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ufc champion contender jon fitch and teammate nate moore train at tmt
After a disappointing 5 round, 25 minute championship war Georges St. Pierre, American Kickboxing Academie’s Jon Fitch traveled from San Jose California to Phuket Thailand to focus on his Muay Thai techniques with the world class trainers at Tiger Muay Thai.
Spending a month preparing for his next UFC fight, Fitch gained the most out of his experience by taking two private training sessions a day.
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miss east asian fitness champion 2006 trains with mma phuket
Lisa Cheng or as the guys of MMA Phuket called her “The Hong Kong Hottie” recently spent some time training in both the MMA and Muay Thai program.
Lisa is a lifelong athlete and a local celebrity from Hong Kong China.
A 2006 Miss East Asian fitness champion, Lisa also competes professionally in rock climbing, and has the Women’s speed championship of the UIAA climbing world cup as a notable career highlight.
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wec-ufc vet brodie farber prepares for dec. 10th ufc fight in thailand
Preparing for a Dec. 10th UFC fight against American Top Team standout Luigi Fioravanti, Brodie Farber traveled from San Diego California to Phuket Thailand to train with MMA Phuket.
Training striking in the morning with Kru Ritt, Brodie focused on his BJJ and Grappling in the evenings with private training sessions with Gracie Barra Black Belt Tony Eduardo.
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ray elbe gets ink’d at goolden needle in phuket, thailand
While living in Phuket Thailand pro MMA Fighter and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Ray Elbe got an old tattoo covered.
Searching the island of Phuket for a good tattoo artist Ray eventually decided on “Golden Needle Tattoo” in Phuket Town.
When Ray was 18 years old he fought on a Pay Per View broadcasted King Of The Cage (KOTC) fight card…
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bjj black belt tony eduardo gives a free nogi grappling seminar
Professor Tony Eduardo Lima of the Gracie Barra BJJ competition team is a world class black belt. Eduardo was the 2005 ADCC Brazilian Qualifying champion and in 2007 won a Bronze medal at the Nogi Mundial tournament held in California, USA.
Recently spending 6 months teaching BJJ in Shanghai China Prof. Eduardo decided to fine tune his ground skills with some Muay Thai and MMA training. Having spent the last 2 months training at TMT Tony hosted this seminar free of charge to all the guest and fighters training at Tiger Muay Thai.
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european film star chantal ughi makes the switch from rawai to tiger muay thai
Chantal Ughi is no stranger to having all eyes on her. Prior to taking up a career as a professional Muay Thai fighter Chantal excelled as an actress.
Traveling around the world as a film star Chantal has lived in Paris, Italy, and most recently New York. Her films have been showcased in the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival as well as the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival.
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7x ufc vet alan belcher gives an mma seminar while training at tiger muay thai
With impressive wins over Kalib Starnes and Jorge Santiago, Alan Belcher has established himself as one of the premier MW strikers in the UFC.
While training at Tiger Muay Thai in preparation for his Sept 17th UFC fight against Ed Herman, Belcher conducted a free two hour seminar focusing on striking with an emphasis on MMA.
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bbq beatdown features karaoke superstar alan belcher
Every Full Moon Tiger Muay Thai hosts an all you can eat/drink BBQ for 350 baht.
The food is followed by a night of Muay Thai, Boxing, and MMA smoker fights. Following the fights several camp guests enjoy folk song singing preformed by the Thai instructors. (watch the BBQ Beatdown MMA smoker fights)
Displaying his down to earth attitude UFC superstar Alan Belcher grabbed the guitar and gave TMT guests his best MTV Unplugged concert.
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buakaw visits phuket and meets tmt fighters
2x K-1 Max champion Buakaw Por Pramuk was showcased on a “Night of Champions” fight card held in Patong Boxing Stadium.
The evenings fight card featured two TMT fighters. Robert faced a tough up and coming fighter from Por Pramuk gym losing in the 4th by TKO.
Ritt showcased why he is considered one of the island’s top fighters by winning his fight via KO in the 3rd round. Buakaw was featured in a Wai Kru exhibition followed by a round of hitting the pads.
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2x morrocan national champion achraf “ash” alabouch gives boxing clinic for mma phuket
Ash Alabouch is currently training at MMA Phuket. With a kickboxing record of 19 wins, 7 loses and an amateur boxing record of 17-4 he is an experienced veteran with serious striking skills.
Ash has recently transitioning his focus to instructing and started to work with several of Montreal Canada’s top MMA fighters, including Stephane Dube and Steve Bosse.
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lotus club black belts dominating mma
The Lotus Club Jiu Jitsu team has a very strong tradition of excellence. Tiger Muay Thai would like to congratulate Givanildo Santana on his recent victory for Showtime’s MMA promotion ProElite.
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elitexc fighter muhsin corbbrey trains at mma phuket and tiger muay thai
Between the 25th of April and May the 13th Muhsin Corbbrey trained together with Team MMA Thailand at the Tiger Mauy Thai training facility. He was here to jumpstart his trainingcamp and to prepare for his upcoming EliteXC fight against UFC veteran Nick Diaz which is scheduled on June the 14th
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rays recent bjj matches from the abu dahbi cup with commentary
Listen to Ray Elbe as he comments on his recent Gi grappling matches in Abu Dhabi. Ray represented the USA in the 2008 Abu Dhabi International Cup that was presented by BTT BB Carlos Santos under the patronage of HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The event awarded over 33,000$ USD as prize money.
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bobby southworth trains and conduct seminar at mmaphuket
TUF and Pride fighter Bobby Southworth did as many of our camp guest. Combined vacation with some hard training. See pictures from his stay here and watch videos of parts on the seminar he held for the camp guest.
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mike swick throws a two day seminar at tiger muay thai
For now just a collection of pictures taken from when the over eight time UFC veteran and also a TUF condender “Quick” Swick Mike came through the camp and held a FREE 2-days seminar for our guests and fighters.
Video is coming soon!
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bjj blackbelt samy aljamal trains muay thai and gives seminar on his honeymoon
Tiger Muay Thai would like to thank Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Samy Aljamal for his instructional class covering the fundamentals of the Arm Drag. Samy won the 1999 Abu Dhabi Championship and in 2000 took first place in the World’s Championship (Masters Division).
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ngoo ditty and magical ray under fire
Fighting in the Governor’s Cup in Khabarovsk Russia, Ray and Ngoo were treated to a special VIP trip to a former KGB Military training compound. They were given a brief weapons demonstration, and then were given the opportunity to shoot all the weapons displayed by the Russian Military.
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reality tv star becomes world champion training with tiger mauy thai
After filming the hit Female Reality TV show “Fight Girls” for the Oxygen Network, Miriam Nakamoto trained at Tiger Muay Thai in preparation for her upcoming bout in the Queen’s Cup.
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fifty thai kicks in twentythree seconds
Robert Lek, trainer and Muay Thai fighter at the Tiger Muay Thai and MMA Phuket competes in a fun camp contest. The Thai’s wanted to see who could kick 50 Thai kicks against the pad’s the quickest. Robert won the contest in under 23 seconds! Other Camp trainers who participated in the contest included; Ajarn Mac, Rose, Ritt, Prathet, and Neung.
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over 100.000 views and still counting
Representing Team MMA Thailand, Muay Thai fighter, Ann beats a male competitor at the South East Asian Grappling III games held in Bangkok Thailand.
She eventually won gold in her division. Besides competing in MT and Submission Grappling, Ann holds the historic feat of winning the first sanctioned MMA fight held in Thailand between two female fighters.
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new zealand movie star, ben mitchell takes a private with tmt trainer kru yod
Ben Mitchell Star of several International Movies recently visited the Tiger Muay Thai training facility. Mitchell took a private with TMT advance MT instructor Kru Yod. Yod has worked with several of the MMA fighters including; Bobby Southworth, Ray Elbe, Muhsin Cobbrey, and Jess Liaudin.
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ufv vet. jess “the joker” liaudin trains at tmt with pancrase london
Prior to appearing in the UFC 4x UFC veteran and international fighter Jess “The Joker” Liaundin traveled to Tiger Muay Thai for a mini -training camp.
While sharpening his already dangerous striking skills, Liaudin taught several MMA classes for the guest training at the Tiger Muay Thai facility.
Pancrase London is one of the top MMA training facilities in the UK and team MMA Phuket looks forward to their next training trip.
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thailand ink
Thailand’s version of the Hit reality TV show “Miami Ink” presented by MagicalRay Elbe and 5x Southern Thailand Muay Thai champion Aek.
Aek, a Former Tiger Muay Thai trainer illustrates a free hand a rendition of a Carpe Fish. In Asian Culture a fish is a symbol of good luck and prosperity.
The completion of this Tattoo took three sessions and about 5 hours worth of total.
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buddhist monks bless the tiger muay thai training facility
Witness the Buddhist Monks offer their blessings for the new “Samprapoom”, or spirit house in a ceremonly at the training camp.
Nine monks from Wat Dtai temple in Chalong, Phuket, Thailand came and performed the blessings, which is sometimes called a “String” and “Water” blessing by the locals.
