Many thanks to Long MMT member and supporter Dii Mak for posting this and sharing the clip.
One vs. One
By Dii Mak
Nuengsiam and Nuengpichit fought a total of 5 times in their illustrious careers. Many may have seen this fight before, it has been around for quite some time. Their fights were always exciting and very evenly matched.
It is great when former Thai champions reach a certain amount of success, and can actually extend their careers in muay thai by becoming relatively well paid trainers outside of Thailand. They come to understand how many people in the world love muay thai, and often make great friends outside of Thailand. Some former trainers outside of Thailand have been mentioned here before such as Bunkerd, Coban, Jongsanan, Khunpon, Matee, Nuengsiam in the US, and others elsewhere.
Neungpichit
I have spent the last 1.5 years in sunny Singapore and saw two new gyms open here. Baan Nak Muay / BNM has a stable of Fairtex trainers and is now holding seminars with current and former champions. Yodsanklai was just there. Evolve MMA is an official Sityodtong gym, with trainers Nuengpichit and Yoddecha there full-time. They are going to be hosting a seminar with Samart Payakaroon in the next month. How crazy is that?
Ok, back to the fight. I was very excited to see this fight as I have now been lucky enough to train under both guys. I have trained under Nuengsiam at Fight & Fitness Gym in San Francisco for quite a while. Anyone who knows Nuengsiam, knows what a great guy he is. He likes to push people hard and gives great tips on overall technique. Nuengpichit is also a great guy and really focuses on technique and rhythm. Both these guys stress speed when training. Faster, faster, faster. I guess you can see why from this fight.
Enjoy.
June 1, 2009 at 7:35 am
Hey brother Nop apparently one must have a Vimeo account to view this video.
June 1, 2009 at 11:20 am
my bad… fixed
June 1, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Great fight thanks nop
June 1, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Now dats a FIGHT! Thanx for sharing nopstar!
June 1, 2009 at 8:02 pm
The two most intriguing things about this fight are:
1) the third round clinch battle
2) the referees haircut.
June 2, 2009 at 2:33 am
I like the referee’s haircut, but the fight is much more intriguing. Great to see these guys in action in their heyday.
June 2, 2009 at 2:52 am
Very nice! Thanks Dii Mak and Nop.
June 2, 2009 at 5:52 pm
top draw, thanx man,
was that Bovy fighting next?
H
June 2, 2009 at 9:43 pm
hi nopstar
i just discovered this blog. its excellent! well done, man – very impressive. i will be a loyal follower for sure. i’m chatri sityodtong with evolve mma (www.evolve-mma.com) in singapore. if you are interested, i can set up an set up an exclusive interview for mymuaythai.com with yoddecha and nuengpichit and our other sityodtong guys here. we can also do an interview with samart for you too. let me know!
chatri
June 3, 2009 at 7:37 am
Hi Chatri-
Welcome to MMT, glad you could join us. Those interviews sound great, I’m sure everyone here would love to see that.
drop me an email at nopstar at my muay thai dot com, and we can discuss.
June 3, 2009 at 11:00 am
i wont to get down Evolve right about now Yoddecha and Samart and two of my favorite Nak Muay’s.
H
June 3, 2009 at 7:53 pm
hi nopstar
i just sent you an email. hope you got it. i shared this site with the rest of the sityodtong team and we all love it. we watched some fights that brought back memories for all of us. we all share your passion for muay thai. as thai people, we thank you for spreading the national treasure of thailand to the world. let us know when you want the interviews anytime!
chatri
June 4, 2009 at 10:02 am
awesome. thanks for finding and sharing the clip. not many videos of Neungsiam’s fights from back in the day, and it’s always great to see them. i’m fortunate enough to get to train with him every day at F&F, and he is indeed a great guy, and an amazing trainer (and one unforgiving mofo;).
thanks again!
June 12, 2009 at 11:16 am
hello Im new here, realy nice site!
I also would like to know what fight is after Neungsiam vs. Nuengpichit in this clip? is that Bovy? looks like him to me.