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Fight 160 – Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu vs Nantida Sitweerachat
January 23, 2017October 7, 2016 – Pak Thong Chai (Isaan) – full fight video with commentary above This is my 150th fight in Thailand. Hot damn. I was supposed to be facing a fighter who had been training... -
Fight 148 – Sylvie vs Phetwapee Chor. Decha (Nong Bow)
June 13, 2016April 16th, 2016 – Hua Hin – full fight video above, video with commentary below This was my third fight in four days, the last in a little collection of traveling and fighting. I’d fought the... -
Fight 146 – Sylvie Petchrungruang vs Rungnapa Por. Muangpet
May 23, 2016April 13, 2016 – Songkran Day, Bangkok – full fight video above, full video with commentary below This was one of those morning weigh in, fight at night kinds of events. The park where it was... -
Fight 145 – Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu vs Duangdaonoi Looklongtan
April 30, 2016March 17, 2016 – Wan Wai Nai Khanomtom “Muay Thai Day” in Ayutthaya Historical Park I’m standing at the ropes, hopping up and down and telling the doctor that I can go on, that I want to... -
Fight 144 – Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu vs Faa Chiangrai Sor. Sakunthong – Northern Title
April 27, 2016March 4, 2016 – Terng Chiang Rai (Northern Title at 105 lbs) There’s nothing on this road. It’s just darkness, everywhere, with the occasional break in the trees to an open field that somehow catches the... -
One Hundred and Forty-Second Fight – Nong Som Sor. Wassana
March 19, 2016February 21, 2016 – Pakthongchai, Khorat (10,000 Baht Side Bet) – video above This fight was the inspiration of my Romance of Being A Wandering Fighter post I’m sitting on the mats behind some really tall... -
One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Fight – Faa Chiangrai Sor. Sakunthong
February 13, 2016January 15th, 2016 – Chiang Mai Boxing Stadium, “The Roadhouse” – fight video above I’m sitting backwards on a chair, my legs bowed out to either side of the backrest and my wrist is perched on... -
One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Fight – Chompu Sor. Penrapa
February 5, 2016January 8th, 2016 – Rajabat University, Mahasarakham I’m seated on our mat just outside the stadium. There’s a metal sheet creating a 10 foot wall behind us and I’ve managed to manipulate a little wire hook,... -
One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Fight – Mintza Por. Somingdam
February 4, 2016January 5, 2016 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pattaya I’d expected to be rematching Rungnapa Por. Muangpet again, but two days before this fight Pi Nu said (with some disappointment in his voice) that she hadn’t been training... -
One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Fight – Ploynapa Sakrungruang
January 24, 2016December 27, 2015 – Wat Hom Sin, Chonburi – full fight video above Upon arriving at this temple, Kevin and I realized we’d been here before. Maybe 8 months prior I’d had a fight, technically with...
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December 12, 2024The Primacy of Nature – Sabai, Mua, Tammachat
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February 8, 2023Fighting For a World Title at the WBC Amazing Muay Thai Festival
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January 22, 2023The Pain of Not Belonging
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December 30, 2022
I’m startled awake by a sound on the front deck of my kuti…
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December 26, 2021The Art of Binding – Kard Chuek, Kata and Knowledge
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October 6, 2021Throwback: Fight 178 – lessons in reading clinch
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August 15, 2021Encouragement for the “Not Naturally Aggressive” in Muay Thai