Team USA

This years IFMA World Championship was the largest competition that IFMA has seen. The US team was proud to be a part of this record setting year. The US Team also set some records this year too but you will all have to wait for the full write up to get the details.

I just wanted to take the time in this post to thank everyone that made this event happen. Thanks to USMF, our Coaches, Thai trainers, and all the fighters who made Team USA a winning Team. We really came together as one single unit and showed the world that US Muaythai is a force to be noticed.

Mike Hitting Pads with Rudy

I have a ton of pictures and I will be posting them as I post the write ups but here are a few from our journey.

Walking to Erics fight

Fun with Weigh ins

Riging bells at Buddhist Temple

More to come soon!!!

Hello Everyone!

I hope that everyone is doing well and training hard. It has been some tie since we have posted but I am hoping to change that soon. I am traveling with the US National Team and we are in Thailand getting ready to compete in the IFMA World Championships. We are staying at Fairtex Bangplee and just soaking the Thai lifestyle in. The people I traveled with were greeted by this snazzy bus at the airport, talk about riding in style.

I will be posting small updates and pictures as much as I can, I will also try to get some small bios up so that you can all know who to cheer for in the coming days.

Stay tuned for more news as the weeks progress.

WCK MUAYTHAI CELEBRATES THE KING OF THAILAND BIRTHDAY WITH A WBC MUAYTHAI SANCTIONED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT ON DECEMBER 5^th, 2009

The weekend-long festivities at the Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino will include all of the traditional Thai treasures: food, massages, dance, and will culminate with sixteen titled MuayThai fights

Primm, Nev. – December 5^th, 2009, Dennis Warner, In Sync Productions and Primm Valley Casino Resorts join in the international celebrations, devoted to the birthday of the King of Thailand on December 5^th, 2009 with an extensive lineup of exceptional Muay Thai professional and amateur fighters, who will battle for WBC, IKKC and IAMTF titles at the Star of Desert Arena of Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino.  The festive weekend will include the cultural gems of Thailand: Thai cuisine at the buffet, traditional Thai dance, deep tissue and foot massages and, of course, world-class Muay Thai. The Primm Valley Casino Resorts offer something for everyone with golf on two award-winning courses, roller coaster, log flume and more, as well as a world-famous outlet mall.

The fight card is topped by the new WBC International Super welterweight champion Malaipet, who reclaimed the title from Richard Fenwick in July of this year in an epic battle, ending in TKO, and who will defend the title against James Cook of Fairtex.  This is the second time the two will meet in the ring; their first encounter in 2003 left an unforgettable impression of non-stop action on the spectators.

Romie Adanza will defend his international title against Japanese Kunitaka Fujiwara, who is currently ranked as number 18 in the world by WBC MuayThai.  Adanza’s recent fight history includes a WBC International Super bantamweight title fight against the British Paulo Da Silva at the Las Vegas Hilton earlier this year, where he TKOed his way to the victory in the fourth round.

The Las Vegas MuayThai fans will also have a chance to see several of the local top dogs in action: Kevin Ross will take on the East Coast star, Chike Lindsay-Ajudua; Shawn Yarborough will battle against Manson Gibson for a WBC National title.  Chaz Mulkey, Scott Leffler and Jack Thames will also have a chance to show off their talent on the home field.

The complete professional fight card is as follows:

WBC Muaythai International Super Welterweight Title: five rounds

Malaipet vs James Cook

WBC Muaythai International Super Bantamweight Title: five rounds

Romie Adanza vs Kunitaka Fujiwara

WBC Muaythai US Welterweight Title:  five rounds

Kevin Ross vs Chike Lindsay

WBC Muaythai US Light Heavyweight Title: five rounds

Shawn Yarbrough vs Manson Gibson

WBC Muaythai Super Welterweight Bout: five rounds

Chaz Mulkey            vs Bryce Krause

IKKC Muaythai Women’s International Lightweight Title: four rounds

Yennan Zheng vs Roxy Richardson

IKKC Muaythai Welterweight Bout: five rounds

Scott Leffler vs Joey Pagliuso

IKKC Muaythai Welterweight: four rounds

Shane Oblonsky vs Sean Diznaiy

IKKC Muaythai Middleweight: four rounds

Mike Ryan vs Jack Thames

Amateur Portion of fight card immediately after Pro card:

IAMTF Super Welterweight: three rounds

Casey Parlett vs Soroyan Corona

IAMTF Welterweight: three rounds

Artem Sharoshkin vs Beto Rodriguez

IAMTF Women’s Super Featherweight: three rounds

Sheila Telliard vs Tandi Schaeffer

IAMTF Women’s Lightweight: three rounds

Michele Percival vs Kristin Shepard

IAMTF Welterweight: three rounds

Rajeesh Narine vs Sean Harmon

IAMTF Featherweight: three rounds

Justin Nguyen vs TBA

IAMTF Women’s Flyweight            : three rounds

Melanie Edwards vs Genesis (Fasi Sports)

Star of the Desert Arena — Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino — Saturday, December 5^th, 2009 — 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are available on fight night at the door: $25, $30 and $50

Bouts are subject to change and/or cancellation.

WCK MuayThai: King’s Birthday 2009 is sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Airways, Singha Beer, National Realty Group, Sea Harbor Seafood Restaurant of Caesars Palace, Ed Hardy Jewelry and Leelavadee Thai Wellness Center.

About World Championship MuayThai:

Founded in 1989, by Dennis Warner and In Sync Productions, World Championship MuayThai is based in Southern California and is the largest Muay Thai event in the United States.  The championships are held in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Beijing and other cities and feature top fighters from the U.S., China, Japan, Thailand and other countries.  For more information about WCK please visit www.kickbox.com

About Primm Valley Casino Resorts:

Primm Valley Casino Resorts, located 25 minutes south of Las Vegas on Interstate 15 at the Southern Nevada/California state line, includes Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino, Primm Valley Resort & Casino, Whiskey Pete’s Hotel & Casino, Primm Center and the Primm Valley Lotto Store. Combined, the three properties feature 2,644 guest rooms, 136,000 square feet of casino space, 2,900 slot machines and 98 gaming tables. For more information, visit www.primmvalleyresorts.com.

This past Saturday Paco and LTD Promotions hosted Rumble in Richmond. This was an event that was part Pro MMA, Pro Boxing, and Amateur Muay Thai. The venue was nice but probably not in the best location for many fans that wanted to attend. Also, I think the ticket prices were a little steep but I will get more into that in a post about attendance to events.

I am not going to get into an indepth coverage but you can check out Jon at Sharkspage review of the event for more detail and pictures. Int he end is was a good event and had lots of action for the fans.

For those Muay Thai fans not located in the Bay Area California, I have to let you know that the talent is growing here very fast. I would bet that a few names from this area make it big in the circut real soon. Stay tuned for more to come from our Muay Thai scene.

Here are the results:

1. Amateur MTR Light Cruiserweight
Jr. Aviles defeated Christopher Williams by TKO at 1:12 of round 2.

2. IKF Amateur MTR West Coast Super Lightweight Title
Rick Eriec VS *Jeremy Murphy
RESULT: Split decision draw.
Judge Steve English: 40-36, Murphy. Judge Steve Morrow: 39-37 Erlec. Judge Ray Balewicz: 38-38.
* (*) Murphy should have won this bout. He dropped Erlec with a stomach kick that the referee Ed Calantez thought was a low blow, but it was a “CLEAN stomach kick. Erlec went down in pain, but was given time to recover and fight again….

3. IKF Amateur MTR Light Welterweight World Title
Amber Pope VS Julie Jackel
WINNER: Amber pope by TKO at 1:36 of round 2.
This bout was all Pope as Jackel never challenged Pope at all. The stop was after the second 8 count in round 2 after Jackel took a load of unanswered, well placed shots to her head. Jackel’s time away from the ring showed greatly in this bout while Pope’s accuracy just keeps getting better and better.

4. IKF Amateur MTR Middleweight North American Title
Daniel Kim VS Dion Paminto
WINNER: Daniel Kim by unanimous decision, 39-37, 40-36 and 40-36.
Not that it would have made a difference in the bout, but sadly, for whatever reason, the California State Commission would not allow anything less than a World title bout to go the “IKF Required” 5 rounds. So instead, the fighters and fans were cheated out of a round on this title bout and the other North American title as it was only allowed to go 4 rounds.

5. IKF Amateur MTR Welterweight North American Title
Quincy Shammon VS Bryan Petro
WINNER: Bryon Petro by split decision.
Judge Steve English: 39-37, Petro. Judge Steve Morrow: 39-37 Shammon. Judge Ray Balewicz: 39-37, Petro.

6. IKF Amateur MTR Super Lightweight World Title
Dan Ash VS Kenneth Giang
WINNER: Dan Ash by split decision.
Judge Steve English: 48-47, Giang. Judge Steve Morrow: 48-47, Ash. Judge Ray Balewicz: 48-47, Ash.

7. Professional Boxing Light Weleterweight
Al Simpson Vs Victor Cortez
WINNER: Victor Cortez by KO at 1:56 of round 1.

8. ISCF Pro California Featherweight Title
Justin Smitley VS Evan Esguerra
WINNER: Evan Esguerra by TKO at 1:00 of round 3 due to strikes.

9. ISCF Pro West Coast Bantamweight Title
Bryant Munoz VS Alvin Cacdac
WINNER: Alvin Cacdac by TKO at 2:34 of round 1 due to strikes.

10. ISCF Pro California State Bantamweight Title
Andrew Valledarez VS David Barrios
WINNER: David Barrios by Tap out Due to Rear Naked Choke at 3:03 of round 2.
* This title was actually won on the scale the previous day when Valledarez failed to make the required weight by 2 and a half lbs. Regardless, they choose to fight anyway, but the title was not on the line.

11. ISCF Pro Bantamweight World Title
Rolando Velasco VS Chris Cariaso
WINNER: Chris Cariaso by TKO at 3:17 of round 2 due to strikes.