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Tag Archives: Matt Embree
Meet the Canadians – Part 2 – Matt Embree
By Jenypher Lanthier Matt “Matics” Embree is a well known Canadian fighter fighting out of Siam No.1 in Toronto Canada. Matt began training at seventeen years old and is fast becoming a major contender in the 140 lb category. In 2007 Matt won a Gold medal at the IFMA World Amateur Muay Thai Championships and the following year he won the 2008 WKA North American Amateur Muay Thai Championship for the 125lb weight class. He continued to steam roll through 2008 by travelling to Thailand and winning the Northern Thailand Championship in the 125lb category. In 2010 he returned back to Thailand to again win the Northern Thailand Champion for a second time at the same weight. Embree has worked tirelessly perfecting his game and waiting for the next opportunity to take one step closer to his goal of being the best of the best. One of those days came on the world stage in 2011 when he won the prestigious North American WMC Championship title and rounded out 2012 by winning the North American WBC Championship title.
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Ben Yelle, California, Canada, Jenypher Lanthier, Kickboxing, Matt Embree, Muay Thai, Pomona, Push Kick Promotions, USA
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PHOTOS – Lion Fight Promotions “Schilling vs Marcus 2″ Weigh-Ins. And don’t forget to tune in on GFL.tv to watch the fights go down tomorrow!
All fighters that will compete tomorrow evening at Lion Fight Promotions “Schilling vs Marcus 2″ made their way to Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las, Vegas last night to weigh-in for their respective bouts. All fighters made weight and the weigh in process went smoothly. Lion Fight Photographer Bennie Palmore was on hand to take a few shots of the fighters as they weighed in and as expected we are posting them up for all of you to see. Also, MTiL photographer Galen Okazaki will be ringside tomorrow evening to take shots of all the action and you can be sure to check them out here at Muay Thai is Life. Before you check out the pic,s we just wanted to remind you that even if you can’t make it to the bouts, you can purchase the live stream from GFL.tv and watch all of the hard-hitting Muay Thai action from the comfort of your own home! So as always, support the passion, support the fighters, and support Muay Thai!
Posted in Photos
Tagged Joe Schilling, Las Vegas, Lion Fight Promotions, Matt Embree, Muay Thai, Photos, Romie Adanza, Schilling vs Marcus 2, Simon Marcus, Tiffany Van Soeast, Weigh Ins
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Lion Fight Promotions presents “Schilling vs Marcus 2″ – Official Press Release and Fight Card!
The much anticipated rematch between U.S.A.’s Joe “Stich’em Up” Schilling and Canada’s Simon “Bad Boy” Marcus is set to occur on May 12th in Las Vegas. Once again these two heated rivals will step in the ring, put all talk aside, and let their fists, elbows, knees, and kicks do all the talking. However, while their first encounter included a much publicized “winner takes all” bet that would send the defeated fighter home with just $1, this bout will bring the victor an opportunity that may in fact be more important than their opponents purse money. Joe Schilling and Simon Marcus will be fighting for the opportunity to face Light Heavyweight World Champion Artem “The Lion” Levin on the WBC’s “Battle of the Belts” event on June 9th in Bangkok, Thailand in a world title bout. Both Joe Schilling and Simon Marcus have been very vocal about their desire to face Artem Levin and potentially become world champions. While the first bout between Marcus and Schilling ended with Marcus winning a decisive, yet to some a controversial TKO, Marcus agreed to face Schilling again in order to put the matter to rest. Since their bout, the usually outspoken Schilling has remained unusually quiet, by most accounts choosing to focus all of his energy on training for his upcoming rematch with Marcus. Meanwhile, Simon Marcus has kept himself busy recently defeating Kaoklai Kaennorasing in Bangkok to win a WPMF World Title and fighting in China.
Battle in the Desert 5 Photos by Galen Okazaki + Weigh In Pics from Jeffrey Dojillo!
MTiL’s very own Galen Okazaki was once again our go to guy to capture all of the action at this past weekend’s Lion fight Promotions “Battle in the Desert 5″ event! As always Galen snapped away and captured some great shots of all the action that took place inside the Lion Fight ring. Along with Galen’s pics we have also featured a few pics from the events weigh ins that were captured by our good friend, the very talented Jeffrey Dojillo. Some of you may know Jeff, as he is the mind behind the exceptional “Into the Fight” series. Jeff is another one of our talented friends and also captured some great shots of the action at Lion Fight. In the Gallery below you will see Galen’s pics as well as the pics Jeff snapped at the weigh-ins. If you wish to see the other images Jeff snapped at “Battle in the Desert 5″ please make sure you check out his blog at Jeff Dojillo Photography. Enjoy the pics!
