Kraus, Colossa, Bio, Zhipeng set for WuLinFeng 8-man one night tournament on New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve China will play host to a WuLinFeng 8-man one night tournament. The WuLinFeng 8-man tournament will feature Luis Bio vs. Zhou Zhipeng, Dong Wenfei vs. Gustavo Mendez, Albert Kraus vs. Zheng Zhaoyu, and Want Weihao vs. Vuyisile Colossa in the quarterfinals. It should prove to be an interesting tournament and the […]
Results and Recap: Super 4 Tournament; Saiyok edges Watson in Finals
A four man tournament took place in Thailand yesterday featuring Saiyok Pumphanmuang, Jordan Watson, Ilya Grad and Vuyisile Colossa. The opening round matched up Saiyok vs. Colossa and Watson vs. Grad. Saiyok and Watson were both victorious as they each beat their opponents by decision. In the finals of the tournament Saiyok and Watson put […]
Saiyok, Watson, Grad and Colossa set for four man tournament in Thailand on April 3rd
As previously reported by Total Muay Thai, the Bangkok Convention Center will play host to a four man tournament on April 3rd. Scheduled to be part of the tournament will be U.K. standout Jordan Watson, Thailand’s Saiyok Pumphanmuang, Israeli fighter Ilya Grad and South African fighter Vuyisile Colossa. Of the four fighters in the tournament, […]
Results and Recap: I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme 2011
I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme took place in Hong Kong. The event didn’t go off without some drama in the days leading up to it. Brothers, Antoine and Victor Pinto were set to compete at the event, but a last second disagreement between them and the promoter had them removed from the event. Antoine […]
I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme set for December 19th in Hong Kong
I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme will take place on December 19th at the Star Hall in Hong Kong, China. The night’s main attraction will be the “4-Man Elimination Tournament”, which will feature three fighters from the reality TV Show “The Challenger Muaythai”. Vuyisile “The Cheetah” Colossa, Antoine “Kid Shark” Pinto and Ilya “Achilles” Grad […]
The Challenger Muaythai blog – Vuyisile Colossa
by Vuyisile Colossa I learned about The Challenger in February of this year. I was immediately excited, because I felt this was what I needed in my career. We arrived at the house and I had no idea who the other competitors would be, but as soon as I met everyone I recognized a few […]
The Challenger Muaythai blog – Michael Corley
by Michael Corley After spending close to two years in Thailand working and competing I returned home to Houston, Texas late April 2011. I was happy to get back to Texas and enjoy some time off relaxing and eating some American food! So after about 2-3 weeks being in the States I got the call […]
Thailand blog – Day 2
by Nathan Aripez The second day in Thailand was bit slower paced. With Thai Fight 2011 taking place that afternoon and in addition it being a Sunday we did not visit any gyms. We spent the morning getting some Thai massages and afterwards we took a visit to the Grand Palace, it was something very […]
Pictures: Thai Fight 2011
Scott Hirano was ringside for Thai Fight 2011 as the opening round of the tournament kicked off in Thailand. Buakaw Por. Pramuk was fighting in Thailand for the first time in eight years and the event drew a large crowd of Buakaw supporters. Kem Sitsongpeenong was also part of the tournament representing Thailand and both […]
Results and recap: Thai Fight 2011
Bangkok, Thailand — The Thai Fight 2011 tournament kicked off on Sunday, September 25th. The 154lb (70kg) and the 147lb (67kg) tournaments featured some world class fighters in the opening round such as Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Kem Sitsongpeenong, Vuyisile Colossa and Fabio Pinca. Fighting in Thailand for the first time in eight years, Buakaw was […]