Pictures: Weigh-ins for Legends Muay Thai Championship
Scott Hirano was on hand at World Team USA in San Francisco, CA to photograph the weigh-ins of the Legends Muay Thai event that will take place tomorrow. The night’s main event will feature Ky Hollenbeck vs. Cyrus Washington and the co-main event will feature Miriam Nakamoto vs. Sandra Bastian. Both fights will be for […]
Mike Erosa vs. Joe Tipping set for May 11th Friday Night Fights Muay Thai event
Friday Night Fights Muay Thai will be back in action on May 11th at The Hall @ St. Paul’s in New York. A bout between Mike Erosa and Joe Tipping has been officially announced by the promotion. Erosa recently dropped a decision to Liam Tarrant under the Friday Night Fights banner and will be looking […]
Mike Lemaire talks upcoming bout with Jason Rzepka at Art of War
Mike Lemaire will be making his pro debut on May 4th at 110% Fights “Art of War” at the Golden Acorn Casino in Campo, CA. Mike has been training under Melchor Menor at the Art of Eight training center in San Diego, CA. Mike took some time out from his schedule to answer a few […]
Full fight card for K-1 Rising announced
K-1 has announced the full line up for their return event K-1 Rising. In addition to featuring the K-1 Max Final 16, the event is also expected to feature some great heavyweight super fights. Badr Hari will be making his return to the K-1 ring as he takes on Anderson Silva. Other big name heavyweights […]
Brett Hlavacek vs. Strahinja Ivanovic set for Take-On 16 on May 18th
Take-On Productions promoter Eddie Cuello has informed Muay Thai Authority that Brett Hlavacek will be taking on Strahinja Ivanovic at Take-On 16. The event will take place May 18th at the 7 Train Theater in New York. Take-On 16 will be their follow up show to “Muay Thai at the Mecca”, which took place at […]
Simon Marcus picks up two wins in China
Simon Marcus picked up two victories in China yesterday (4/21) at Qianjiang World Muay Thai King Challenge. The event which took place in Beijing, China featured Simon Marcus fighting Green Spangler and Shuai. This was not a tournament; Marcus would fight each opponent back to back without any rest in between fights. His opponents did […]
Matt Embree talks upcoming fight against Nils Widlund at Lion Fight Muay Thai VI
Matt Embree is currently training in Thailand for his upcoming fight against Nils Widlund at Lion Fight Muay Thai VI on May 12th in Las Vegas. Matt took some time from his training schedule to answer a few questions for you Muay Thai Authority about his upcoming fight and his training. MTA: You are set […]
Updated North American Light Heavyweight Rankings 4/21/2012
A few changes in the light heavyweight rankings, Simon Marcus jumps up to the number one spot after his win over Joe Schilling and Andrew Kapel moves into the rankings. Dorian Price has dropped to a lower weight class and is no longer in the light heavyweight rankings. 1. Simon Marcus (25-0) Marcus recently defeated […]
Pictures: Mike Lemaire training for Jonathan Yoro
Scott Hirano was on hand at Art of 8 in San Diego, CA to snap a few pics of Mike Lemaire training with Melchor Menor for his upcoming fight against Jonathan Yoro. On May 4th, Lemaire will be making his pro debut at 110% Fights “Art of War”.
Muay Thai – Sport of the Future
by Anish Kapur If you are like me, you are extremely happy to see that Muay Thai has been getting more and more popular over the last few years. When a growth in popularity occurs, one of the first questions that come to mind is “who or what is responsible for kicking off this trend?” […]