KO of the Week: Alistair Overeem vs. Badr Hari
Alistair Overeem might be a superstar in the MMA world now, but during 2007 and 2010 before signing with the UFC he was pretty active in the Kickboxing scene. In 2008 at the end of the year K-1 Dynamite event he was selected to face Badr Hari. To Kickboxing fans it seemed like it would […]
Flashback Fight of the Week: John Wayne Parr vs. Buakaw Por. Pramuk
Fridays on social media are called Flashback Friday so we figured we would Flashback here on MTA with some classic fights. The basic rule of thumb will be that for a fight to appear on our Flashback Fight it has to have taken place over five years ago. Our first Flashback Fight of the Week […]
Matt Embree talks upcoming fight with Justin Greskiewicz
Matt Embree has been one of North America’s best fighters for quite some time now. His issue as of late, however, has been being healthy enough to fight. Since his fight with Kevin Ross earlier this year Embree has not been active and has only competed once in 2014. He normally fights around five times […]
USKA Fight Night bringing full rules Muay Thai to Pennsylvania
USKA Fight Night will take place on September 6th in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. The event will be the first full rules Muay Thai event in the state. Promoter Irvin Althouse has been in the fight game for quite some time, 13 years ago he was the only promotion for Kickboxing in Pennsylvania and he introduced modified […]
Fight of the Week: Yodsanklai Fairtex vs. Chike Lindsay
Yodsanklai Fairtex and Chike Lindsay bring us the honors for the Fight of the Week this time around. The pair fought in July of 2013 at Lion Fight 10. The fight was for the inaugural Lion Fight Middleweight World Title, with Yodsanklai getting ready to defend the title on September 5th at Lion Fight 18, […]
Top King World Series set to feature 16 man tournament, includes Buakaw
Top King World Series is a new promotion set to kick off in September. A 16 man tournament will be the primary focus of the promotion. The first event will be in Belarus on September 13th and the second in France, eight fighters will compete at each show. The remaining eight fighters will then compete […]
KO of the Week: Sam-A Gaiyanghadao vs. Thaksinlek Kiatniwat
Sam-A is known as one of the best Muay Thai fighters on the planet, but even the best fall every now and then. Not to mention Sam-A fights often so the odds of having something not go your way in the ring increase. The Thai powerhouse was KO’d in brutal fashion by Thaksinlek Kiatniwat at […]
Fight Card for USKA Fight Night
USKA Fight Night is set to take place September 6th at The Hamburg Field House in Hamburg, PA. The event will be Pennsylvania’s first full rules Muay Thai event. It will feature the already announced main event between Canada’s Matt Embree and America’s Justin Greskiewicz. In addition to Embree vs. Greskiewicz being in action on […]
K-1 World Max Final set for October 11th in Pattaya, Thailand
K-1 was forced to postpone their K-1 World Max Final earlier this year because of the Thai coup d’état. The event is now set for October 11th in Pattaya, Thailand. Buakaw Banchamek will face Enriko Kehl in the finals of the tournament. The pair previously fought under the Max Muay Thai banner in December of […]
Fight of the Week: Steve Wakeling vs. Artem Levin
Steve Wakeling and Artem Levin’s controversial fight at Xplosion Fight Series takes Fight of the Week honors this week. The bout between two of the world’s best light heavyweights had fans buzzing a little over two years ago when it went down in England. The fight did not disappoint as the pair went toe to […]