Friday Night Fights now officially Friday Night Fights Muay Thai, new website launches
Earlier in 2011, North America’s longest running Muay Thai promotion; Friday Night Fights officially changed their name to Friday Night Fights Muay Thai. The name change came ahead of their new website launch, www.FridayNightFights.com. The official names change indicates their commitment to the Muay Thai community. When asked about the name change, FNFMT President Justin […]
The Rise of Muaythai in the East
by John Wolcott Practitioners of Muaythai have been asking the powers that be for the implementation of full-rules into the New York fight game for years, and for years our cries have fell on deaf ears. It seemed as if those governing the sport did not have the same desire to grow Muaythai as the […]
Full Rules Muay Thai in New York, Alex Berrios vs. Ben Case headline Friday Night Fights Muay Thai January 20th, 2012
Muay Thai in the state of New York has been under fire from fans and fighters alike for not having full rules Muay Thai. Well, the longest running Muay Thai promotion in New York is about to change that. Friday Night Fights Muay Thai will feature the first full rules Muay Thai event in the […]
Friday Night Fights Muay Thai ready for TV
The United States Muay Thai scene right now is stronger than ever before, quality shows are going one from the west coast to the east coast. The next big step will be when a promotion lands a TV deal in the United States that doesn’t relegate them to a 2AM time slot. The newly re-branded […]
What is the unexpected?
With impeccable timing, New York City based Muay Thai promotional company Friday Night Fights announced that Muay Thai fans should “Expect the Unexpected” at precisely the same time as 5.8 earthquake shook New York City. Friday Night Fights and its president, Justin Blair have been virtually silent since pulling their scheduled broadcast off of the […]
Breaking News: Friday Night Fights TV debut postponed, bigger TV deal in the works
Muay Thai Authority has recently heard that Friday Night Fights has landed a large distribution deal with a major and well known network to begin broadcasting this fall. As a result, Justin Blair, President of Friday Night Fights has postponed the broadcasting of Friday Night Fights “8-to-1” event tomorrow night. The event was originally scheduled […]
Friday Night Fights brings back the one night tournament for July 22nd event
On Friday July 22nd – Friday Night Fights, returns to the 8 man tournament format with the appropriately named: 8-to-1 Tournament. This will mark the 3rd time that the Friday Night Fights has utilized the tournament format since starting it in 2008. This July’s tournament, like the original one will be held at 154lbs. In […]
Friday Night Fights Recap – Hasanov wins via split decision, Valtellini wins by TKO
by Peeloshmee Deonarain New York, NY — Turan Hasanov and Justin Greskiewicz met in the nights main event in a re-match. Greskiewicz had previously defeated Hasanov via TKO due to leg kicks. Hasanov pressed the action, coming forward with big punches looking to knock Greskiewicz out. He succeeded in pressing Greskiewicz up against the ropes […]
Someone is saying goodbye to being undefeated
In the fight game your only as good as your last fight, however, in Muay Thai you are also measured on the level of competition you face. Keeping your record as immaculate as possible is important, but that doesn’t mean you dodge good fighters. Some fighters understand this and are willing to put their record […]
Friday Night Fights promoter Justin Blair responds to Chaz Mulkey comments
The talk of the town the last twenty four hours has been the comments by Chaz Mulkey about New York Muay Thai. The feedback has been coming in, and there are people that agree and disagree. Friday Night Fight’s promoter Justin Blair was kind enough to provide Muay Thai Authority with his opinion regarding the […]