Damien Trainor returns to action at MTGP 3 on March of 2016
UK Muay Thai fighter Damien Trainor will be coming out of retirement in 2016. Trainor has not competed in nearly four years, but the K-Star fighter will be facing a soon to be announced opponent at Muay Thai Grand Prix 3 on March 26, 2016. Trainor has fought all over the world including Thailand and […]
Matthew Tieu replaces Damien Trainor at MTIA: In Honor of the King
Rungravee Sasiprapa was originally set to fight Damien Trainor (@Damien_Trainor) at Muay Thai in America: In Honor of the King (@MuayThaiAmerica) on December 1st, but last week Rungravee was forced to withdraw due to injury. Stepping in to replace Rungravee is his teammate Paowarit Sasiprapa, now Damien Trainor has withdrawn from the bout due to […]
Paowarit Sasiprapa replaces Rungravee against Damien Trainor at Muay Thai in America: In Honor of the King on December 1st
Damien Trainor’s (@Damien_Trainor) opportunity to avenge his loss to Rungravee Sasiprapa will have to wait. Rungravee and Trainor were set to fight at Muay Thai in America: In Honor of the King (@MuayThaiAmerica) on December 1, 2012 in Playa Vista, CA. Rungravee, however, has been forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury. […]
MTIA returns with December 1st event featuring Simon Marcus, Julie Kitchen, Rungravee, Coke, and Chike Lindsay
Muay Thai in America (MTIA) is set to return on December 1, 2012 for their event “In Honor of the King” a celebration of the King of Thailand’s 85th Birthday. The MTIA event will take place at Raleigh Studio in Playa Vista and will be available for PPV purchase on Direct TV and INDEMAND. Headlining […]
Damien Trainor vs. Shota Takiya set for Krush 13 in Japan
UK fighter and Muay Thai Authority contributor, Damien Trainor, will be back in action on November 12th. Trainor just announced today that he will be fighting at Krush 13 in Tokyo, Japan against 121lb (55kg) Krush champion Shota Takiya. The fight will take place under K-1 rules and although Trainor wont be able to use […]
Controlling Your Opponent – Tempo
by Damien Trainor There are a lot of tricks in the fight game that can enable you to control your opponent. The more experienced your opponent is the harder it is to do, but never the less it can be done and is an exceptional skill if you can master it.One that I’ll go over […]
Muay Thai scoring
by Damien Trainor Now this will be a difficult blog to write about, but I’m going to attempt it. I’m not going to write an in-depth analysis of the scoring criteria, more highlight certain points and explain them to the best of my ability. I get asked often by some of the lads in the […]
Don’t train not to be hit, train on how you react when you are hit
by Damien Trainor I’ve often heard a phrase “The idea of fighting is to hit and not be hit back” now sometimes people can take this too literally by concentrating too much on not being caught at all during training, which isn’t a bad thing but you shouldn’t only work on evasion. Reason being at […]
They wanted to test my heart
by Damien Trainor My alarm went off with a loud ringing noise, I looked up to the Hello Kitty alarm clock, don’t ask why I had a Hello Kitty alarm clock, it was Thailand after all. It was 5:40am time to get ready and have my first training session of the day. I hate the […]
Fight Sport Champions Trophy DVD pre-order
Fight Sport Champions Trophy Birmingham DVD is available for pre-order. The release date is set for mid November. You can pre-order your copy by clicking here. You can watch the embedded trailer below and read the fight card information below. The DVD Features: Pindi Madahar (Liams Gym) vs. Robert Golding (Hanuman Luton) Joe Ryan (K-Star) […]