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WMC / IFMA Hosts Chinese Government and President of the Chinese Olympic Committee

September 24th, 2012

Last year the WMC and IFMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese government stating that all international Muaythai events in the People’s Republic of China will be sanctioned and coordinated by the World Muaythai Council (WMC) and the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA). The Chinese government wants to ensure that there is a proper fostering and grassroots development of Muaythai in the People’s Republic of China, which can only be done in cooperation ...

Thai Leading Masters Show Respect

December 13th, 2016

Hundreds of year old traditions came alive on December 5th at the WMC  and IFMA King Rama 9 Memorial Muaythai Tournament, where over 200 leading masters from all Muaythai styles, male and female from all regions of Thailand came together in a very special ceremony. Grom Tanai Luek have always been the guards of masters protecting King and country and they all came together to show their respect to the beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej Rama the ...

IFMA Honourary President and Former WMC President General Chetta Thanajaro

June 8th, 2020

General Chetta Thanajaro is one of the most respected army and sporting figures in Thailand. He has devoted his life to the kingdom and to sport. He was the former commander-in-chief in the army and later Defence Minister of Thailand and until today has devoted his life to the protection of the country as his duty. Under General Chetta's presidency of the Thai Boxing Association of Thailand, Somrack Kamsing made history by winning the first ever ...

Quadzilla Returns to the Ring

August 3rd, 2021

Jordan Watson, a name that needs no introduction in the muaythai world is making a comeback to the ring after a 2.5 year hiatus it has just been revealed. A star of the Challenger Muaythai TV series among his many accolades, Watson trains and fights out of the Bad Company Gym in Leeds under the tutelage of coach Richard Smith. Jordan Watson was one of the main athletes when IFMA and WMC launched their official application ...

IFMA Refugee Team is Getting Ready for the World Games 2022

April 26th, 2022

We continue to live in a fragile world with the global refugee crisis around the world and seeing millions of people in the world displaced. We all remember the historical moment when the initiative under the IOC and visionary President Thomas Bach, brought to life, the first refugee team, who walked in with a standing ovation not only at the Rio Maracana Stadium with the full capacity of 74,000 people and billions around the world. ...

10 Years of Infliction World Gala Event

December 15th, 2023

The Carrara Sports Stadium in Australia will come alive for one of the biggest muaythai shows in 2023 as Infliction returns for its 10th-anniversary event in cooperation with Muaythai Australia, IFMA, and the WMC. The Show boasts a solid card including a female Super 4 tournament with 10,000 dollar prize money held on the show, the biggest female prize purse to date in Australia. The main bout of the evening will welcome one of Australia’s top fighters Jayden ...

World Martial Art Meeting in Lausanne

January 26th, 2011

Lausanne, the home of the IOC, SportAccord and many world federations hosted the 2010 World Martial Art & Combat Sports Meeting. Representatives of the 14 world recognised martial art & combat sports, both Olympic and non-Olympic, participated at the meeting, chaired by SportAccord President, Mr. Hein Verbruggen. Muaythai and IFMA was represented by Mr. Stephan Fox, IFMA General Secretary, whom has been a member of the SportAccord Martial Art Group since its establishment.   Mr. Fox stated “This is ...

Tolga Ebren, fought like a lion …

July 16th, 2020

Tolga Ebren was born on February 21, 2001 in Eindhoven. At the age of six he started Muaythai training with his uncle Duran Ebren, from Muaythai Academy Duran Gym. When he was ten years old, he wanted to quit Muaythai to do something else. He then chose to play football. After two years of the football adventure, Tolga wanted to return to train Muaythai with his uncle and not without merit. He became Dutch champion in ...

Two Kingdoms Unite

May 19th, 2022

A special meeting took place between the President of the Muaythai Association of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HRH Prince Fahad Bin Mansour Bin Saad Bin Saud Al Saud and the Muaythai Association of Thailand under the Presidency of Doctor Sakchye Tapsuwan. His Royal Highness visited the headquarter of the sole Olympic recognised Muaythai federation in Thailand and a special demonstration was organised showcasing the different aspects of muaythai as a cultural art form and competition ...

IFMA attending the 2011 SportAccord Convention

March 16th, 2011

IFMA - Our sister organisation that governs the amateur side of Muaythai will shortly be attending the SportAccord Convention in London, UK. While there they will be gathering support for Muaythai, as well as representing Muaythai in-front of many of the leading sporting organisations and committees, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This is a very special year for Muaythai to attend as we will be furthering our bid to become one of the few World Recognised ...

Monaco Takes Centre Stage

December 16th, 2013

14th of June will see one of the biggest events the WMC has ever sanctioned with a total of 7 world title fights on the card for the Monte Carlo Fighting Masters event under the high patronage of Prince Albert II. A special press conference was held at the Sport Authority of Thailand on Friday 13th December, chaired by The Baroness Cecile De Massy and the WMC President General Chetta Thanajaro. The function room was packed ...

Arab Championships a Big Success

September 6th, 2021

The 2021 Arab Championships were held this weekend in Al Sulaymaniyah - Kurdistan, Iraq with 12 countries from the Arab regions participating in this important event. The chairman was the Minister of Sports and Youth, Mr. Adnan Al Dirgal who made an emotional opening speech welcoming the athletes in these challenging times. He welcomed each and every country and congratulated Muaythai on the recognition from the IOC and with many big events coming up such as the World ...

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