Tiger Muay Thai
Mixed martial arts training facility in Phuket, Thailand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tiger Muay Thai is a Thai mixed martial arts and muay thai training facility located in Phuket, Thailand. It has several prominent competitors such as UFC champions Petr Yan, Alexander Volkanovski and Valentina Shevchenko.
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| Est. | 2003[1] |
|---|---|
| Primary trainers | Phet Chaimanee (Muay thai) Rafael Fiziev (Striking) Eric Uresk (MMA/Wrestling) Joseph Henle (MMA) |
| Prominent fighters | Roger Huerta Alexander Volkanovski[2] Rafael Fiziev Cyrus Washington[3] Dan Hooker[4] Loma Lookboonmee Dave Leduc Kai Kara-France Valentina Shevchenko Brad Riddell Shannon Wiratchai Mairbek Taisumov Khamzat Chimaev[5] Anissa Meksen[6] |
| Headquarters | Phuket, Thailand |
| Address | 7 35 Soi Ta-iad, Chalong |
| Location | Phuket, Thailand |
| Training facilities | Phuket, Thailand San Sai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Website | Tiger Muay Thai |
History
American veteran Sean Douglas previously owned a gym in Phuket consisting of only one ring to serve his muay thai training purposes.[7][8] The gym gained popularity and with the help of investors, Douglas founded Tiger Muay Thai in a larger premises in 2003.[7][8] Subsequently, a mixed martial arts program was added.[9]
Since 2013, the gym has been arranging annual Fight Team tryouts where the best applicants receive scholarships to mixed martial arts and muay thai programs.[10] Among the tryout winners are Kai Kara-France, Dan Hooker, Dave Leduc, Loma Lookboonmee and Casey O'Neill.[11]
In 2015, the gym was sold to Thai businessmen and one of them – Viwat Sakulrat – became the managing director of the gym.[7][9] It has continued to grow and is one of the world's most prominent muay thai gyms.[9]
In July 2021, MMA coaches George and Frank Hickman announced they were leaving the team after an amicable split.[12] In April 2022, they opened their own gym called Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA which trained UFC champions such as Alexander Volkanovski, Jiří Procházka and Zhang Weili.[13]
Gyms
While the original Tiger Muay Thai in Chalong, Phuket remains the headquarters, they opened a new facility to San Sai District, Chiang Mai in 2013.[14]
In 2019, they opened Tiger Muay Thai Beachside in Chalong.[15]
In 2023, Tiger Muay Thai is set to open a new location in Bali, Indonesia.[16]
Notable fighters
- Anatoly Malykhin, Current ONE Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Former Heavyweight World Champion
- Fabrício Andrade, Current ONE Bantamweight World Champion
- Petr Yan, a Former UFC Bantamweight Champion
- Tang Kai, Current ONE Featherweight World Champion
- Vitaly Bigdash, a Former ONE Middleweight World Champion
- Israel Adesanya, former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion
- Alexander Volkanovski, current UFC Featherweight Champion
- Valentina Shevchenko, current two-time UFC Women's Flyweight Champion
- Antonina Shevchenko
- Dan Hooker
- Rafael Fiziev
- Tai Tuivasa
- Arman Tsarukyan
- Loma Lookboonmee, the first Thai mixed martial artist in the UFC
- Shannon Wiratchai
- Roger Huerta
- Cyrus Washington
- Brad Riddell
- Kai Kara-France
- Timofey Nastyukhin
- Dave Leduc, a Canadian Lethwei fighter and a WLC Cruiserweight Champion
- Anissa Meksen, a French kickboxer and Former Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Champion
- Mairbek Taisumov
- Alexey Kunchenko
- Khamzat Chimaev
- Kairat Akhmetov, a Former ONE Flyweight World Champion
References
External links
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