Dear friends,

This is to inform you that The Muay Thai Shop retail outlet is now open and is located at 64 Haji Lane, Singapore 189257.

Our store, called KNOCKOUT GEAR, offers a diverse line of muay thai, MMA and fitness equipment and apparel.

Opening hours: 12:00PM to 7:30 PM
Monday is off.

We hope that you will come and visit us soon.

1. Let’s Jump! Jump Rope Conditioning by Hansen Bay Sunday 13th June 2010
2. Core Training for Sport Performance by 1 Physiotherapy Sports Injury Clinics Sunday 20th June 2010
3. Taping for Injury Prevention by 1 Physiotherapy Sports Injury Clinics Sunday 4th July 2010
4. Kettlebell Conditioning by Ong Beng Hwee Sunday 11th July 2010
Please see below for workshop synopsis

• All sessions are from 1:00pm to 2:30pm
• All participants should be attired in sportswear
• Venue: Hilltop The Gym, 20 Havelock Road Central Square #01-05 S(059765)
• Fee: $30 per workshop, $90 for all 4 workshops Participants will receive $50 worth of goodies (see below)
• For Registration, call 6557 0105 (12:30pm to 8:00pm) or email sales@hilltopthegym.com

Workshop Synopsis:  Read more »»

By Terence Tong, published here with author's kind permission

Nicole Chua is one heck of a girl. She kicks ass (literally!), and having been to Thailand to train and fight on more than a few occasions, Nicole is probably known as Singapore's most experienced female Muay Thai fighter by far. I recently got a chance to sit down to talk to her about her most recent exploits and here it is, an insight into Singapore's upcoming fight talent.

Terence Tong: Hi Nicole, it's been a while since we've met. How're you doing and what are you up to nowadays?

Nicole Chua: Hi Terence, I am good. Had a fight in Phuket in March as you are aware. And then had a month of holiday without Muay Thai, spent some quality time with my family and friends. I just got back to training recently. Currently sorting out my visa, am preparing to go over to Thailand soon.

T.T: How did you do in your most recent fight in Thailand?

N.C: My last fight was in Phuket in March. It's a big event, the annual Sinbi Naiharn Charity fight, where the proceeds go towards a local school. It was a good experience. I lost on points though, probably because I couldn’t perform in the clinch.

Finally after a long wait Shock Doctor's Gel Nano mouthguards are back in stock! Read the reviews here and get yours now!

Lets all look forward to this.

Heard from Joe, there are gonna be a lot of fights.
There will also be Pro fights.

I guess this can make up on the SUPERFIGHT's upset.

Cheer for your local fighters.

Happy New Year to all Nak Muay in this forum!
Hope 2010 would be a good year for all!
Best of Health to everyone!

The Fairtex Pro Shop Singapore is the 3rd online shop opened by Knockout Gear - the premier online retailer for fighting equipment and apparel in Singapore. As you may know the first one is the very successful muay thai shop and the second one is the super-high-tech MMA shop.

Starting today until 31st December all three e-shops will run the Christmas '09 Promotion - 10% OFF everything.

Of course, free delivery for all orders, as usual.

So go grab your gear, Santa's coming!!!

All tickets bought from the muay thai shop will be refunded, we'll contact all the customers to arrange it.
Also, I sent the newsletter with the reminder before we found out about the cancellation. Sorry about that.

HOT! Tickets on sale now at the Muay Thai Shop 20% OFF the official price!

Event: The Lion City Grand Prix 2009
Date: Saturday, 12 December 2009
Time: 19:00 - 22:30
Location: The Floating Platform at Marina
Address: 20 Raffles Avenue (S) 039805
http://shop.muaythai.sg

The main draw is the title bout between world heavyweight champion Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov of Russia and Canadian challenger Simon Marcus.

UPDATE: The final fight card after the weight-ins:

Bout 1: Lena (BXG) VS Emily (ASF)
Details: 3 rounds x 2 mins, 2 min break, female local fight

Bout 2: Ding Jun He, Singapore vs Arnon Setthanana, Thailand
Details: 3 rounds x 3 mins, 2 mins break, Super 4 - 57kg

Bout 3: Ali Yajoob, Malaysia vs Rafal Simonides, Poland
Details: 3 rounds x 3 mins, 2 mins break, Super 4 - 57kg

Bout 4: Leonardo Silva (Brasil) vs Antoine Pinto (France)
Details: 3 rounds x 3 mins, 2 mins break, Super 4 - 71kg

Bout 5: Nicole (HillTop) VS Malaysian girl
Details: 4 rounds x 2 mins, 1 min break, female international fight

Bout 6: Madsua (Thailand) vs Faizal (Malaysia)
Details: 3 rounds x 3 mins, 2 mins break, Super 4 - 71kg

Bout 7: Margaret Mroziewicz (Canada) VS Heather O'Donnell (Australia)
Details: 5 rounds x 2 mins, 1 min break, female international fight

Bout 8: Super 4 57kg Final

Bout 9: Super 4 71kg Final

Bout 10: Ramazan "The Punisher" Ramazanov, Russia vs Simon Marcus, Canada

The exact match-ups were decided at the weight-in.

Yodsaenklai (confirmed 100%) will be here as VIP.

Naruepol unfortunately cannot make it, his injury was too severe, 2 days ago it looked like he's in fight shape, but today his doctors canceled his appearance

The 20% OFF is a special promotion for muaythai.sg fans! Click here to get your tickets now!



Fighters' profiles and poster:  Read more »»

The 8 men final is today, you can watch it on Thai tv, channel 5, 9pm.

1. Brazil Cosmo Alexander
2. France Cedric Mueller
3. Iran xx
4. Thailand Narongpol Fairtex
5. Thailand Matsui
6. Germany Enrico Kehl
7. Austria Fadi Merza
8. Norway Petter Juuhl

NARUEPOL vs MUELLER
COSMO vs Iranian guy ?
MERZA vs ENRICO KHEL
MADSUA vs Petter Juuhl

Info taken from around the net, so not 100% accurate.  Read more »»

On October 26th, 2009, the most exciting martial arts tournament on the planet lands in Japan at the Yokohama Arena. FieLDS K-1 WORLD MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament -FINAL- promises to be another groundbreaking event that you won't want to miss!

MAXimum speed! MAXimum power!

This road to the MAX crown ends here! MAX FINAL4 Andy Souwer, Yuya Yamamoto, Giorgio Petrosyan, & Buakaw Por. Pramuk in the upcoming tournament.

Who do you think will win this year?

Knockout Gear announces the launch of the official MMA online store accessible at http://shop.mma.sg. MMA practitioners can now purchase any of the high quality, technology-driven fighting gear from this new website.

To celebrate the opening of the MMA Shop Singapore they're offering our customers a 20% discount on all products!

The website is powered by seoexpert.sg, providers of ecommerce solutions for the active lifestyle industry.

The e-shop presents customers with an easy and efficient way to purchase SPRAWL Fusion Stretch Series MMA shorts and Repeller tops, Fairtex and BoonSport MMA training and sparring gloves.

About Knockout Gear: Knockout Gear, an independent company based in Singapore, is the premier online retailer for high quality muay thai and mma equipment and apparel.

The event will start at 11AM, the place: FWA.

18 bouts, here's the UPDATED fight card, thanks to Joe!

Novice Fight (Male)
Muhammad Alif Bin Jamaludin (Sup) 50 vs Derek Cho (fwa) 55
Ron (BXG) 52 vs lee jia le (fwa) 53
Ryan (BXG) 61 vs Muhammad Hadi Bin Sahrom (Sup) 61.4
Parthiban s/o Periasamy (HV) 65 vs Ng Lap Huan (BXG) 66
Muhammad Hafiz B Ruslan (MW) 65.8 vs syafiq (fwa) 67
Shawn (BXG) 66 vs Sherwyn Koh (fwa) 67
Tan Jun Chen (HV) 70 vs Lau GuoJin (Sup) 69
Thorsten Nolte (Sup) 75 vs benoit domec (HT) 72  Read more »»

Daniel Ghita's annihilation of three opponents in less than six minutes at the K-1 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying Grand Prix was the stuff of legend. In doing so Ghita (pronounced Ghitsa) smashed a K-1 record that many thought would never be beaten, writes MICHAEL SCHIAVELLO.

When Dutch Lumberjack Peter Aerts won the K-1 World Grand Prix tournament for a third time in 1998, he was at the peak of his extraordinary powers. Not only did Aerts win the world's most grueling 8-man tournament for a (then) record third time but also he did so in record fashion, completing the tournament in only 6 minutes and 43 seconds.

Since 1998 many had tried to take Aerts' record but none even came close.

Ernesto Hoost took 19:35 for his 1999 Grand Prix win; Semmy Schilt took 11:56 for his 2005 Grand Prix win; Remy Bonjasky took 13:44 for his 2003 Grand Prix win; and even Mark Hunt and his fabled knocked power took 26:32 to win the 2001 Grand Prix.

Once again Aerts' legendary 6:43 appeared unbreakable.

Enter Romania's Daniel Ghita at the K-1 in Tokyo Final 16 Qualifying Grand Prix on August 11, 2009. It was on that night that the heavily fancied Ghita, whose name had been bandied around Europe for a long time among hardcore fans as a fierce competitor deserving of a K-1 contract, finally made his Japanese K-1 debut. He did not fail to deliver.
Romanian fighter, Daniel Ghita, sliced through his 3 opponents in a combined time of just 5 minutes and 15 seconds. This not only breaks Aerts' record, but it shaves almost 1 minute and 30 seconds off it. What makes it even more interesting is that all three fighters fell to the same technique. The low kick.  Read more »»

There will be a sparring event held in Suphanahong Gym on the 16th Aug 09 Sun. The event will commence at 1300 Hrs. And the Weigh in will be the day before which is on the 15th Aug 09 Sat at 1700 Hrs.

UPDATE: The event is CANCELED.

UPDATE2: No it's not. Thai vs Thai fights still on, about 8-9 bouts. Only the local boys can't fight because of the darn politics and over controlling...

The 1st Asian Martial Arts Games 2009 are taking place in Bangkok, after months of delays. 44 nations sent 892 athletes to compete in 9 sports: Karate, Taekwondo, Muaythai, Kickboxing, Jujitsu, Judo, Kurash, Wushu & Kungfu, Pencak Silat.

The mascot of the Games is Hanuman: a white–creamy super monkey considered as the God of the ape which has every kind of fighting skill with strong determination of great success. Being the Mighty Ape, “Hanuman” often shares in the traditional flower festival as a gesture of warm welcome and inspires friendship and unity for all the Asian peoples.

As expected, Thailand snatched most of the gold medals in the muay thai competition. For more results and info  Read more »»

I heard the selection is taking place there this sunday from 10am to 6pm? Anyone can confirm? Entry 10 bucks.

Exciting list of speakers, lecturers & facilitators for this event includes:  Read more »»

Hi guys this is Terence tong's recent fight in thailand.He did very well

More than 100 fans were present today at Hockey Village muay thai to watch the sparring sessions and cheer for their favorite fighters. Here are some photos from the event, more will come. There were 18 bouts including 2 ladies fights. Most of the fight clips are up already.

Bout 1

Bout 3
Bout 4
Bout 5
Bout 6
Bout 7
Bout 8
Bout 9
Bout 11
Bout 12
Bout 13
Bout 17
Bout 18

As you can see some bouts are missing, if you have them, please upload and post, much appreciated!