Updated North American Super Welterweight Rankings 6/5/2012
A few changes in the super welterweight rankings, no one dropped out but there has been some shuffling. The most active of the fighters have been Luis Bio of Mexico and Chike Lindsay. Bio has won his last three fights all by (T)KO, while Lindsay has gone 1-2 in his last three outings after taking […]
North American Super Welterweight Rankings 1/28/2012
In addition to pound for pound rankings, Muay Thai Authority will now begin to rank fighters by weight class. The top five fighters in each weight class will be ranked in order from one to five. For a weight class to receive rankings there has to be at least five fighters that qualify to be […]
2011 Muay Thai Authority Awards
2011 will likely go down as the “Year of Muay Thai in North America.” Several ground breaking fights and events took place, further giving North American Muay Thai international recognition. With all of the action in the books for 2011 it’s time to announce the 2011 Muay Thai Authority awards. In our effort to continue […]
Baxter Humby talks KO win over Zidov Dominik, re-matching John Wayne Parr and more
Baxter Humby recently defeated Zidov Dominik at the Muaythai Premier League’s “Stars and Stripes” with a spectacular knockout that made ESPN’s top 10 plays of the week. Humby took some time to talk to Muay Thai Authority about the win, a potential re-match with John Wayne Parr and other fighters he would like to face […]
Baxter Humby KO featured on ESPN’s top 10 plays of the week
Baxter Humby scored an impressive spinning back kick KO at the Muaythai Premier League’s “Stars and Stripes” event this past Friday. The KO was so impressive that ESPN featured it on their top 10 plays of the week at number 3. Below is video from ESPN’s youtube channel of the fabulous KO.
Pictures: Muaythai Premier League “Stars and Stripes”
Muay Thai Authority’s Scott Hirano was on hand as the Muaythai Premier League’s official photographer for their “Stars and Stripes” event which took place Friday, September 2nd. The photo set includes photography from some of the weeks workouts, press conference and the event. Enjoy.
Musings: Muaythai Premier League
The Muaythai Premier League has come and gone, since then we have had time to sit down and reflect on their “Stars and Stripes” event and make a few observations. The musings section will occur after Muay Thai events, so we can highlight a few different things regarding the event. 1. Muay Thai fans in […]
Results and recap: Muaythai Premier League “Stars and Stripes”
Long Beach, CA — On Friday September 2nd the Muaythai Premier League hosted the biggest Muay Thai event to hit North American soil. Buakaw, Julie Kitchen, Nathan Corbett and many other top international talents showcased their skills on the event. The night’s main event featured Buakaw Por. Pramuk against Warren Stevelmans. Buakaw came out to […]
Into the Fire episode 1 “Baptism by Fire” now available
The MPL had previously announced the documentary series Into the Fire would be released in conjunction with their events. With the MPL’s first event “Stars and Stripes” set to take place this Friday September 2nd in Long Beach, CA the first episode of Into the Fire titled “Baptism by Fire” is now available for viewing […]
Fight card announced for the Muaythai Premier League’s “Stars & Stripes” event
The time that most Muay Thai fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. The fight card for the Muaythai Premier League’s September 2nd “Stars & Stripes” event has been announced. “Stars & Stripes” will take place at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA and as many already know there are going to be […]