UK MMT readers rejoice! Clear your calendars; Thai Fight is coming to town. It’s recently been announced the Thai Fight Promotion will be putting on a show on at the Leicester City King Power Stadium. The event will be August 17, but I’m going to confirm that.
Why Leiceister? As you may have gathered from the name of the stadium, the Leicester City FC is owned by King Power CEO and Thai millionaire Vichai Raksriaksorn.
The Thai representatives include the following nak muay Buakaw, Sudsakorn, Singmanee, & Saiyok. UK fighters include Jordan Watson, Liam Harrison , Michael Dicks et al.
I’m definitely going to be heading to this… Road trip anyone?
July 3, 2012 at 4:15 pm
BIG
July 3, 2012 at 6:24 pm
No way!!!!! without a shadow of a doubt going to this!
July 3, 2012 at 11:45 pm
EPIC. I wonder why they announced it so close to the actual date?
July 4, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Now, let’s hope the promotion does not show clear bias to the Thai fighters in England like they did in the previous Thai Fights, eg allow longer and more “epic” ring entrances for Thais, let an announcer on microphone urge the crowd to cheer for the Thai fighter during breaks between rounds, etc. If they continue that disgusting behavior in England, they’ll only be hindering the sport.
July 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Yeah, and let Singmanee win because he has connection with mafia. Would be great if Pinca would compete here too, Harrison vs Pinca would be insane!
July 5, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Regardless of bias, Harrison and Watson will be a match for any of the Thais
July 5, 2012 at 12:59 pm
not sure if they are fighting any of the Thai Nak Muay, think there is going t be a whole unofficial UK vs. France card
July 6, 2012 at 10:10 am
Many thanks to Raisin Menthe for sending this along… looks like Thaialand & UK vs. France!
1. Buakaw Por.Pramuk (THAI) VS Craig JOSE (ENGLAND) 70 kg.
2. Sudsakorn Sor.Klinmee (THAI) VS Abdoul TOURE (France) 70 kg.
3. Saiyok Pumpanmuang (THAI) VS Reghi Issam (France) 72 kg.
4. Armin Matli (THAI) VS Abdallah Mabel (France) 70 kg.
5. Singmanee Kaewsamrit (THAI) VS Houcine Benoui (France) 67 kg.
6. Jordan Watson (ENGLAND) VS Hamed hassan (France) 70 kg.
7. Liam.Harrison (ENGLAND) VS DylanSalvador (France) 67kg.
8. Michael DICKS (ENGLAND) VS Crice Boussoukou (France) 67 kg
July 14, 2012 at 12:38 am
WHERE CAN I GET THE TICKET KRUB.? I LIVE IN UK LONDON KRUB.
July 6, 2012 at 11:22 am
Im confused by this card.Why have they only announced this so close to the show?Also why, with the exception of Craig Jose are non of the UK guys fighting the thais, seeing as they are holding this event in the UK.As mu8ch as I like to see the Thais beating on some Frenchies Id rather see our UK guys having a go seeing as the shows here?
Theres loads of talent in the UK that could put up a good fight on this show.I never realised Saiyok was that big?Is he really fighting at 72?
July 7, 2012 at 5:37 pm
How can i get tickets for this !!
July 8, 2012 at 11:09 am
Deviouz187
I’m trying to confirm this, but I’ve heard that the event might be free to attend.
July 7, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Great news for uk muaythai
Good matches putting uk fighters against frence fighters
Everybody knows the frence are a strong team and have a good back ground in muaythai
And now uk fighters can show how strong we are in Europe
We have a strong team lima jordon micheal and craig fighting buakow a good match Craig always comes to fight he has good hands and a good long knee he will give buakow a few problems
Uk muaythai fans get behind the uk team and support them
Cheers
July 8, 2012 at 1:32 pm
rumours are it is free?If so this is awesome but also surely they are going to have to allocate tickets?Id be pissed off if I got all the way there and found out it was full and couldnt go in?
July 11, 2012 at 8:31 pm
if anyones interested i phoned the king power stadium today, (leicester fc), to ask for ticket info, and they took my name, address and contact info and how many tickets i wanted. and said they will be in touch when tickets are ready.
not sure what that means really, have i booked them? have i put my name down for them? i was gonna ask for maybe 20 for the guys at the gym but he said just 4 is fine.
just thought id share this with anyone that might be looking for tickets.
July 25, 2012 at 7:50 am
Thai Fight Tickets will go on sale from 9am on Thursday 26 July, from the City Fanstore at King Power Stadium, online at http://www.lcfcdirect.com and from the City Sales Centre on 0844 815 5000.
A limited number of tickets for this special event will be available to Leicester City Season Ticket Holders at the special price of £5 until Wednesday 1 August. These tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis and can be exchanged upon entry for a food and drink voucher to the value of £5.
General admission tickets (including all tickets purchased after 1 August) will be priced £10.
Go to http://www.lcfcdirect.com or call the City Sales Centre on 0844 815 5000 to secure your tickets now and stay logged on to lcfc.com for the latest information in the build-up to this extraordinary event.
http://goo.gl/ccJsm
July 25, 2012 at 10:32 am
thanks for the info.What happened to this being free?Did I just imagine that?
July 25, 2012 at 11:41 am
10 squid… for a show of this caliber? sheeeeet… cheaper then tickets to the cinema.
July 25, 2012 at 2:32 pm
no i agree Im not complaining its amazing.Just I thought Id heard it was free is all?
July 25, 2012 at 5:20 pm
king power stadium just called me back, and offered me tickets today. so i ordered four.
the earlier post i wrote about was just to take my details/preorder…
£10 a ticket for a show like this is a bargain!
will be great, they tell me its in the car park, which is abit strange as with the good old british weather im not sure if its under some sort of a roof, hopefully will be a nice summers day but guess that cant be guaranteed.