IKON BATTLE OF BOLTON V

AUGUST 15TH

The Fight Sport Champions Trophy

Saturday 11th September 2010
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham



The Muaythai Champions Trophy is an 8 man tournament featuring the very best welterweights under Full Thai rules. The draw will have a random element so no-one is sure who they are fighting first and the winner will have to fight no less than 3 times in one night to take the trophy and become the Champion!

Featuring (contracts pending):

Andy Thrasher (Manchester)
Tim Thomas (Bedford)
Kevin Harper (Wigan)
James France (Leeds)
Wayne McCoy (Nottingham)
Kieran Keddle (London)
Imran Khan (Sheffield)
Nordin Kassrioui (Amsterdam)
Dave Copestake (Birmingham)
Kerith Bhella (Wolverhampton)

(includes two reserves)


Other top UK fighters feature on the show in world class super fights! Lineup includes:

Damien Trainor (Birmingham) vs Gianpietro Marceddu (Italy)

Dean James (Wolverhampton) vs Penphet Sor Kittishai (Thailand)

Plus others top fights!
(lineup subject to change)

VIP seats include a two course Thai meal served ringside and VIP

For further details check out www.fightsportevents.com


The full confirmed lineup will be announced in a week or so. Other event dates to be announced shortly

MSA Muay Thai Premier League at the ExCeL Arena, London

On Saturday 29 May 2010 at ExCeL in London, MSA Muay Thai Premier League will then feature, in a fight put together by Dan Green (working with Rob Cox), none other than K1 Max superstar Buakaw Por Pramuk under Full Thai rules!

Buakaw Por Pramuk is undoubtedly the number one K1 Max and Thai superstar! Formerly two time Omnoi Stadium and Thailand national champion, he became a true worldwide superstar when he became the K-1 Max World Champion beating none other than John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato in the finals. In 2005 he was nearly crowned champion again but lost in the final after an extra round to Andy Souwer

In 2006 though, Buakaw got his revenge beating Andy Souwer to again be K1 Max champion! He has also won the WMC world title and we believe he is undoubtedly the number one superwelterweight in the world! You name them, he has beaten them; Masato, Andy Souwer, Jomhod, Gago Drago, Alber Kraus, Dzabar Askerov, John Wayne Parr, Nicky Holzken, Fadir Chahbari, Jean Charles Skarbowski, Marco Pique! His full record stands at 222 fights with 189 wins, 12 draws and only 21 losses, most of which were earlier in his career in Thailand stadiums. Buakaw commented "This is the only time I will fight in London, and I've never been to England before. I'm really looking forward to it and believe me I'm going to put on a show in London!"

MSA are extremely pleased to bring Buakaw to London and think all fight fans are in for a real treat!

The man set to challenge Buakaw will be none other than Contender UK tournament winner Jordan Watson, one of Englands brightest prospects for many years. The word prospect may be a little misleading though as Watson has been training since an early age and clocked up over 50 junior bouts before moving on to his adult professional career which has seen him have 29 fights and only 4 losses!

Watson too has some good K1 experience where he made the final of the K1 Max Pain and Glory but this fight is under Muay Thai rules, which Watson is a specialist at and he knows that this fight is a shot at the big time! If any English fighter can beat Buakaw under Full Thai rules then it's Watson.

Tim Thomas will be another headliner on the event. Contracts are pending at time of going to press but his scheduled opponent will be Malaipet Sitpraprom. Malaipet is a well known star in both Europe and the USA and will be a tough fight for Thomas, with Malaipet having a recent win over Richard Fenwick.

The fights will take place in the new purpose built ExCeL auditorium which will officially host several of the London Olympic Sports including the boxing event. All seats provide an excellent view of the action and doors will open at 16:45.