dtrick924
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ETA: Sylvie and Emma are both nominated in several categories, as well as Sylvie's sponsors.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/nextrondarousey-british-teenager-inspired-ufc-7086817
Article about up and coming Muay Thai amateur Dakota Ditcheva. She's considering switching to MMA because she is having a hard time finding fights.
Dakota's most recent fight.
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Vote for your favorite women in Muay Thai and MMA. Voting is open until January 1, 2016 and results will be announced on or after January 7, 2016.
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I like that they featured so many women from so many different places, but I wish there'd been more Thai women throughout the process. They brought in more the second time around and at different weights, which was cool.
Do you know who the artist for the soundtrack is? I really like the music.
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No, the organization doesn't really exist anymore. There's a new female-oriented promotion that is run by the Thai Fight people, but they've only had one event on the Queen's Birthday this year, up in the North of Thailand.
That's too bad. I definitely had some issues with regard to how they thought female fighters should present themselves but it was great to see a promotion focusing on women and hosting all female cards.
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Lionfight 14: Jorina Baars vs Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino
Lionfight 20: Jorina Baars vs Chantal Ughi
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Nice highlight reel from World Muay Thai Angels.
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SPONSORED MUAY THAI FIGHTERS: EXPLOITATION OR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL?
Article from Sumalee Boxing Gym's blog talking about their criteria for sponsoring a fighter and what benefits the gym and the fighter receive from the sponsorship.
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Lionfight 25: Jorina Baars vs Martina Jindrova
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FightNetwork has a very interesting podcast/video series called the Mentality of Combat Sports. MMA fight analyst Robin Black discusses confidence, mental toughness and other topics with sports psychologist David Mullins.
Full playlist here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr7REBc1Y94_jCzlltyiJ5G584WWFc6fI
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Finally got to see the installation today. It was awesome to see in person. So much going on it was hard to take it all in. I found that if I stood facing a corner of the room it was like watching a split screen with a closeup/highlight of the fight on one side and the main fight on the other. The soundscape was very minimalist, just the grunts and breathing of the fighters, the sound of gloves hitting flesh, and feet shuffling on canvas. No music or background crowd noise. Natalie Fuz's low kicks sounded especially dramatic, really hard, sharp slaps.
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Natasha Sky has a video on her face book of a ginger concoction she uses on her shins for bruises.
https://www.facebook.com/396482173770626/videos/vb.396482173770626/740537932698380/?type=2&theater
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But Martyna (or even Bernise Alldis, another opponent of Tiffany's) isn't a clinch fighter on the level of Caley, imo. Nothing against either of them, but Caley is a notch above in the clinch. That being said, the task is even harder now as Tiffany looks like she's improving in the clinch as well.
Here's Tiffany's fight with Bernise Alldis.
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Key elements: Diverse crowd, good commentator, a clear cut road to becoming a professional fighter
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No advice on how to fit it into your schedule but you could try a Couch to 5k plan to ramp up your running slowly.
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Part 2 says the answer is drama, drama and more drama.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to do this analysis. These trends are fascinating to look at.
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I hate the ridiculous posturing and manufactured grudge matches of MMA. Although, I found Joanna Jedzrejczyk and her pasta necklaces pretty funny. I think she's my new favorite MMA fighter.
Some day I will get up the courage to try muay thai out for myself but today is not that day.
I agree that having a story/personality behind a fighter is important, although I can't stand reality television so the only parts of TUF I watched were the fight replays.
Having said that, I wish I could find a way to watch the Enfusion reality series that Iman Barlow was in.
I mildly follow Angela Hill because I know she and Sylvie fought as amateurs. It's interesting to see how wildly their careers diverged. I ran across a hi-light reel from Angela the other day that had a few quick flashes from their fight. Back when the fights happened Angela and her camp wouldn't let Sylvie post the full fights on youtube.
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MTG: The Curious Case Of “The Phantom Casual Fan Offensive” in Muay Thai and Kickboxing
Interesting article about growing casual fans of muay thai in the west.
I became a casual muay thai fan via feminism and women's empowerment. I stumbled across a bjj blog, Jiu Jiu's BJJ Blog. Started reading that, she linked to Sylvie's blog, 8limbs.us and the rest is history. I've also started following MMA. I'm not particularly interested in any of the male fighters though. Came for the bad ass women, stayed for the bad ass women.
I'm the kind of bad fan that isn't gonna make anyone any money though. I do my fight viewing via youtube/reddit gifs. I don't buy PPVs or merch. I do feel slightly guilty about that but I'm not hardcore enough to need to see a fight live. Especially since most fight cards only have one women's match which is what I'm interested in.
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MTG Podcast: Champ Tiffany Van Soest Discusses Her Training Camp For Lion Fight 23
Haven't had a chance to listen yet but wanted to share. I wonder if there will be an interview with Martyna as well.
Top Female Muay Thai Fighters and Fights - Full Fight Video Thread
in Open Topics - men and women - General Muay Thai Discussion and News
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Christi Brereton just uploaded some of her fights to youtube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4oQhsXYP9JHVzw6E3BlGPg/videos
Her Awakening athlete profile is here.