Jhonata Diniz replaces Fabiano Aoki against Daniel Ghita in opening round of Glory Grand Slam
Daniel Ghita was set to face Fabiano Aoki in the Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam taking place on December 31st in Japan, but Aoki has been forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a torn knee ligament Stepping in to replace Aoki is Jhonata Diniz from Brazil. Diniz will have a stiff test in front […]
Thai Fight 2012 Results: Buakaw and Singmanee win tournaments
The Thai Fight 2012 tournament finals took place this past weekend, and once again the Thai fighters took home the tournament crowns. In the 154lb tournament Buakaw defeated Vitaly Gurkov to win back-to-back Thai Fight tournaments. It was another one sided fight for Buakaw as he has not been tested by any of the foreigners […]
K-1 World MAX 2012 Results: Murthel Groenhart wins MAX tournament
The K-1 World MAX 2012 tournament took place yesterday in Greece. The one night tournament featuerd some of the worlds best 154lb fighters including Artur Kyshenko, Mike Zambidis, Andy Souwer and Murthel Groenhart. When it was all said and done it was Murthel Groenhart who walked away with the K-1 MAX tournament championship. Groenhart left […]
Live Audio Stream of “Fight for Rockaway” tonight on FridayNightFights.com
Friday Night Fights (@FridaysFights) in conjunction with CROM Martial Training is holding an event tonight at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City to help raise funds for the Chris Romulo to rebuild his gym. Romulo’s gym (CROM Martial Training) was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. The event will feature a night of exciting Muay […]
Rung Reung Chai replaces Malaipet vs. Cesar Figueroa this weekend in Mexico
Total Muay Thai is reporting that Malaipet Sasiprapa will no longer be fighting against Cesar Figueroa this weekend in Mexico. The reason for Malaipet’s withdrawl from the fight is unkown, but stepping in to replace him will be Rung Reung Chai. Most of you probably remember Chai from his fight with Guilherme Almeida at Push […]
“Road to Glory USA” applications now being accepted
With the recent announcement that Glory is coming to the United States in 2013 with their “Road to Glory USA” series, they have now launched an online application at GloryWorldSeries.com for fighters looking to apply for the six tournaments. Although Glory has made no official announcments of signing American talent, Eddie Walker (@EddieShowtime), Joe Schilling, […]
Omar Ahmed talks fighting and training in Thailand
Omar Ahmed is currently in Thailand fighting and training. He recently won his first fight since recently arriving in Thailand and was kind enough to take some time to talk to Muay Thai Authority about his experience over there. Omar has been going to train and fight in Thailand for the last few years but […]
Eddie Walker signs with Glory
With Glory announcing that they will come to the United States in 2013 with their “Road to Glory” series, it was expected for them to start signing North American talent. Eddie Walker (@EddieShowtime) has now signed a contract to fight with Glory, although it is not clear if he will compete in one of their […]
Malaipet vs. Cesar Figueroa set for this weekend in Mexico
Malaipet Sasiprapa will be back in action this upcoming weekend on Saturday December 15th. Malaipet will travel down to Mexico to take on Cesar Figueroa under the Kao Muay Productions banner. Malaipet will be looking to bounce back from his defeat to Chike Lindsay this past June when he takes on Figueroa, one of Mexico’s […]
Updated North American Welterweight Rankings 12/9/2012
Since the last update (7/26/2012) to the welterweight rankings Jose Palacios enters the top five again after his victory with Chris Kwiatkowski at the Friday Night Fights 2012 season finale. Former number five Scotty Leffler drops of the rankings, while former number two Kwiatkowski drops two spots down to number four and Artem Sharoshkin drops […]