Just found this a few minutes ago. They held the press conference today for “The Contender Asia” The two fighters that were present during the press conference were Yodsaenklai Fairtex and Arslan Magomedov. Big thanks to MuayThai.sg for taking pics and breaking the story.[Gallery not found]
They said that they are going to begin shooting next month, and that the first of fifteen episodes will air on AXN in October. As was previously mentioned they are in “Negotiations” to have this broadcasted in Europe and the US
Here is a clip of Yod doing pad work at the conference
July 11, 2007 at 7:43 am
Southpaw for liiiiiiife!….U go Yod!!! Oh boy! Oh boy! I hope they do bring it to the U.S.
Nop, u are the M.F’in MAN!
If they do broadcast it here…..Can u imagine the noise this will make….especially if it plays on SPIKE TV?????? This could be HUGE for Muay Thai! I might actually be able to buy me a decent pair of thai shorts or gear from here instead of waiting 5 weeks for them to come from Thailand…lol
July 11, 2007 at 8:47 am
You’re welcome mate! One World, eh? :-) We’ll try to keep you guys up to date to what’s going on here.
Cheers,
Gaijinu’
July 11, 2007 at 9:46 am
Fuck yeah! Bring that shit over here!
July 11, 2007 at 9:51 am
Gaijinu and Nopstar, I’ll be up on this blog 24/7 starting right now waiting for the update, lemme just go grab a few Red Bulls and Some Strong coffee. I’ll be waiting.
July 11, 2007 at 10:29 am
I think this is too good to be true. Is there a weight class or a weight limit for the Contender?
If theres a weight limit then i think it would make sense for Seanchai to enter but i doubt he can make the 154 class.
July 11, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Please tell me Yod is one of the instructors. He shouldn’t be a contender for anything at this point.
July 12, 2007 at 5:06 am
Well…u’re right…..but technically half of the guys I have seen in the commercial don’t need to be contending for anything (Except Ole Laursen)…anyway….I don’t think we should take the word “Contender” the same way it was meant to be used in the US as in “Newbies, nobodies or washed up fighters trying to make it into the big time”. Hopefully they’ll be a Lumpini contending bout as a reward or something (Hold on…doesn’t Yod already own the current belt at Lumpini for his division?). Maybe Nop or anyone else with some info can shed some light on us.
July 12, 2007 at 6:09 am
The prize is a house and a boat load of cash.(for Thailand) I can’t remember the exact amount but it was maybe 50K-100K cash.
July 12, 2007 at 6:47 am
Well….I’d say that’s pretty good. May the best Nak Muay win!!
Thanx for the speedy info Nop.
July 12, 2007 at 11:16 am
Update on the prize money:
250.000 USD
July 12, 2007 at 3:53 pm
WOW!…dat’s even better…by the way….Ur link is dead.
July 15, 2007 at 9:18 am
I read that they are trying to get a deal going to air the show in the U.S. Hope they air it soon!
July 16, 2007 at 12:08 am
[...] really trying not to get my hopes up. I was just on my favorite forum reading up on the Contender Asia. John Wayne Parr left this post: “I am in, signed the contract a few days ago. Should be a [...]
September 1, 2007 at 5:07 am
That’s really awesome and can’t wait!! Tnx, for all the info!
September 6, 2007 at 4:07 am
Hay everyone, My name is MAt i’m from Italy.
Please sned me everything about news of the contender asia. Thanx
September 6, 2007 at 8:29 am
Mat….there’s a link on top of this page entitled “Contender Asia”….click on it and u’ll get all the info we have to share about it.