Muay Thai

Karate Combat has been reinventing their namesake martial art by providing a big stage for the world’s greatest Karatekas to compete in a full contact…

Welcome to The Level Change Podcast, our combat sports themed variety show hosted by Stephie Haynes and Victor Rodriguez. The show features the news of…

We’ve been hearing more stories about Dana White’s supposed acts of goodwill. These stories are mostly firsthand accounts from fighters who’ve apparently experienced major life…

At the age of 46, striking aficionado Melvin Manhoef has just retired from MMA following a third round knockout loss to the always scary Yoel…

Former ONE Championship Heavyweight World Champion Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera currently runs his very own Philippines Alliance Training Center, developing the next generation of Filipino…

You all have heard the proverb (or some variation of it), “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again”, right? Well, those words…

In Muay Thai there are few names that are spoken with as much reverence as Buakaw and Saenchai. Between them, those legends have over 500…

Fighting is in Nick Sasso’s blood—literally. Related to Jake LaMotta, Sasso grew up watching boxing with his father, and started in on the sweet science…

Last time out, MMA Mania’s Andrew Richardson got some solid sparring in, and took in an amateur fight card accompanied by a full spread of…

Andrew Richardson has taken viewers into the heart of one of combat sports’ biggest training facilities. We’ve seen him go through grueling conditioning circuits, fast…

Team Alpha Male fighter and MMA Mania writer Andrew Richardson spent a few weeks in Thailand earlier this year, with the intention of putting together…

Lethwei is a Burmese bare-knuckle combat sport that originated in Myanmar, Southeast Asia. It is known as ‘The Art of Nine Limbs’ because headbutts can…

Wanderlei Silva’s son recently made his amateur Muay Thai debut and put on a striking clinic. Related Video: That time Wanderlei went all out in…

ONE Championship has done a very good job constructing a solid kickboxing/Muay Thai roster since they announced its launch last year. It shows in their…

Rungnarai Kiatmookao, the Lumpinee superflyweight champion, is the king of the division in Thailand. But as matchmaking in Thailand is heavily based on gambling interest,…

22-year old-Jonathan Haggerty (12-2, 10 KOs) made waves when he beat veteran and modern great Sam-A Gaiyanghadao for the ONE Championship flyweight Muay Thai title.…

Lethwei, Myanmar’s national sport, is one of the most brutal striking styles in the world—allowing bare knuckle punches, elbows, kicks, knees and headbutts. Traditionally, the…

In Thursday’s main event at Rajadamnern Stadium, Samingdet Nor Anuwatgym (#4 ranked Super Bantamweight at Rajadamnern, #8 at Lumpinee) took on Detchaiya Petchyindee (#8 ranked…

Phetsupan Por Daorungruang isn’t particularly athletically gifted compared to some of the fighters that populate the rankings of the two major Muay Thai stadiums—Rajadamnern &…

Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang is something of an anomaly in Muay Thai. He has been one of the most exciting competitors in Thailand for years; a…