July 30th, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA Welcomes UFC Fighter Mike Ciesnolevicz

Tiger Muay Thai welcomes 2x UFC and 9x IFL Miletich fight team veteran Mike Ciesnolevicz for a 2 month training camp in Phuket, Thailand. Having been “on the shelf” since a disappointing loss on the UFC TUF 9 finale to standout Tomasz Drwal, Mike C. is anxious to get back on track and continue improving on his 17-4 professional MMA record.

With Notable fights against Neil Grove, Andre Gusmao, Brent Beauparlant, and Alex Schoenauer, he is a great addition to the Tiger Muay Thai MMA program.  Following his training camp at TMT, Mike will be heading to Duke Roufus.academy to complete his fight preparations.

Look for Mike to host a FREE MMA seminar for the guest of Tiger Muay Thai in the next couple of weeks.

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Mike-Ciesnolevicz-14047

July 29th, 2010

Muay Thai is a fight sport: The Tragedy in Florida and how you can help!

Just a few days ago during the IKF Championships amateur Muay Thai event, another Muay Thai fighter passed away while in the Thai Bxing ring.  Women’s Muay Thai fighter Adrienne Simmons was knocked unconscious in her Muay Thai fight in Florida, USA.  The blow to her head caused her brain to hemmorage and bleed causing it to swell and Adrienne to fall into a coma and she passed away s at the age of 34-years-of-age.

Simmons won the Silver medal at the 2008 IKF Championships and was an active fighter.  Simmons was attending Emory for a Master’s degree in Education and  she also enjoyed working with underprivileged children in the Atlanta, Georgia area.  She was the type of person that wanted to make a positive change the world and help others in need.

A fund has been set up to help pay for the medical and funeral arrangements from this tragic loss.  Anyone wishing to donate to a worthy cause for a true fighter in the sport we love please see here  To donate click here Your donations are greatly appreciated.

Journalist Joe Miller wrote an article from behind the scenes with a description of the night–well worth reading.

Any one competing in Combat Sports realizes the risk of injury, or permanent damage done to the body, but nobody anticipates death. Prayers and condolences go out to the surviving family, and Adrienne’s boyfriend Chike Lindsay-Ajudua.

July 29th, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai’s Ray Elbe and Claire Haigh on Good Morning Singapore TV Interview

It was a busy weekend for Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand Head MMA coach and World Champion Muay Thai fighter Claire Haigh as they were in Singapore for ESPN’s Martial Combat Event at Sentoas Island’s Resorts World casino in MMA fights.

Claire was participating in the first ever female MMA fight held in the country of Singapore on ESPN and Elbe was fighting for the Superfight Championship Title.

The day after Claire won with a 2nd round ground-n-pound submission over her opponent, she and ray were featured on Singapores popular TV morning show, “Good Morning Singapore in English.

Check out Ray and Claire as they make their TV appearance and interview

July 27th, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA fighters “claw out” 6-0 record over 3 nights in Patong, Phuket, Thailand

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand fighters “Clawed out” 6 straight wins with 5 KO’s over three nights in Patong, Phuket, Thailand from July 22-25, 2010.

On July 22, Chantal, Tiger Muay Thai’s WMA World Champion had her fight stopped due to the promoters change of fighter and her opponent being to small. Chantal is now concentrating her training for her fight at the Queen’s Cup August 12, 2010.

Jamie “The Milk Man”, also fighting on the card scored a first round KO in his first Muay Thai fight. Jamie is a long-term guest training in the MMA program.

On July 23, Stuart won his first Muay Thai fight with a 2nd round KO showing good form in stopping a more experienced fighter, while Kok continued his winning streak with his 3rd straight points win over 5-rounds at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium.

On July 25, TMT put 3 fighters on the card as James and Woody scored KO’s (Woody moves to 3-0 fighting for TMT).

Simon returns to the ring for another points win over 5-rounds as he continues to rise in his level of competition taking on taller, stronger, and more experienced opponents and still showing the skill and technique to win the hard way on points.

July 26th, 2010

Upcoming Tiger Muay Thai and MMA, Phuket, Thailand Fights World-Wide

Upcoming Muay thai and MMA fights for Tiger Muay Thai and MMA, training Camp, Phuket, Thailand Fighters:

26 July, 2010 at Patong Thai Boxing Stadium
Austin from Canada
Chelsea from USA.

27 July, 2010 at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium
John from USA.
Tanwa (Tiger Muay Thai Trainer / Fighter)

29 July, 2010 at Patong Thai Boxing Stadium
Ronald from Brasil
Jimmy from Scotland
Ritt (Tiger Muay Thai Trainer / Fighter)

30 July, 2010 at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium
Oliver from Sweden
Palangphet (Tiger Muay Thai Fighter)

30-31 July, 2010 Langkawi, Malaysia Muay Thai Event
Cyrus Washington (Sponsored TMT Fighter)
Fasuchon (Tiger Muay Thai Trainer / Fighter)
Tanwa (Tiger Muay Thai Trainer / Fighter)

5 August 2010. at Patong Thai Boxing Stadium
Rafael from Brazil
Pee (Tiger Muay Thai Fighter)

6 August 2010 at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium
Jared from Australia.
Michel from USA.
Kok (Tiger Muay Thai Fighter)

8 August 2010 at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium
Christian from Sweden
Farida from Germany

11 August 2010 at Queens Cup Muay Thai Event
Hm.Queen of Thailand’s Birthday celebration
John from USA. Vs.Alex ChiangMai (WPMF Championship)
Chantal from Italia vs.Trachy Sitchamuang.

18-19 August, 2010 Sentosa, Singapore
ESPN Martial Combat # 7 + 8

Joe Ray (Superfight MMA Championship)
Brayden Summers MMA Fight

July 24th, 2010

TMT holds BJJ Seminar by Ronald Vasconcelos @ 4:00 p.m. on July 27, 2010

BJJ Brown Belt Ronald Vasconcelos of the Sazinho Nova Uniao team in Brazil will hold a free BJJ seminar for Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp guests on Tuesday, July 27 at 4:00 p.m. in the MMA training program.

Ronald has been at TMT for more than 1 month cross training in Muay Thai and MMA programs and recently won his 1st Muay Thai fight in Thailand at Bangla Thai Boxing Stadium with a KO.

Achievements:

3 x BJJ state champion in 94, 95 and 96.
Regional MMA champion 97
National Muay Thai champion in 97
State Champion Submission Grappling in 99

Ronald has helped train and prepare many UFC notables for fights including Hermes Franca, Jorge Rivera, Kenny Florian, Gabriel Gonzaga, Patick Cote, Marcus Davis, Thiago Silva and WEC vet Paulo Filho.

Ronald will be covering take downs, positions and submissions in this seminar.

July 21st, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA adds BJJ Gi Classes M-W-F evenings!!

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand will now be offering BJJ Gi classes on Monday-Wednesday-Fridays from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m in the evening when it is a little cooler for working in the Gi.

The head instructor for the Gi program is MMA / Thai fighter Raphael Lopes Pinto.

Raphael Lopes Pinto is a BJJ Brown Belt under Lattuf Kezen and is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Raphael is 5-0 in professional MMA fights and had competed in many tournaments since training BJJ for the last 8 years.

Raphael has also trained in Judo, boxing, capoerira and kickboxing, but his true love is BJJ.

Awards:

3 x State BJJ Champion

2 x Regional Bjj Champion

3 x Multi Regional Bjj Champion

July 21st, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai fighters go 8-4 in Thai boxing matches July 16-19, 2010, Phuket, Thailand

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp fighters in Phuket, Thailand scored 8 wins with 5 Ko’s and 4 losses over four nights in Thai boxing matches at Bangla and thai Boxing Stadiums from July 15-19, 2010.

Danny Baci scored a nice KO in the 3rd round in his first Muay Thai fight against respected veteran Kularphet,

Ronaldo scored a 2nd round KO against hard puncher Malarkhan who has 200+ fights and is now a regular at bangla and Phuket circuit fights and still dangerous with KO power in knees and hands.

Tim scored a sweet 4th round KO with a knee to the head going four hard rounds before finding the drop shot.

Cyrus took out his opponent in the first round as he prepares for his big fight in Malaysia.

Daniel, PhalangPhet, Simon, and Pee all scored points wins over 5-rounds in the Thai boxing ring. Daniel is also preparing for a big fight in malaysia at end of July.

Farida lost a great women’s Muay thai fight on points that had the crowd roaring.

Said, Jared, and Ngoo all lost in the 4th round.

July 20th, 2010

TMT’s Claire Haigh and Ray Elbe the “Talk of the Town” in Singapore Newspapers

In the days leading up to ESPN’s Martial Combat on July 14-15, 2010 at Sentosa Island World’s resort casino, Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand fighter Claire Haigh and Ray Elbe were busy with the media.

While Elbe was talking to Singaporean’s on the airwaves of local radio about his upcoming superfight against Alan Fernandez, India’s #1 ranked MMA fighter, Claire was busy doing TV interviews and an article for the Strait Times, Singapores popular English newspaper while she arm-wrestled a man.

Check out the articles from the news paper below.

July 19th, 2010

Tiger Muay Thai Trainer Songkram featured in TV Documentary on Siamsport TV

Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand trainer Songkram is being featured in a documentary on Muay Thai by Siamsport TV.

Kru Songkram is a Mixed Muay Thai and Boxing Champion respected throughout Thailand. With a 130 win and 35 loss record in Muay Thai with 4 X Rajadamnern Titles and Championships.

Kru Songkram also has 30 Boxing matches winning 27 with a PABA and WBA World Titles to hang from his waist. He is one of the most decorated fighters at Tiger Muay Thai and MMA training camp, Phuket, Thailand.

Songkram aka Mr. SongKram Mahachainakul has had several years teaching boxing and Muay Thai in China and Thailand.

Link to Siamsport Tv