When I’m focused...I’m there. I’m just there. Move, breathe. There it is. -Jose Palacios In-fighting styles make fights, and with the upcoming bout between Jose Palacios and Nick Chasteen at Lion Fight 18, fans will be getting exactly that. The younger, less experienced Chasteen, coming off a bullying loss to Pedro Gonzalez at Lion Fight 16, will be exchanging leather with the more experienced Palacios, whose ring experience has included bouts with Coke Chunhawat, Malaipet Sasiprapa, and Justin Greskiewicz. I got to sit down with the Unlimited MMA fighter one week out from his fight to talk about his fighting, getting cut, his upcoming bout, and the … [Read more...]
MUAY THAI FIGHTS
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Sawsing Sor Sopit vs. Farida Okiko – Results From Santai Festival 2014
Santai Muay Thai Gym (San Kampphaeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand) held what I would like to see as the beginning of a pattern of Muay Thai fights to come. Santai Festival's February 15 main event was a female fight between Sawsing Sor Sopit and Farida Okiko with a purse equaling 55,000 THB (at time of writing, approximately $1,560.00 USD). This is remarkable in Thailand as female Muay Thai fighters are awarded significantly less prize money than males. Santai owner Nik Hjalmarsson on the event: The idea of making the form like this was the fact that it is very hard for females to make money from fighting; we wanted to whip it up a bit and make it interesting. In … [Read more...]
Open Call For Female Fighters, 55 kg To Fight In Thailand In February 2014
Santai Muay Thai Gym, located in San Kamphaeng, Thailand (approximately 18 km from the city of Chiang Mai) is holding an eight bout Muay Thai promotion with the main event showcasing female fighters at 55 kg (121 lbs). The purse is 55,000 THB (at time of writing, approximately $1,560.00 USD). This is a significant purse for female fighters in Thailand. Interested fighters can contact Nik Hjalmarsson (Santai Muay Thai Gym). Include your record, a photo, any titles you have and anything else that may put you in the running. For example, if you lack a title but have wins over some tough opponents, let Nik know. Do you have a great video that shows your skills? Send the … [Read more...]
Matt Embree On His Upcoming Fight VS Kevin Ross
On July 26, 2013 nak muay Matt Embree will step into the ring with Kevin Ross in their highly anticipated Muay Thai match at Lion Fight 10 in Las Vegas. I caught up with Matt at Siam No. 1 in Toronto to discuss. Transcript Laura Dal Farra: Alright, I'm here at Siam No.1 with Matt Embree discussing his upcoming fight on July 26 with in Vegas at the Hard Rock Cafe on Lion Fight 10. He's fighting Kevin Ross. The fight's at what? 142? Matt Embree: 142. Laura Dal Farra: Alright, so how's training going? Matt Embree: Fucking amazing. Laura Dal Farra: Are you amping … [Read more...]
Interview With Thanit Boom Watthanaya
Thanit 'Boom' Watthanaya defeated Andy Howson on December 1, 2012 on Muay Thai In America's In Honor of the King promotion in Los Angeles, California, USA. It's time we get to know Boom Watthanaya. Boom Watthanaya's Stats: Record is 46-12 (with 19 KO's) Fights from 118- 125lbs Legal Name: Thanit Watthanaya Name: Boom Fight name: ฟ้าบระทาน (Faabrataan) DOB: 22 May 1985 Please tell us about your Muay Thai history in Thailand. I heard Muay Thai before I ever saw it. When I was about 4 my village began to get some electricity. Some people had radios, so everyone would get together and listen to the fights. A lot of … [Read more...]
Interview With WBC Muay Thai Champion Mathias Gallo Cassarino (Sitsongpeenong)
Italy's Mathias Gallo Cassarino (Mathias Sitsongpeenong) is the current WBC muay thai champion at 130 lbs (59 kgs). He defeated Cambodian nak muay Van Chan Seth by decision for the belt on January 5, 2013 on Ko Chang, Thailand. His current record is 40 fights with 25 wins (10 by KO), 12 losses and 3 ties. Mathias has never lost by KO. Mathias is 20 years old. You've had an interesting career as a nak muay. Unlike most foreign fighters, you started training at a very young age in Thailand. Let's start here. I have been coming to Thailand since I was born and I started training because my father used to train Muay Thai in Ko Samui. At first … [Read more...]
Interview With WMC World Champion Teresa Wintermyr
Sweden's Teresa Wintermyr ( Teresa Sinbi Muay Thai) is the current WMC World champion at 118 lbs. She defeated Finland's Sonal Pattni (Sunanta Rawai Muay Thai) for the belt on November 30, 2012 in Phuket, Thailand. Let's begin with how you started training muay thai. It was a bit random to be honest. I was exercising a lot when I was in my teens but mostly for the sake of staying slim or getting slimmer as I was working as a model. In my twenties I stopped all exercise and got into a somewhat unhealthy lifestyle. At 27 I decided to take up training again but as I had been very fit before it didn't take long to get back into it. I felt I needed a … [Read more...]
Muay Thai Fight: Kayasith Chuwattana VS Petake Look Bor Gor, Rajadamnern Stadium, October 1, 2009
Update Februrary 2, 2015: It has been years since I've seen Kayasith fight and as far as I'm currently aware of, he has retired from Muay Thai. During my approximate year at Chuwattana gym in Bangkok, Kayasith was my favourite fighter to watch. His intelligence in the ring was nothing short of beautiful to me. I caught him in the latter years of his fight career and have never been able to find footage of Kayasith as a young fighter. I'm happy to provide at least a peak into his fighting with the footage in this piece and in a previous piece on his fight against Petmahachon Kiatsorranan. I apologize for the quality of the footage. … [Read more...]
Muay Thai Fight: Lekla Sit Songsompong vs. Kaichon Simpayam, Kru Meung, Buriram
Living in Buriram for over two years, I've watched a lot of children step into the ring to fight. It's fairly standard. Buriram is one of the many areas where a number of great nak muays began their careers and here in Isaan, they begin young and they fight often, meaning generally a couple of times a month, sometimes more. That being said, rarely do I see a fight at 18kg/39.6lb that provokes me to jump up and start filming. Meet: Lekla Sit Songsompong (Red) and Kaichon Simpayam (Blue). I was seated near the red corner. As a result, Kaichon (translated as Chicken Fight), who was waiting in the blue … [Read more...]
Ngaoprajan Chuwattana
His name means 'shadow of the moon' or 'moon's shadow' (NGAO - shadow; PRAJAN - moon). Standing at approximately 148 cm / 4' 10.5" and at thirty four years of age (born 1977), Ngaoprajan is not your average Rajadamnern fighter. There is a Thai term gae leaw, which means old (already). In Thailand, this term is generally used to describe anyone over the age of thirty. In the Thai sphere of muay thai, you can drop about five years off the age and use it to describe someone who is considered on the downslide of one's career. During my approximate one year stay at Chuwattana, I remember Ngaoprajan fighting regularly. This meant, roughly every four to six weeks, less an extended break after an … [Read more...]
KO’d At Sitmonchai
The intent was to make the seven plus hour trip to Sitmonchai Gym, Thamaka, Kanchanaburi to hook up with friends, write a review of the gym and pick up on Sitmonchai's style of delivering devastating punches and low kicks. Low kicks score minimal points in Thailand. As a result a number of gyms pay them little mind. For example, I had the habit of annoying a past trainer by delivering low kicks during our pad sessions. He kept telling me they were ugly. Not mine particularly, just in general. Sitmonchai fighters in contrast are known to utilize low kicks to disable their opponents by KO. Ironically, one sentence into this post and I received a text that … [Read more...]
Kayasith Chuwattana VS Petmahachon Kiatsorranan – Rajadamnern Stadium April 2, 2009
Welcome to the first installment of the Chuwattana Gym Fight 2009 - 2010 series that will showcase on MBSB. Bangkok's Chuwattana Gym is owned by Rajadamnern Stadium promoter Choocharoen Raweearamwong, who is also a part of the Suk Dawrung Choocharoen promotions team. Suk Dawrung Choocharoen sends talent to fight worldwide. As a result, there is a large and sometimes ever changing pool of proficient nak muays training at Chuwattana on any given day. Of all the fighters that trained at the gym while I was living there, Kayasith Chuwattana remains my favourite. His speed, the beauty and ferocity of his technique and his intellect silence me. For those … [Read more...]