The internet has been abuzz for the past few months about the debut of MAX Muay Thai. Despite being embroiled in legal controversy with Thai Fight, the Top King backed promotion is still planning to go ahead with their first event in Surin, Thailand. In the main event” Muay Thai icon Buakaw Banchamek is scheduled […]

Recently we’ve been covering all the latest developments of Thailand’s newest large scale Muay Thai organization MAX, and the newest update in the ever-increasing string of high quality promotional videos has just surfaced. This latest video features a variety of talking points: Buakaw speaking at the MAX press conference, a graphical breakdown of the tournament […]

Buakaw Banchamek returned stateside for the Thai New Year celebration to put on an entertaining exhibition fight with former stadium champion, Malaipet Sasiprapa. You can watch the full exhibition below, courtesy of Ray Martinez.

Today, Buakaw Banchamek visited Cambodia for a fight with Australia’s Harlee Avison. Prior to the event there were conflicting remarks about the nature of the bout. Many of those attendance believed that it was an actual contest, while others had the notion that the fight was merely a demonstration. According to French Muay Thai website, […]

Didn’t get to see the event? well grab a bowl of Kao Pad Gai or a greasy but fulfilling pad thai…. Secure your ass in the most comfy way possible- be it sofa, bed or bean bag. These fights are well worth viewing!

Boom shakalak rude boy. The star of the sport returned on that most cockblocked of cards at the Rajadamnern; set to be a spectacular filled with star names, the majority of the big fights ended up being nixed one way or another. But one man who returned to shine was Somrak (or Somluk, depending on […]

Well it seemed like a complete fantasty… but in the past few weeks the ridiculous rumor has gained more and more momentum. People were talking about alternating one round muay thai one round boxing, but this seems to be dead talk for now. The match is seemingly being set up as a full rules boxing […]

Thai Fight are putting on the biggest cross-over Muay Thai / K-1 fight there is to make. On February 13, 2013, Buakaw will take on Giorgio Petrosyan in a Muay Thai rules bout. Buakaw was the Omnoi Stadium champion & Toyota tournament winner (in the Lumpinee Stadium) who famously crossed over to Japan’s K-1, and […]

The big guns stepped up to the plate, and showed that beyond hype, they’re still the ones firing big bullets. Saiyok (still 5yrs undefeated to me, headbutt cut loss to Khamal be damned) extended the streak to 36 wins. Consider that; thirty-six wins, including a Lumpinee Stadium title, a WMC tournament in which he beat […]

This is a STACKED line-up, ladies and germs! England plays host to a Muay Thai card that would be big news in Thailand itself; featuring former K-1 MAX and Shootboxing S-Cup champion, and Omnoi Stadium and WMC World Muay Thai champion Buakaw Banchamek, Lumpinee & Thai Fights champion & 5yr undefeated (until a headbutt) Saiyok Pumpanmuang, former […]