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Ajit’s Stikeforce Spotlight: Cung Le’s Born to Fight

Posted by Ajit on 24th March 2011

Born to Fight XVI
Pictured: Poster for Born to Fight XVI, held at Cung Le’s AKA in Milpitas, CA.

With no Strikeforce events last weekend or this weekend, I’d like to focus this article on a semi-strikeforce related topic. Cung Le hosts Muay Thai tournaments, and amateur MMA events regularly around the Bay Area, and they are events to catch if you are nearby. Keep reading for more information about these events, billed as Born to Fight.

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The Shiznit’s Two Cents: What’s Lacking in MMA Technique

Posted by Robert Visnick on 9th February 2011

Buakaw shoots a push kick at Masato

Pictured: Buakaw (right) shoots a push kick at Masato in a K-1 Max bout. Robert Visnick describes this technique as underutilized in MMA.

Though mixed martial arts has been around for a while now, the sport and the fighters’ technique are still evolving. Still, there are some basics that a lot of fighters can and should add to their arsenal. Fighters can still pull and learn to better utilize some basic techniques from boxing, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

First, boxing…

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Posted in Boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, Robert Visnick, Training | 1 Comment »

Lee Coville: A Quiet Warrior’s Journey Continues

Posted by Tommy Hackett on 28th October 2010

A quick look at the credentials of Lee Coville, who returns to Muay Thai action this weekend at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, and it would be easy to classify him a rising star.

His hard work has resulted in a half-dozen championship belts and he’s notched 49 victories in his 59 fight professional Muay Thai career. Last month in England, Coville earned another British title at 59 kg., using his familiar aggressive style, heavy on hand combinations and low kicks, to earn a unanimous decision over Mark Brown.

Unfortunately, the English Thai Boxing champion remains toiling in obscurity — spending his days laboring at construction sites in the Cambridge area.

“There’s not a lot of money in it to be honest with you,” Coville relates about his passion for Muay Thai. “So yeah, I have to sort of work in England and save up my money and try and fund myself, really. I don’t have any sponsorships or anything, so spend most of my days working at the building site, and at the end of the day I have to go down to the gym, doing my training.”

“That’s what I had to do at this last fight in the UK, which obviously isn’t ideal,” he explains. “That’s why I try to save my money and get back to Thailand, where at least I can train sort of full time, twice a day, six to eight hours a day six days a week. You need to be doing that really, to compete with the other guys who are training in Thailand full time, that way you’re not at a disadvantage so to speak. Pretty hard life, really!”

Speaking to this fighter recalls the bitter play-by-play commentary of ESPN2’s Bob Papa during the 2001 fight of the year in boxing, between Micky Ward and Emmanuel Augustus Burton. Aware of the sadly low profile and pay of the two combatants, who were offering fans more heart and soul than any other bout that year, Papa yelled as the bout progressed, “would someone get these guys a payday!”

Total-MMA caught up with Coville as he prepares for his bout in Lumpinee stadium in Bangkok this weekend — after which he will begin training for his sixth professional MMA bout next month.

So, maybe that day — the big payday, like the one that rocketed Ward off the construction sites of his native Lowell, MA and onto the world stage — is coming, and hopefully soon.

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Muay Thai: Rule Changes For Lumpinee

Posted by Tommy Hackett on 26th May 2008

Lumpinee Stadium

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Festivities at the Hackett household regarding BJ Penn’s latest dominant win were interrupted recently, as some surprising news came in from Lumpinee Stadium, the 50+ year old Bangkok fight venue sometimes called “the Mecca of Muay Thai.” It looks like fighting in the clinch at Lumpinee will take on a look that’s new, and in this fan’s opinion, improved:

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The Case For ‘Contender Asia’ (including videos)

Posted by Iain Liddle on 28th January 2008

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By Iain Liddle

(c) ContenderAsia.com

As you might expect with being the co-editor of this website, it sometimes fall on my shoulders to read what the other writers have to say for themselves. Being a fan of fighting in pretty much all incarnations I was intrigued to Tommy Hackett’s tribute to the infamous “Owt Good On Mam” television reviews which were a particular highlight of early newsletters (go buy Stuart’s book if you haven’t already got a copy).

In his column, Tommy took an illness-enforced look at the sheer volume of shows on the box that have something to do with people punching or kicking each other in the name of fightsport. What surprised me most was not the sudden realisation that there is apparently more fighting on TV than I am able to keep up with but rather I found myself disagreeing with one of our esteemed columnists. Rather than fire him on the spot, I read on just to be sure.

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