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Push Kick Promotions announces Muay Thai World Standoff “Thailand vs. The Americas” – August 18th, 2012

Posted on May 2, 2012 by muaythailife

UPDATE – RESULTS AT END OF POST! Push Kick Promotions is back! And highlighting their return is the announcement of their upcoming event, Muay Thai World Standoff “Thailand vs The Americas”. The event will feature a few of Thailand’s top fighters, such as Aikpracha “The Hitman” Meenayotin, Lerdsila “Mr. Lightning” Chumpairtour, Neungsiam “The Rock” Samphusri, and Rung Reung Chai facing off with a few of America’s top and rising talents. Standing across the ring from these Thai champions will be some of America’s top talents from both the east and west coast of the United States. Facing off with Aikpracha Meenayotin will be none other than top ranked San Francisco based fighter, Ky Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck recently scored an impressive first round knockout over

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Mananquil defeats Malaipet, Ross loses by Split – “Battle in the Desert” Results

Posted on February 13, 2011 by King Coconut

So it has been a night of huge upsets in the MMA world and the possible end of a legend, but if you want to hear about all that I’m sure you can find a lot of news and info about it elsewhere! Tonight is about Muay Thai!!! First off, in France, the Buakaw vs Youssef Boughanem fight ended early when Boughanem suffered a shoulder injury during the first round of the fight. A disappointing result to what looked like it could have been a great fight. We wish Boughanem a speedy recovery and hope that he can meet Buakaw again in the near future. Stateside, Michael Mananquil defeated Malaipet via unanimous decision at the main event of Lion Fight Promotions’ “Battle in the Desert”. Mananquil who had previously lost to Malaipet via split decision got his revenge over the Thai in this much anticipated rematch. In the co-main event, 2010 Muay Thai Fighter of the Year, Kevin Ross, lost by split decision to Sittisak Por Sirichai of Thailand in a very close contest. Check below for the complete results of the event. “Battle in the Desert” Full Results: Amateur Results: Josh Pickthall def. Jason Park via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Patti Teran def. Pixie O’Rielly via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) Jason Cauldwell def. Josh Shepard via TKO in Rd. 2 Miranda Cayabyab def. Genesis Bravo via Unanimous Decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) Anthony Castrejon def. Jason Andrada via KO (Head Kick) in Rd. 1 Pro Results: Brandon Banda … Continue reading →

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Action-Packed Muay Thai Saturday! – Buakaw vs. Boughanem, Malaipet vs. Mananquil

Posted on February 12, 2011 by King Coconut

The fight world is abuzz today as both the MMA and Muay Thai scene are offering up not one, not two, but three great events featuring top talents from both sports. Now, because we are not an MMA site we will leave aside the much touted fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in favor of the two big Muay Thai match ups that are taking place today. Overseas, Muay Thai superstar Buakaw Por. Pramuk steps back into the ring against Youssef Boughanem of Belgium. Boughanem is coming off a very solid showing at last years Thai Fight tournament in Bangkok. The 20-year old Boughanem made it to the finals of the Thai Fight tournament where he lost to the always impressive Fabio Pinca of France. Buakaw is also coming off a very strong showing at this years Shootboxing S-Cup where he came away with the Shootboxing World Championship Title. Although Buakaw is a huge step up in competition for the young Boughanem, I’m confident the young Belgian will give Buakaw a good enough fight to make it a very entertaining bout. And needless to say it is always a pleasure to see Buakaw fight. Here is an interview (in French) with Buakaw about tonight’s event (Sorry, I don’t speak French and can’t translate, but I’m sure what he talks about is pretty awesome) BUAKAW POR PRAMUK en France en FévrierUploaded by PARIS_FIGHT. – Discover the latest sports and extreme videos. Stateside, today is the much anticipated rematch between … Continue reading →

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Kevin Ross talks about being named North American Muay Thai Fighter of the Year, his upcoming fight, and more…

Posted on January 14, 2011 by King Coconut

On February 12th, 2011, Muay Thai continues its growth in the United States with a card presented by Lion Fight Promotions and featuring some of the countries top Muay Thai talent versus some always dangerous Thai opposition. The main event of the card, which will be held at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm, Nevada; will feature San Francisco’s own Michael Mananquil versus Malaipet in a much anticipated rematch. The card will also feature recent North American Muay Thai Fighter of the Year award winner Kevin Ross (Muaythaiislife.com, Muaythaiauthority.com, and the Muay Thai Preservation Project got together and selected Ross as this years winner) in a bout with Thai fighter Loh-Ngern Pittakkruchaiden. Also on the card: Chaz Mulkey (Las Vegas) vs. Douglas Edwards (San Francisco) Remy Bonnel (Miami) vs. Thiraphong Saengdaeng (Thailand) Amy Davis (Idaho Falls) vs. Emily Bearden (New York) Scotty Leffler (Las Vegas) vs. Coke Chunhawat (San Francisco) Shawn Yarborough (Las Vegas) vs. Brandon Banda (Concord) The event definitely has no shortage of talented American nakmuays as those listed are among some of America’s best Muay Thai fighters to date. Also, take a look at the two videos below featuring the always humble and classy Kevin Ross talk about being named North American Muay Thai fighter of the year, what needs to be done to increase the exposure of Muay Thai in the U.S., and his take on his upcoming fight on Feb. 12th Good luck to Kevin and all of the nakmuays and muay ying on the card helping … Continue reading →

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