World Championship Muay Thai (Las Vegas, NV) July 25, 2009 [+results]

[Stackmo1]

FightCard:

Malaipet vs Richard Fenwick
Romie Adanza vs Paulo Da Silva
Kang En vs Kevin Ross
Baxter Humby vs Xu Yan
Jared Lara vs Christopher Spang
Shane Oblonsky vs Scotty Leffler




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Wow. Looks like Dennis is doing stuff with Henan TV over in China.

It genuinely pleases me to see so much happening with stateside specifically California promotions.


I have absolutely no familiarity with the Chinese Nak Muay. So if anyone knows of them please enlighten me.

[nakmuay]

Fight Results:

Winner vs Loser

Malaipet vs Richard Fenwick
Romie Adanza vs Paulo Da Silva (TKO)
Kevin Ross vs Justin Greskiewicz (3R TKO)
Jared Lara vs Vaughn Lucas
Scotty Leffler vs Shane Oblonsky (KO)
Baxter Humby vs Chike Lindsay -SD
Jeri Sitzes vs Christine Toledo (UD)

[nakmuay]

ah yeah, I've had this flier since last fight, thx, I'll just use this thread now.

From time to time (for several years now) Dennis Warner has been bringing fighters from China.

As for Chinese Nak Muays, I think Kang En from this card is very impressive, I've seen several of his fights. He beat Kangnapa from Las Vegas (but of course Kangnapa is much older and he only can afford to fight in the States because overall level of skill is lower here, compared to Thailand or Europe). Kang En has already beaten Kevin Ross once in China several months ago, with some controversy, (Kevin is trained by Master Toddy in Vegas) ... so this upcoming fight will be a re-match on his turf.

Controversy = "Ross lost one point for arguing with the referee over a grappling break ruling and had a strong punch that dropped Kang Eng declared a "flash" put down, and not an official points scoring knockdown, that would have required a mandatory count" (WBC Muay Thai 2009)

[Stackmo1]

Interesting stuff. I didn't know Kevin did Muay Thai any longer. I thought he was purely an MMA fighter these days. That rematch should prove interesting.

The Poster also had a second 1/2 to it that was in Chinese. Basically 1/2 the card is Chinese which makes sense since the TV deal with Henan. I dearly wish I could see this card but time and distance constraints sadly are going to prevent it.

Will you be going and giving a fight report?

[nakmuay]

mmm ya, unfortunately we're not going to be available for photography of this event either

[Stackmo1]

A shame. I really enjoy your photos.

[sharpey]

WCK MUAYTHAI BRINGS THIS YEAR’S SUPERFIGHTS TO LAS VEGAS

World Championship MuayThai Emerges as the Largest Muay Thai Competition in North America, complete with WBC and IKKC Title Fights

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- July 25th 2009 – Dennis Warner, Henan TV Station and In Sync Productions present this year’s most ambitious fighter lineup at the WCK MuayThai – Hilton Las Vegas, where elbows will fly and international belts will fuel the adrenaline rush. The top fighters will be representing England, China and USA. Four of the ten bouts will have WBC and IKKC titles on the line.

Brit Richard Fenwick will be defending his WBC MuayThai International Superwelter weight belt against the crowd favorite Malaipet. Beginning of this year Fenwick took the belt from Malaipet in a close-points decision at San Manuel Casino, Calif. “I am more comfortable fighting Fenwick this time around, I know his combinations and I am training hard,” comments Malaipet.

A Las Vegas-based Kevin Ross will rematch a Chinese favorite Kang En for a WBC Superlight weight belt. En won the title from Ross earlier this year by decision in Beijing. Ross comments: “July 25th is going to be the biggest fight of my life and I'm in my best shape ever. I'm going into this fight to put on a show, it's more important to be an exciting fighter that people are inspired by than to just eek out a win any way that you can. It is my goal to beat Kang En so badly that quits, I'm not letting this go to the judges. I'm going in there to dominate him, that belt is mine! I think that he is a great fighter with a lot of heart and I have nothing but respect for him, but he has no idea what he's in for. Fighting in front of my hometown is always such an honor for me. Nothing gets me pumped up like fighting in front of my friends and family. I just want to let all the fans know how much I do appreciate them.”

Rounding out the WBC International superfights, will be Romie Adanza, who will take on Paulo Da Silva for the third time. Adanza won the first match, while the Da Silva got TKO over Adanza the second time around, and with it Adanza’s IKKC International belt, which is also on the line on July 25th. “This is the most important fight of my life so far. I’ll never take my titles for granted anymore, I need my belt back”, adds Adanza.

Christine Toledo vs Zheng Yenan will be the only female Muay Thai bout in the event. Toledo and Yenan will be fighting in a 3 round bout under K-1 rules in the 55kg weight division. "I'm moving up in weight for this fight. My opponent is naturally heavier than me, but we agreed to meet in the same weight division. I suspect that this is a revenge duel to redeem her team mate's (Mao Lin Ninga) loss last year when I took the victory home from China", says Christine Toledo.

Toledo adds, "I haven't fought in a heavier weight division since I started fighting 7 years ago. This will definitely be a whole new test for me. My trainers and I are preparing for this fight much differently than other fights. Fighting a heavier opponent calls for a completely different training regimen and game plan". Toledo notes that she is dedicating the July 25th fight to her grandmother.

Adding to the exceptional Muay Thai match-ups:
Jared Lara vs Vaughn Lucas – WBC National Supermiddle weight title
Baxter Humby vs Xu Yan
Wang Hongxiang vs Shawn Yarborough
Wang Guan vs Chike Lindsay
Shane Oblonsky vs Scotty Leffler
Aotegen Batteer vs Danny Davis

The championships will be supervised by Charlermkiat Suvanamas.

About World Championship MuayThai:
Founded in 1989, by Dennis Warner and In Sync Productions, World Championship MuayThai is based in Southern California and is the largest Muay Thai event in the United States. The championships are held in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Beijing and other cities and feature top fighters from the U.S., China, Japan, Thailand and other countries. For more information about WCK please visit www.kickbox.com

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[Jessie_Kanong]

Hey anyboby have the reslts from the fight

[nakmuay]

Unofficially, both Romie Adanza and Jared Lara both have won the WBC belts (Congrats!!).

[lexani24]

Romie Adanza won the rubber match over rival Paulo De Silva via TKO due to low kicks. The referee stopped the fight as De Silva was unable to continue early in the third round. Up to that point it was a very exciting fight as both fighters exchanging heavy shots. Romie's defense was much better this time around however and he was able to avoid De Silva's powerful left hook. Adanza buckled De Silva in the second with a big right uppercut/Knee combination but was unable to finish. He again hurt him with a series of low kicks.
In the Third, De Silva was dropped twice by two more low kick combinations and was unable to continue.

This was a dual belt fight meaning that each fighter put their belt on the line, Romie put up the WBC National Title, Paulo the IKKC title. Also at stake was the WBC Intercontinental title.
As a result Romie captured 3 titles with this win!