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Sanchai in America

January 21, 2010 by nopstar 

Props to Doug for the heads up! You nakmuay’s in Socal Cali are in for a treat.  Sanchai is coming to town!  I know it’s a trek for you guys in SF/Oak but it’s the doctor himself… for those of you who never seen him in action now’s your chance.  I can’t imagine he’s going to be coming through California with any great regularity so clear you calendars and get out there.

Props to thefighgame.tv for posting this…

Anyone from the Bay going to represent?

Comments

102 Responses to “Sanchai in America”

  1. Nofer129 on January 21st, 2010 4:30 pm

    omg this is so awesome… Im def getting tickets for this

  2. twin on January 21st, 2010 7:53 pm

    I’ve been knowing about this for a couple of weeks now..
    And I am thrilled to know that he is coming down here….

    I am definitely going to be there.

  3. manant on January 21st, 2010 8:20 pm

    I wonder how many games of Footy(soccer)he’l have in preperation for this fight?!!haha

  4. manant on January 21st, 2010 8:24 pm

    Forgive my ignorance I dont know anything about Saenchais opponant or the guy fighting Kaoklai.Looked on youtube for a fight but got no hits except for some manga stuff?Anyone tell me (us)anything about them please?

  5. Ryan. on January 21st, 2010 8:57 pm

    cool, im going to thailand… and saenchais coming within an hour of my house.

  6. MuayThaiMex on January 21st, 2010 9:07 pm

    ROADTRIP!!

    Not sure how many of the regulars on here are from Cali but it would be nice to grab some beers at the fights..

  7. SE on January 21st, 2010 9:50 pm

    thats 40 mins away. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. FUCK YES.

    kru rex gonna be there too. so i can holla at him too. bryan dobler has his own gym in fontana. its very traditional he even used to come to smokers and do krabi kabong demos. wondering how he will do.

  8. SE on January 21st, 2010 9:51 pm

    im gonna cheer SO hard for sanchai and kaoklai. sanchai is arguably the best lb for lb but kaoklai is one of the tuffest nak muays i have seen. hes a gangster. when he KO’ed mighty mo that kinda defined muay thai for me.

  9. natemuaythaimaster on January 22nd, 2010 12:11 am

    Im down to grab some beers

  10. chris13 on January 22nd, 2010 1:05 am

    Dont really know about saenchai’s opponent.
    But Magnum Sakai is a nice guy, he used to be a decent fighter and took on some good challenge out of japan. He fought in S1 in thailand, faced mister Carnage (it was a carnage btw), recently fought Taei Kin in rise.

    Wish i could see this event

  11. SE on January 22nd, 2010 1:13 am

    im down to show people the man behind the asshole posts. hahaha

  12. jake on January 22nd, 2010 1:21 am

    hahahaha^

    east coast muay thai wah wah wahhhh :[[[[

  13. SE on January 22nd, 2010 1:56 am

    im gonna be SO high…..

    lale

  14. SE on January 22nd, 2010 1:57 am

    this will help me get over the MP v FM fiasco

  15. djmattyd on January 22nd, 2010 2:10 am

    Fuck yes I am going to this!

  16. David Huerta on January 22nd, 2010 5:15 am

    I cant wait for this show! this is going to be great, its been a while since so cal gets a chance to see top thai fighters at there best. Tetsuya Yamato is one of the top japanese fighters right now! he is currently ranked 14th for the wbc muay thai and is the wmc world champion! he koed Kansaek last year here in so cal. Saenchai will be moving up in weight for this fight. check out Muaythaiassociationofamerica.com for more info!

  17. SE on January 22nd, 2010 5:32 am

    haha no more gay ass dennis warner?

  18. Loco on January 22nd, 2010 8:28 am

    Dats what Im talking about! This is gunna be a good fight. Im there!

  19. iMuayThai.com on January 22nd, 2010 9:49 am

    This is definitely going to be a mind-blowing event. I will cover the photography, and if you can’t make it there on March 14th, be sure to bookmark http://www.imuaythai.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80 for results and photos.

  20. manant on January 22nd, 2010 10:46 am

    Chris 13 and Dave Huerta – Thanks for the info guys, is there any fights of these 2 guys available on the net anywhere to watch do you know?Even with just this much knowledge on them I would still (respectfully) suggest Saenchai and Koaklai to win in any way they choose!!

  21. nopstar on January 22nd, 2010 5:43 pm

    Manant-

    “Even with just this much knowledge on them I would still (respectfully) suggest Saenchai and Koaklai to win in any way they choose!!”

    If Magnum has good hands Kaoklai is going to sleep. I’ve never seen another nakmuay who get’s caught as much… and still continues to fight with his hands down at his waist.

  22. manant on January 22nd, 2010 11:36 pm

    Funny you should say that Nop, youtubed that magnum guy and he does seem very boxy and hes big Not very tidy from what little I saw but powerful and pretty robust and in the fights I watched he looked very keen on winning?!!So you never know?

  23. SE on January 23rd, 2010 1:49 am

    theres no way in hell kaoklai is losing to a japanese fool in so cal.

    NOT. GONE. HAPPEN.

  24. David Huerta on January 23rd, 2010 2:27 am

    magnum sakai is a really tough opponent and has a good chance of beating kaoklai. he is naturally bigger and has fought full rules many times. you can see some of his fights on dailymotion.com check out his fight against Nathan “carnage”Corbett and you will be able to see how much heart this guy has. Nathan is one of the best in that weight class and has beat both kaoklai and magnum. saenchai is also going to have a tough fight but i think he should be able to win with all his experience and slickness.

  25. MUAYTHAI7 on January 23rd, 2010 3:12 am

    ive been hearing about this for some time now. im glad to see it finally happen. MT is going to be blowing up in socal soon. all the promoters have come outta the wordworks to split the dennis warner promotions “monopoly”. i am a student under Kru Bryan Dobler and Kru Rex. SE where do you train at?

  26. David Huerta on January 23rd, 2010 4:46 am

    im also excited to see bryan dobler fight against shane! i havent had a chance to see bryan fight live but ive seen some of his past fights.

  27. Ryan. on January 23rd, 2010 7:25 am

    SE yeahhh Rex will for sure be there. I was talking to him about these fights the other day. He now teaches at Brian dobblers gym if you didnt know.

    Man, wish i was going to this. I still havent gotten to watch Saenchai in person.

  28. Terapak on January 23rd, 2010 8:23 am

    Sanchai is one of my favorite Muay Thai fighter today

  29. manant on January 23rd, 2010 10:44 am

    Fairplay anyone has a punchers chance agaisnt Koaklai but I promise (Il eat my hat if this is untrue)I very much doubt Saenchai will have a hard fight with his guy.Saenchai rarely has a hard fight!!

    The fight will go as follows, Saenchai from round 1 saenchai will dance around doing all kinds of fancy shit and at the same time throw some frightening shots at a weirdly blistering pace that even though hes playing still hurt his opponant.He will also off balance Yamoto and thorw him around in multiple different ways.Either his opponant will be able to take this for 5 rounds or at some point he’l get hurt and not want to carry on.If hes as tough as is thought saenchi will just mess around putting on a great demonstration of fancy classical MT techniques and eke out an easy points victory to ensure people think hes stil beatable but look amazing,classy and gentlemanly enough to make promotors want to have him back!!!

    Still, amazing too watch

  30. Gusnark aka Sandjora on January 23rd, 2010 2:23 pm

    “im down to show people the man behind the asshole posts” lol

  31. SE on January 23rd, 2010 9:30 pm

    i used to train with kru rex when he was in van nuys.

  32. Ryan. on January 24th, 2010 9:59 pm

    yeah i did too. now im still with kru neil at the new place and go visit Rex to get chicken wings haha.

  33. SE on January 25th, 2010 3:24 am

    yo ryan, how did you feel about the vibe there? i was cool to everyone i met. there were crazy egos there and a lot of ‘im letting you know youre in my house’ sparring sessions. like the more old school students had some sort of resentment from the newer ones. the sparring there was so wild and mostly never supervised, lmao. i met a lot of cool people ther e too though. ive also watched some crazy battles when kru rex just said ‘play around’. a lot of people dont know the meaning of ‘play around’ in that gym.

  34. Ryan. on January 25th, 2010 7:40 am

    I loved that gym, it had its moments, and had its certain people i didnt mind not being about. But, during my time there i felt like the people with the egos or attitude ended up not staying due to not being able to hang. I loved training with Kru Rex, Hes become like a father figure after the last years of knowing him.

  35. diimak on January 25th, 2010 10:11 am

    Interesting thoughts on these fights. I have to add, I just saw Kaoklai fight some tall lanky german dude at Thailand vs. Challenger…

    Kaoklai.. gotta love him.. was actually toying with the dude and showing some personality in the ring.. Kept smiling at the guy.. kind of a piss take.

    Here’s the thing.. round 3.. hands dropping.. and pretty much gassed. Rounds 4 and 5 not so hot. He still won, but just no gas in the later rounds. Ya gotta wonder how hard he trains any more.

    Don’t get me wrong, he is good, and entertaining. I am a fan. But if anyone has good hands and brings it hard for 5 rounds.. Yikes.

  36. MUAYTHAI7 on January 25th, 2010 6:50 pm

    rex is for sure like a father figure. i love training with him and just hangin at the gym to talk MT. his fighting fish are awesome too lol

  37. EmilylK on January 26th, 2010 1:34 pm

    Some people shouldn’t drop to read connecting to this post. Someone should notice the freelance writers in the internet.

  38. SE on January 27th, 2010 5:03 am

    ^

    English,

    mutherfucker do you speak it?

  39. David Huerta on January 29th, 2010 5:56 am
  40. xamarceaux on January 31st, 2010 7:27 pm

    I train with Kru Bryan Dobler and Ajarn Rex, so I will be going to this fight with my girlfriend. I’ll be sure to take plenty of pictures. This is the best card in a long time, I’m so excited.

  41. padkeemaw on February 2nd, 2010 4:54 am

    I am jealous, u guys are lucky..closest we hadin FL was Souwer in Orlando..just not the same. Hope some pics and vids make it on here

  42. SE on February 2nd, 2010 10:35 am

    souwer? wtf of course its not the fucking same. souwer is a kickboxer douche and the people on this card are thai champions…

  43. brutusdabaptist on February 4th, 2010 8:57 am

    Here is the Fight Card for the March 14, 2010 Muay Thai Show.

    1) Kaoklai Kennorising vs Magnum Sakai for the WBC 175lb World Title

    2) Saenchai Sor Kingstar vs Tetsuya Yamato for the MTAA 135lb World Title

    3) Super Fight: Bryan Dobler vs Shane Oblonsky

    4) David Huerta vs Dan Ash for the 135lb MTAA U.S. National Title

    5) Kristin Shepard vs Malia Spynol for a MTAA U.S. National Title

    6) Justin Nguyen vs Antonio De La Cruz

    7) Roy Corona vs Raul Martinez

    8) Yamato Miura vs Tony Juan

    9) Prudencio Portillo vs Bounthong Syvanthong

    10) Mike Ellison vs Andy Lazarit

  44. MUAYTHAI7 on February 9th, 2010 1:29 am

    just grabbed my tickets from kru bryan. see ya’ll there huh

  45. SE on February 9th, 2010 10:24 pm

    do this have a chance of selling out? has anyone ever been to the venue?

  46. MUAYTHAI7 on February 9th, 2010 11:30 pm

    i think it will. kru bryan told me that the venue only holds 1800 people.

  47. MUAYTHAI7 on February 9th, 2010 11:31 pm

    and kristin shepard is a monster in the ring too. she beats me up from time to time at our sparring sessions. lookin forward to seeing her take care of business.

  48. CHinaman on February 10th, 2010 12:05 am

    go MALIA from F&F.

  49. SE on February 10th, 2010 12:29 am

    damn im getting ticks by next week. do u know anywhere else that is selling them?

  50. David Huerta on February 10th, 2010 2:51 am

    there is a real good chance of the event selling out guys! you can call the number on the flyer for tickets or you can also hit me up! i have tickets for sale too.

  51. SE on February 10th, 2010 6:26 am

    hey guys,

    does anyone know if van nuys muay thai is selling any? if not guess im driving 60+ miles to visit kru rex

  52. nopstar on February 10th, 2010 10:15 am

    David Huerta-

    Is this your show? if so can we get a press pass for my northern cali MMT contributor?

  53. MUAYTHAI7 on February 10th, 2010 8:30 pm

    yo SE bring your gear. have a lil fun at the gym. and CHinaman nothing but respect for malia and the fighers from F&F. Kristin still gonna put it down =)

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  55. David Huerta on February 11th, 2010 6:49 am

    @ nopstar my trainer is setting up the show. hit me up on my email and i will see what he can do. kingtong715@sbcglobal.net

  56. SE on February 13th, 2010 12:06 am

    ok im gonna get these locally. was gonna go to fontana but dont have time. im gonna try to go to double dose next week or so to holla at kru rex and check it out.

  57. David Huerta on February 21st, 2010 7:46 pm

    Good news everyone! saenchai and kaoklai will be arriving to los angeles on March 9th! more info will be posted on the MTAA website check it out for updates. also everyone please feel free to go to lax and welcome them on that date, thai media will also be there!

  58. SE on February 22nd, 2010 11:04 pm

    yo yo yo david, please keep us posted on info regarding kaoklai and saenchai.

    rolecall…..who is going to be there?

    i just got tickets. do you think ringside is necessary?

  59. MUAYTHAI7 on February 23rd, 2010 3:35 am

    i got my ticket.

  60. twin on February 25th, 2010 9:15 pm

    It’s almost here !! There’s a couple of events going on this month and the next.

    Should be fun!

  61. SE on February 25th, 2010 11:58 pm

    OH I AM COUNTING THE DAYS IMPATIENTLY

  62. David Huerta on March 1st, 2010 5:39 am

    alright guys the latest update is they will be flying in march 10th at 2:00 pm! there might still be some changes so i will try and keep you posted as soon as i hear anything. only 2 weeks left!!!

  63. David Huerta on March 3rd, 2010 2:14 am

    JOIN THE MTAA IN WELCOMING SAENCHAI AND KAOKLAI
    When: March 10th at 7:20 pm
    Where: LAX International Airport | Flight number TG794 via Thai Airways

  64. manny66 on March 9th, 2010 12:25 am

    Cant wait to see Saenchai here in L.A. This is going to be FUN!

  65. SE on March 9th, 2010 3:45 am

    what is happening after the greeting at the airport?

  66. SE on March 10th, 2010 9:55 pm

    bump

  67. SE on March 10th, 2010 11:58 pm

    ok so i guess they’re gonna be at at1fitness tomorrow with the press. ill stop by then. DOPE

  68. David Huerta on March 11th, 2010 6:17 am

    yes they will be there tomorrow around 6pm

  69. SE on March 12th, 2010 10:59 pm

    thanks to the guys at at1fitness for their hospitality. cool group of guys with a good vibe. this was a huge treat for me to get to see these guys up close. kind of disappointed saenchi didnt play around with anyone but the fight is coming so im not worried. anyways i took a massive amount of pictures. i hope saenchai and kaoklai could still see. too bad my i didnt have a better camera.

  70. nopstar on March 12th, 2010 11:43 pm

    SE, Nice… If sanchai loses I’m blaming you. Send me the pics and we’ll post them! Sounds like it was a good timed

  71. manny66 on March 13th, 2010 10:25 am

    I have a crappy camara that im taking on sunday,I should have at the least a couple of decent ones i can send you.

  72. SE on March 13th, 2010 12:50 pm

    whats ur email nop?

  73. padkeemaw on March 13th, 2010 2:45 pm

    Man you guys are so lucky!

  74. nopstar on March 14th, 2010 10:40 am

    nopstar at my muay thai dot com

  75. twin on March 15th, 2010 6:45 am

    OMG the event was really bad ass guys!

    I was able to take some pictures with saenchai, and jongsanan…

    Too bad the fight ended a bit early…

    For Saenchai and Kaoklai!!!!

    Really bad ass event tho.

  76. SE on March 15th, 2010 7:06 am

    THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY…

  77. twin on March 15th, 2010 7:07 am

    Am I right?!?!? Kaoklais fight was real good man!

  78. saigonkicker on March 15th, 2010 7:20 am

    Results Here:

    Here is the Fight Card for the March 14, 2010 Muay Thai Show.

    1) Kaoklai Kennorising (Elbow KO in 3 rd.) vs Magnum Sakai for the WBC 175lb World Title

    2) Saenchai Sor Kingstar (early 1st RD KO headkick) vs Tetsuya Yamato for the MTAA 135lb World Title

    3) Super Fight: Bryan Dobler vs Shane Oblonsky (CANCELED)

    4) David Huerta (UNAM Dec) vs Dan Ash for the 135lb MTAA U.S. National Title

    5) Kristin Shepard (UNAM Dec) vs Malia Spynol for a MTAA U.S. National Title

    6) Justin Nguyen (Left Hook KO 2RD) vs Antonio De La Cruz

    7) Roy Corona (Dec) vs Raul Martinez

    8) Yamato Miura (3 RD Knee,Ref stop) vs Tony Juan

    9) Prudencio Portillo vs (split Dec) Bounthong Syvanthong

    10) Mike Ellison vs Andy Lazarit (Split Dec)

  79. twin on March 15th, 2010 7:26 am

    This is the fight for saenchai guys! hahahah awesome!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlQWsEnqg4&feature=player_embedded

  80. MUAYTHAI7 on March 15th, 2010 8:19 am

    awesome night of fights! came up on saenchai’s right hand wrap and he signed it for me. great event!

  81. MUAYTHAI7 on March 15th, 2010 8:20 am

    and to david huerta, nice fight congrats on the belt

  82. SE on March 15th, 2010 10:01 am

    after kaoklai broke dudes face i went up to him by the ring, got his attention and gave him a thumbs up. he wai’d back. shit was so dope. he is a super quiet guy outside the ring. it seemed that hanging out with saenchai might have rubbed on kaoklai cus i saw him do the ‘saenchai shuffle’ a bit with his feet. this fight night was amazing. coke was there. saw malaipet there …. he is fighting in santa monica in april.

    is there an easier way to email pics rather than attaching each one?

  83. manant on March 15th, 2010 5:10 pm

    anyone got footage of Kaoklai fight?thanks

  84. djmattyd on March 15th, 2010 6:12 pm

    @ SE Upload the images to http://www.imgur.com and send links instead.

    Anyone get footage of the ridiculously illegal back of the head elbows Magnum was landing??

  85. David Huerta on March 15th, 2010 6:31 pm

    awesome show last night! i fought jason andrada from las vegas not dan ash. jason is a really cool guy btw. saenchais ko was sick! kaoklai looked ready for this fight too. we have alot of events going on in so cal right now. march was a busy month. wmc last week. wbc yesterday, the 16 man tournament on the 20th, and then the santa monica show april 3, and dennis warner april 17! come out and support your local muay thai!!!

  86. twin on March 15th, 2010 6:41 pm

    This is the Kaoklai and magnum fight! Good stuff Last night David!!! Good show man!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwPhfWhILc

  87. twin on March 15th, 2010 6:45 pm

    Manant, there’s footage of that on the link I just posted! hahahah

  88. MTDoc on March 15th, 2010 8:55 pm

    If I’m not mistaken I believe that the result for fight 9 was Bounthong Syvanthong winning by split decision against Prudencio Portillo.

    I agree that it was a great event highlighted by Saenchai and Kaoklai but the other fights were also pretty exciting with good technique. It was nice to see an absence of windmilling punching. I was a little confused by two of the fights where one opponent had to wear headgear while the other didn’t. It seemed like an unfair advantage. Well done MTAA.

  89. twin on March 15th, 2010 9:11 pm

    I think some of the rules were.. If you had 3 bouts or less, you wear headgear…

    not sure.

  90. Stack on March 15th, 2010 11:46 pm

    I believe the head gear is optional among amateurs in California. I never used the helmet because I think it’s actually dangerous and tends to cause tunnel vision. Good job by MTAA.

  91. manny66 on March 16th, 2010 1:56 am

    What A night! Great Fight Card.Saenchai was incredible.Felt sorry for the Japanese punching bags they put in the ring,but they both showed a Ton of heart. The Womans fight was exciting as well.

  92. MUAYTHAI7 on March 16th, 2010 4:34 am

    hell yea i think the ladies should have got fight of the night. 5 rounds toe to toe. flying knees flying kicks minor flashing episode lol. the girls showed it all. plus kristin brought another belt home to our gym :)

  93. SE on March 16th, 2010 10:52 am

    yeah i remember the strip teep in the womans fight.

    also worth noting saenchai came out to ice ice baby and kaoklai came out to house of pain. TALK ABOUT AWESOME. hahahaha

  94. nopstar on March 16th, 2010 12:27 pm

    many thanks to SE for sending along pics from the weigh ins and fights. One of my favorite pics was this one… for those of you who know your Nak Muay’s that is MuayThai legend Jongsanan wrapping Sanchai’s hands. So cool on so many different levels…

    Sanchai and Jongsanan

  95. JJ49 on March 16th, 2010 12:35 pm

    Nop….Since it has been mentioned in this post, Santa Monica in April sounds like the place to be. Neungsiam is supposed to fight Nat McIntyre. Nat is a good fighter from Mpls. You may have had a chance to meet him…he was at Bunkerd’s fight in NY (the best under-promoted and under-attended card in the last decade..LOL) Anybody have the fight card, yet?

  96. nopstar on March 16th, 2010 12:38 pm

    JJ49-

    There is a post on this in a few days… yes I did meet him in NYC, how did you know that?

  97. twin on March 16th, 2010 3:46 pm

    hahahah actually when Saenchai was getting his hands wrapped.. Me and a couple of friends spoke thai, and pulled him, kaoklai, and jongsanan to the side to get a picture…

    It was funny as hell.

  98. twin on March 16th, 2010 9:52 pm

    This is the entrance that Saenchai had that night…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_GUzYXBao

    hahahah fucking awesome.

  99. nopstar on March 17th, 2010 12:18 am

    hahahahah!

    Sanchai and Vanilla Ice FTW!

  100. banana128 on March 17th, 2010 1:09 am

    haha man thats epic

  101. David Huerta on March 18th, 2010 6:26 am
  102. Bryan on March 18th, 2010 6:44 am

    Nop

    it’s too bad it doesn’t show in that photo, but in the next seats over was Bunkerd and Kongnapa, so it was a truly epic amount of muaythai talent, past and present, all seated together

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