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?
January 21, 2010 at 4:30 pm
omg this is so awesome… Im def getting tickets for this
January 21, 2010 at 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.
January 21, 2010 at 8:20 pm
I wonder how many games of Footy(soccer)he’l have in preperation for this fight?!!haha
January 21, 2010 at 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?
January 21, 2010 at 8:57 pm
cool, im going to thailand… and saenchais coming within an hour of my house.
January 21, 2010 at 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..
January 21, 2010 at 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.
January 21, 2010 at 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.
January 22, 2010 at 12:11 am
Im down to grab some beers
January 22, 2010 at 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
January 22, 2010 at 1:13 am
im down to show people the man behind the asshole posts. hahaha
January 22, 2010 at 1:21 am
hahahaha^
east coast muay thai wah wah wahhhh :[[[[
January 22, 2010 at 1:56 am
im gonna be SO high…..
lale
January 22, 2010 at 1:57 am
this will help me get over the MP v FM fiasco
January 22, 2010 at 2:10 am
Fuck yes I am going to this!
January 22, 2010 at 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!
January 22, 2010 at 5:32 am
haha no more gay ass dennis warner?
January 22, 2010 at 8:28 am
Dats what Im talking about! This is gunna be a good fight. Im there!
January 22, 2010 at 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.
January 22, 2010 at 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!!
January 22, 2010 at 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.
January 22, 2010 at 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?
January 23, 2010 at 1:49 am
theres no way in hell kaoklai is losing to a japanese fool in so cal.
NOT. GONE. HAPPEN.
January 23, 2010 at 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.
January 23, 2010 at 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?
January 23, 2010 at 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.
January 23, 2010 at 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.
January 23, 2010 at 8:23 am
Sanchai is one of my favorite Muay Thai fighter today
January 23, 2010 at 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
January 23, 2010 at 2:23 pm
“im down to show people the man behind the asshole posts” lol
January 23, 2010 at 9:30 pm
i used to train with kru rex when he was in van nuys.
January 24, 2010 at 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.
January 25, 2010 at 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.
January 25, 2010 at 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.
January 25, 2010 at 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.
January 25, 2010 at 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
January 26, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Some people shouldn’t drop to read connecting to this post. Someone should notice the freelance writers in the internet.
January 27, 2010 at 5:03 am
^
English,
mutherfucker do you speak it?
January 29, 2010 at 5:56 am
http://www.muaythaiassociationofamerica.com
January 31, 2010 at 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.
February 2, 2010 at 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
February 2, 2010 at 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…
February 4, 2010 at 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
February 9, 2010 at 1:29 am
just grabbed my tickets from kru bryan. see ya’ll there huh
February 9, 2010 at 10:24 pm
do this have a chance of selling out? has anyone ever been to the venue?
February 9, 2010 at 11:30 pm
i think it will. kru bryan told me that the venue only holds 1800 people.
February 9, 2010 at 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.
February 10, 2010 at 12:05 am
go MALIA from F&F.
February 10, 2010 at 12:29 am
damn im getting ticks by next week. do u know anywhere else that is selling them?
February 10, 2010 at 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.
February 10, 2010 at 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
February 10, 2010 at 10:15 am
David Huerta-
Is this your show? if so can we get a press pass for my northern cali MMT contributor?
February 10, 2010 at 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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February 11, 2010 at 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
February 13, 2010 at 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.
February 21, 2010 at 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!
February 22, 2010 at 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?
February 23, 2010 at 3:35 am
i got my ticket.
February 25, 2010 at 9:15 pm
It’s almost here !! There’s a couple of events going on this month and the next.
Should be fun!
February 25, 2010 at 11:58 pm
OH I AM COUNTING THE DAYS IMPATIENTLY
March 1, 2010 at 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!!!
March 3, 2010 at 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
March 9, 2010 at 12:25 am
Cant wait to see Saenchai here in L.A. This is going to be FUN!
March 9, 2010 at 3:45 am
what is happening after the greeting at the airport?
March 10, 2010 at 9:55 pm
bump
March 10, 2010 at 11:58 pm
ok so i guess they’re gonna be at at1fitness tomorrow with the press. ill stop by then. DOPE
March 11, 2010 at 6:17 am
yes they will be there tomorrow around 6pm
March 12, 2010 at 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.
March 12, 2010 at 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
March 13, 2010 at 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.
March 13, 2010 at 12:50 pm
whats ur email nop?
March 14, 2010 at 10:40 am
nopstar at my muay thai dot com
March 13, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Man you guys are so lucky!
March 15, 2010 at 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.
March 15, 2010 at 7:06 am
THAT SHIT WAS CRAZY…
March 15, 2010 at 7:07 am
Am I right?!?!? Kaoklais fight was real good man!
March 15, 2010 at 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)
March 15, 2010 at 7:26 am
This is the fight for saenchai guys! hahahah awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlQWsEnqg4&feature=player_embedded
March 15, 2010 at 8:19 am
awesome night of fights! came up on saenchai’s right hand wrap and he signed it for me. great event!
March 15, 2010 at 8:20 am
and to david huerta, nice fight congrats on the belt
March 15, 2010 at 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?
March 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm
anyone got footage of Kaoklai fight?thanks
March 15, 2010 at 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??
March 15, 2010 at 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!!!
March 15, 2010 at 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
March 15, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Manant, there’s footage of that on the link I just posted! hahahah
March 15, 2010 at 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.
March 15, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I think some of the rules were.. If you had 3 bouts or less, you wear headgear…
not sure.
March 15, 2010 at 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.
March 16, 2010 at 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.
March 16, 2010 at 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 :)
March 16, 2010 at 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
March 16, 2010 at 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…
March 16, 2010 at 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?
March 16, 2010 at 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?
March 16, 2010 at 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.
March 16, 2010 at 9:52 pm
This is the entrance that Saenchai had that night…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_GUzYXBao
hahahah fucking awesome.
March 17, 2010 at 12:18 am
hahahahah!
Sanchai and Vanilla Ice FTW!
March 17, 2010 at 1:09 am
haha man thats epic
March 18, 2010 at 6:26 am
http://www.amazon.com/Muay-Thai-Extravaganza-Magnum-Sakai/dp/B003BHFG26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1268889527&sr=1-1
March 18, 2010 at 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