Somrak Khamsing – Mae Muay Thai

Last week I posted a clip of a deleted scene from Jet Li’s Fearless. In Jet Li agrees to take a beating on behalf of the kid. If you haven’t seen it you should. The dubbing is so bad, you want the kid to get beat even more. Anyway, many of you pointed out that the Guy Jet Li is fighting in none other then Somrak Khamsing. Somrak is the first Thai to win gold at the Olympics (’96). Since then He’s done a couple B movies and has attempted to launch his singing career.

I found one of his fights from a couple years back. Props to Kevin1813 for uploading this. He’s fighting a Canadian Fighter Jowan. Somrak goes straight Muay Boran, Mae Mai Muay Thai on his ass. You’ll see by the way he moves, switching his stance… he’s demonstrating “old muay” He throws some fairly rare techniques… Jarake Fad Hang “Crocodile Tail whip” (spinning back kick), Hak Nuang Aiyara “Breaking the Elephants Trunk” (an elbow smash to the thigh) and Kwang Sabad Nah “Dear shakes it’s head” (Inverted elbow smash) etc. This is probably the closest will come to seeing old style Muay in a professional bout. After seeing these Muay Boran techniques you can see where Anderson Silva draws his inspiration.

I think even back then Somrak was gunning for the lead role in the Nai Khanomtom movie.