World Muaythai Council

Myriam Djedidi is an athlete that needs no introduction in the world of muaythai. Representing France Myriam holds a myriad of titles as an IFMA gold medalist, 2-time WMC European Champion, and WMC Intercontinental champion Myriam's journey with the WMC began in 2017 on a quest to become the WMC European champion at 53.8kg which saw her face Vanessea Da Waele from Belgium and emerge victorious. Fast forward one year and ...

Andy 'the punisher' Howson will make his debut in the ONE Championship WARRIORS CODE in Jakarta on Friday the 7th of February. Andy will join his cousin Liam Harrison in the show who wowed fans last weekend with a first-round knock out in Bangkok. Andy fights out of the world-famous Bad Company gym in Leeds under the tutelage of trainer Richard Smith and holds many notable victories as well as being ...

Thai Fight returns on the 29th of February to celebrate the leap year in style and will head to the North of Thailand to the city of Chiang Rai in the Golden Triangle region. The event is run in conjunction with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and is aimed at promoting tourism in the North of Thailand and will feature the usual roster of muaythai superstars including multiple time WMC world ...

Liam Harrison wowed fans all over the world on Friday with an astonishing win over Mohammed Bin Mahmoud from Malaysia. The Brit fighting out of the Bad Company Gym in Leeds made his third debut in the One championships at the A NEW TOMORROW show in Bangkok on January 10th. During the first round, the Malaysian fighter wasted no time in springing into action jumping in and out of Harrison's range ...

Fight fans are in for a treat as another exciting match-up has just been added to the YOKKAO 47-48 line-up. It’s the third UK vs France bout on the card and features veteran fighter, Dean James against the French phenom, Daren Rolland. At just 21 years of age, Daren Rolland the young phenom has a wealth of experience and fought against Muay Thai legend, Sam-A Kaiyanghadao in his last outing. Training ...

Today Muaythai is again nominated for the Athlete of The Year 2019 with Jimmy Vienot (FRA) representing the sport. From 8th to 30th January every day vote for Muaythai and Jimmy at https://www.theworldgames.org/awards/Athlete-of-the-Year-2019-70 You can give your votes to the candidates on The World Games website once per 24 hours. Rules for voting: 1. Vote for Jimmy to gain two votes2. Vote your second candidate to give one vote. IMPORTANT: Your vote for Muaythai will ...

Saturday the 28th of December saw the first professional muaythai event put together by the recently established WMC Sri Lanka in the Royal Mas Arena in the countries capital Colombo. The Sri Lankan Muaythai Federation under the presidency of Mr Asoka Jayarathna has been working tirelessly over the last 6 months to establish the professional side of muaythai in Sri Lanka and this first event bore the fruits of their ...

The Asian Muaythai Championships 2019 concluded in Abu Dhabi and marked the end of the Muaythai year for IFMA athletes. It was a true highlight in the IFMA calendar and the Asian Champions of 2019 demonstrated the highest level of Muaythai to bring their countries to the top of the podium and let the national anthems sound live on the Olympic Channel. Athletes from Vietnam, India, Philippines, Lebanon and Iraq made ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia made history this weekend as the first ever female muaythai seminar was held in the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Sports Complex in Riyadh. The seminar was organised by the Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia in conjunction with IFMA, the world governing body for the art and sport of Muaythai, recognised by the International Olympic Committee. The Chair of the IFMA Athletes’ Commission, Ms. Janice Lyn, conducted ...

The matchups are coming in one after another for YOKKAO 45-46, set to take place in Turin, Italy on the 25th January 2020. Following the main event announcement, another potentially explosive bout has been confirmed. YOKKAO newcomer Faipha will take on Cristian Faustino, an Italian fighter from the YOKKAO Agency. Faipha is one of the newest additions at the YOKKAO Training Center Bangkok. He was a regular on the elite stadium ...

A special meeting took place at the highest level during the Sports Forum in Russia to discuss sporting cooperation. The IFMA Secretary General who is a highly respected member of the recognised sporting world in his capacity as the Vice President of GAISF and President of AIMS had many meetings with the leaders of sport in Russia, most importantly the first Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Igor Levitin ...

The marvellous city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will welcome National Muaythai teams from all over Asia for an event to remember. The gold medalists of 2018 edition of the Asian Muaythai Championships in Macau will defend their titles while so many contenders will challenge the champions for the medals of 2019. Known as the Father of the gazelle the city of Abu Dhabi will offer ...