fabio Pinca (France) vs. Singnamee Srisompong Sor (Thailand)
Winner: Fabio Pinca points
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by Mike LNg
Ultimate Thai 5 Lineup
Unfortunately it looks like the live stream pay-per-view couldn’t happen due to some issues with the HD encoding equipment. Better experience still than the disastrous Champion of Champions 2 experience that left fans holding the bag and out their money entirely.
But the results are as follows (winners in bold):
Sofiane Derdega wins over Herbert Womaleu
Raouf Ibrahim wins over Belious Chiahou
Olivier Tchetche wins over Thomas Adamand
Boubacar Konte wins over Mamadou Diabira
Thiraphong Saengdaeng wins over Yacine Mahillon via KO the in 2nd round
Bovy Sor Udomson wins over Moussa Konate by points. Apparently Bovy adjusted his style to a very technical and tactically smart style rather than the brawling style that made Bovy a highlight reel favorite.
Gregory Choplin wins over Jonathan Camara:
A very close match but Choplin blocked enough attacks and was able to outpoint Camara.
Pascal LaFleur won over Steve Adams of England in a reportedly close fight. Sadly this was Pascal’s retirement bout.
Kaoklai Kaennorsing wins over Aurelien Duarte by first round TKO.
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The Science of 8 Limbs
The Science of 8 Limbs 