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MMA Phuket will be headlining two of the three MMA fights being featured at the Thailand Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Open in Bangkok Thailand Sept 27th and 28th.

Ngoo Ditty will be giving up nearly 15lbs in weight as he faces foreigner Xavier Mahdavian and Chad Hamzeh, a veteran of over 10 MMA fights will be facing Shanghai BJJ Blue Belt Ryan Melchiano. Both of these fighters will be competing in the Nogi Grappling competition prior to their MMA bouts.

MMA Phuket will be bringing a team of nearly 25 competitors to compete in the grappling tournament.

Anyone arriving at TMT before the 27th of Sept who is interested in competing in an MMA or Grappling match contact Ray.

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Nevertap comes to Asia January 17th, 2009. The Tiger Muay Thai training facility will mark the first site of the first Nevertap event to be held outside of the United States.

This event has featured many of the top North American grappler’s including;Jeff Glover, Tyrone Glover, Clebber Luciano, Chris Brennan, Bill Cooper, Antonio McKee, Jay Heron, Joe Stevenson, Scott Bieri, Marcos Avellon, Mac Danzig, Brian Peterson, Ulysses Gomez, Scottie Epstien, and Nick Diaz.

The Nevertap tournament is structured to promote exciting matches and submission attempts. All matches are conducted inside of a ring or MMA cage and are judged rather than scored.

Check out the www.nevertap.asia website for more details and to start planning your fitness goal of the New Year.

The annual Full Moon BBQ’s hosted by Tiger Muay Thai are becoming legendary.

This edition of amateur fights was no exception. With celebrity guests UFC Vet Alan Belcher and BJJ Black Belt Tony Eduardo in attendance a 5 bout fight card was highlighted by two MMA matches.

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MMA Phuket would like to congratulate Mike Hutchison on his recent dominate performance at the Java Grappling games in Jakarta Indonesia.

Competing under modified grappling rules, the event allowed several advanced submissions including heel hooks, spine locks, and neck cranks. Hutch won gold in the under 88 Kilo division defeating Synergy Jiu Jitsu instructor, and 3x tournament winner Max Metino in the finals with an impressive knee bar submission. Stepping into the open weight division Hutch took home a bronze medal, eventually losing to BJJ Purple belt Fransino Tirta in the Semi Finals by guillotine choke.

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MMA Phuket has officially sponsored UFC Veteran Alan Belcher as he prepares for his UFC fight against Team Quest’s Ed Herman. Herman, an Ultimate Fighter reality show Semifinalist will be a formable opponent.

Belcher is a dangerous Muay Thai striker from the United States who has a 12-6 professional MMA record. His fight will be on the broadcasted portion of the Sept 17th Ultimate Fight Night card. Over 4 ½ million viewers are expected to tune into Spike TV and watch the live broadcast. Spending the next 4 weeks at TMT, look for Belcher to split training time between the MMA program and the Advanced Muay Thai trainers. Belcher will work privates exclusively with; Kru Phatet, Bernueng, Rattanasak and Robert as he prepares for his 7th UFC fight.

Check out Belcher’s gym in Biloxi Mississippi and his website.

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With Special guest Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Cristiano Jose Carvalho from Singapore in Attendance, Tiger Muay Thai hosted Phuket Island’s first ever amateur MMA tournament this past weekend.

Fighters wore shin pads and 8oz “shooto style” gloves. No knees to the head when the opponent is standing or on the ground. Knees are permitted only to the body from the standing position. No upkicks, or down kicks from both combatants when a fighter is on his back. And no leg submissions. This tournament featured 2 rounds of 3 minute duration.

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At only 26 years of age Tony Eduardo captured a Bronze Medal in the BJJ Black Belt 2007 Nogi Mundials held in Los Angeles California. Being awarded his Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu Black Belt under Master Rilion, Eduardo is a master instructor, who also possessing a Physical Education degree from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Florianopolis, Brazil).

Tony has done seminars at world renowned schools such as Renzo Gracie’s NY and Ralph Gracie’s San Francisco academies and will be enjoying the tropics of Phuket Thailand after an extended training trip with Shanghai BJJ.

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After almost a 5 year layoff from pro MMA competition, 2nd degree Lotus Club BJJ BB, and former Gladiator Challenge Champion, Juliano Prado got back to his winning ways with his quick first round submission victory over LA Boxing’s Thor Skancke. Using his superior BJJ techniques Juliano earned the submission victory at 1:01 of the first round by Triangle Choke. Read about the fight on Sherdog here.

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MMA Phuket would like to say good bye to training partner Wade Henderson as he returns home to Johannesburg South Africa.

Wade trained full time at Tiger Muay Thai for the last 8 months, competing in four different countries. (Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia)

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After falling victim to an accidental head butt against UFC prospect Anthony Ruiz last November, Bobby Southworth was on the receiving end of a controversial ref stoppage.

Gearing up for an eventual rematch, Bobby came to Tiger Muay Thai to train for his redemption. Bobby trained extremely hard with Kru Yod, and taught a free MMA seminar for guest training at TMT to show his appreciation.  Look for Bobby to successfully defend his Strikeforce LHW belt, displaying his refined Muay Thai techniques.

See the Camp Showcase of when Bobby was here training and watch video from the seminar.

For more pictures go to Combat Lifestyle

3 new episodes of the MMA Phuket Mini Instructionals are up.

Ray chose three linking Rubber Guard attacks for a showcase in this edition of MMA Phuket Mini Instructional Series. Flow through the transitions with him as he demonstrates the steps to an Armbar, Omoplata, and eventual North/South Choke from a variation of Eddie Bravo’s innovative Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu.

Check them out with video and text here! Enjoy!

Congratulations to Former TMT guest Steve Bosse. Bosse beat UFC veteran Wes Sims at TKO 34 via Ankle Lock in the first round. Improving his professional record to 3-1, he is a Heavyweight fighter on the rise.

Bosse’s taining partner, and fellow TMT alumni Stephane Dube also secured a victory in the first round by getting the mount against his opponent and forcing the ref to stop the fight. Dube is one of the top LW’s in Canada and improves his record to 7-3 with the victory.

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UFC 85 in London showcased two of MMA Phuket’s former training partner/guest instructors. First up for the night was Pancrase London instructor Jess “Joker” Liaudin as he faced rising UFC Welterweight Paul Taylor from England (9-3 record). Jess fought a close three round war, eventually losing a split decision on the judges score cards.

In his second UFC fight in the Welterweight division AKA’s Mike Swick survived a second-round point reduction for grabbing the fence to end Miletich fighting sensation Marcus Davis’s 12 fight win streak. An interesting note: Marcus Davis’s last UFC fight was a win against Jess Liaudin.

TMT would like to congratulate both of these athletes on their strong performances. UFC 85 was shown to millions of viewers world wide, and is another example of why fighters keep choosing to train with MMA Phuket when in Thailand.

We’ve redone the camp tour, pretty much the same as the last one except the “weedwacker” was not on duty, so it’s no disturbing sounds in the background and the construction of the new restaurants seating area is done. Filmed on the 31th of may 2008.

Check it out on the facility page!

Ok, guys. Added some more pictures from when Bobby Southworth was here, both from the seminar and him doing padwork. Also added a video from the seminar. Check it out here.

Yeah, added some more pictures from the Mike Swick seminar to, check them out here.

Today Team MMA Thailand fighter Wade Hendersen made weight, he is set to fight Brian Ebersole tomorrow night at the Cage Fighting Championship IV in Australia.

From the CFC website:

In a lead up to CFC #4 tomorrow night, the official weigh ins were held at the Southern Cross Hotel in St Peters, Sydney at 6pm tonight. Check out the photos to grab a sneak peek of the line up for Friday night… Each fighter seemed tense yet composed, eagerly awaiting their chance to step into the cage to showcase their skills in front of yet another electrifying crowd.

Check back after the event for fight result and pictures.

We got a hold of Rithchie Whitson and asked him about the fight…

…and this is what he had to say:

The trip to Hawaii was really unexpected and a little intimidating. I had just got back to my hometown after a third round TKO victory over Schon Ellis in Anchorage. When I got the call to fight Ray Cooper I was doing the usual thing I do after fights which includes drinking beer, eating junk food and playing poker. I agreed to the fight not knowing who Ray Cooper was or what I was getting myself into.

One of the first things they had me do when I got off the plane was go to a press conference and talk in front of the media which was the scariest part of the hole trip. After the press conference I knew that the fight was a bigger deal than I originally thought and I knew that i was a huge underdog.

When I got into the ring I knew that I had nothing to lose so the nerves were not a factor. I knew my chance for victory would be on the feet and pretty much right after the bell rang I got punched in the face and taken down. Not a good start. I stayed calm and worked my way back to the feet and that’s when the fight started to turn. There was a lot of clinching and kneeing that followed. Eventually we separated and in a heated exchange I hit him with a short left hook right after eating a monster left haymaker myself. The difference was my punch was on the button and his wasn’t. I looked down and he was face down and I knew the fight was over.

I was the new X1 champion!

We got some new pictures from the fight to, see them here!

MMA Phuket and Tiger Muai Thai wants thanks Muhsin Corbbrey for staying and training with us for the last couple of weeks. Muhsin has a fight scheduled agains Nick Diaz and was here as of the step in the preparation for the bout.

We wishes him luck and looking forward to his return to the camp after the fight.

See the Camp Showcase for Mushin’s stay at MMA Phuket!

Ok, guys after hours of hours and a couple of more hours of work the first version of the new website is up. It is not just a prettier face your seeing the new site is already full with new features and we have started to fill it up with content. And there is a shitload of more to come!

new cool stuff to check out

Showcases - A place were we will give some extra attention to things worthy of extra attention. With focus on media, pictures and video.

Team Event and Fight results - See the latest event results , and watch pictures and videos from them.

and we need your help

As said, this is the first version upped of the website, call it a beta if you want. That means it might be some glitches here and there, specially in the CSS and how it looks in older and different kind of browsers. It’s been tested in the latest versions of IE, Firefox and Opera, so it shouldn’t bee any problems there.

But if you find anything that doesn’t work or something that looks weird and wrong we would appreciate A LOT if you just could take a couple of minutes to fill in the contact form and describe the issue. Don’t forget to mention what platform and what version and kind of browser you are running

So please, go a head and click the shit out of the page in any kind of way you can think of! And you are also more then welcome to send us ides and suggestions.