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Tiger Muay Thai is a Thai mixed martial arts and muay thai training facility located in Phuket, Thailand. It has several prominent competitors such as UFC champions Petr Yan , Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko .
Muay Thai or Muaythai (Thai: มวยไทย, RTGS: muai thai, pronounced [mūaj tʰāj] ⓘ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs [3] or the Science of Eight Limbs, [4] is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinching techniques. [5]
This is a list of WBC Muaythai world champions, showing every world champion certificated by World Boxing Council's WBC Muaythai. The WBC, which is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, started certifying their own Muay Thai world champions in 19 different weight classes in 2005.
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [a] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship.
Volkanovski is based at Freestyle Fighting Gym in Wollongong [27] but regularly completes training camps at Tiger Muay Thai and Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA in Phuket [28] [29] and City Kickboxing in Auckland with fellow UFC fighters, former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker and Kai Kara-France. [30]
Fariyar Aminipour [1] (Persian: فریار امینی پور, Sorani Kurdish: فەریار ئەمینی پوور; 31 July 2000 – 11 January 2024) was an Iranian kickboxer who was a member of the national Muay Thai team trained at Tiger Muay Thai. A kickboxer in the bantamweight division of ONE Championship, he was also a mixed martial artist.
Sityodtong USA, also known as Team Sityodtong, is a Muay Thai and mixed martial arts training camp based out of Somerville, Massachusetts. The headquarters of Sityodtong Camp is in Pattaya, Thailand. Its Grandmaster is Yodtong Senanan and he has produced 57 Muay Thai Champions, the largest number in the history of Muay Thai in Thailand. [1]
Uthid Kodprakhon (Thai: อุทิศ โกรธประโคน; born January 1, 1984), known professionally as Singdam Kiatmuu9 (Thai: สิงห์ดำ เกียรติหมู่9), is a Thai former professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.