Entries from November 2008
The other day I got an email from Zig Zach that he had just arrived in town and would be around for a couple of days. I think great, maybe it’s time to do the first ever interview on MyMuayThai.com
It was good to meet Zach, he’s good peeps. We met at a [...]
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Tags: Exclusive · Fighters · Interview · The Contender Muay Thai · Video
Well the other week I made mention of a sportswriter who’s probably been to more Muay Thai fights then any of us put together. It turns out Rob Cox has been working on s little side project of his own Muay Thai Focus.com
If you want to be one of the cool kids and be [...]
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Tags: Muay Thai News
Let the Push begin!
So it’s no secret that the folks at the IMF and WMC have been lobbying for this for a while. It looks like they’re coming down the marketing home stretch. One of the primary goals of the WMC since it was established in 1995 was to get Muay Thai into the [...]
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Tags: Muay Thai News · Rants & Ramblings · Training
Last week Devid Lookmahanak faced off against WBC lightweight boxing champ Jorge Arce in Mexico.
Arce (49-4-1, 37 KO) was the heavily favored fighter coming into the bout. No one thought Devid, (18-1) would make it past the first round of the bout. In the middle of a bull-fighting arena in front of a [...]
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Tags: Fighters · Muay Thai News · Technique · Tradition
I don’t know if you guys have heard… but a few weeks ago they made some fairly big changes to the clinching in Lumpini.
photo by Michael Soo
From what I understand, fighters can continue to grab opponents from the shoulders up. Knee’s have to be scoring knees not just slaps to the opponents thighs. [...]
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Tags: Muay Thai News · Technique · Tradition
Wuthidej pronounced (woo-ti-date) is widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in Thailand today. His introduction to Muay Thai came, when he won his first fight at a small temple fair at the age of 9.
Some 18 years later the now 122 lbs. Wuthidej has amassed over 200+ fights. He was [...]
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Tags: Fighters · Muay Thai News · Tradition