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Hi All, 

I am matchmaking some Muay Thai fights in Minnesota and we have a lot of female fighters in the area who will need to be matched on our next card and on future cards. We are looking for amateurs of all levels (weights 108 - 175) within the US and Canada, and some female pros as well. We are open to both drive ins and fly ins :-) If you are able and willing to travel to fight, please drop your name/record/location below with the best way to contact you. Thank you!

 

 

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Ooooh! Cool. I'd be interested - depends on what date as I'm heading back to Thailand early next year January to March, but sounds like fun so I'm open to getting more experience in North America. 

Name: Jamaica Noriel 
Record: 0-1 [i don't know how fights in Thailand apply to North America but I'd like to be considered as an amateur still lol] 
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Weight: 140-145 lbs 

You can add me on Facebook if you'd like! :D 

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I'm gonna be in Minnesota Thanksgiving weekend.  Dana Hoey, 150, 1 smoker boxing only.  Senior (51).  Everyone prefers I fight someone my age though I am less concerned about it at this level.  No weight-cutting though (5 lbs max).  Thank you Kaitlin; we are so lucky you are posting and commenting here!

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Three Oaks - How do you feel training with younger women? Do you feel much of a strength difference? I think age is much more of an issue in the men's division than it is in ours, so I tend to agree with you that you don't need to be separated. I trained an amateur MMA fighter in her mid-40s for a while and she had no problem with 20-year-olds. She had a both wins and losses, but none of them could be attributed to age. 

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Three Oaks - How do you feel training with younger women? Do you feel much of a strength difference? I think age is much more of an issue in the men's division than it is in ours, so I tend to agree with you that you don't need to be separated. I trained an amateur MMA fighter in her mid-40s for a while and she had no problem with 20-year-olds. She had a both wins and losses, but none of them could be attributed to age. 

I don't feel a strength difference at all. I have old farm lady/mom strength in most situations (not with New Thai though; she's a beast lol).  Definitely there is a reaction time difference though.  I am slower; I notice that mostly in the pace of my learning.  I have to work harder and longer than younger people but that's ok.  I assume in fight situations that lag will play out too.  Some of that is being a novice but some of it has got to be age.  Don't care though.

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This is also available.  I don't know them personally but they have several female spots open on the East Coast. 

*edited to include more openings*

 

Iron City Muay Thai Kickboxing is still looking for the following match ups for female fighters:

160 Female 1-0
130-135 25 Female 3-0
165 33 Female 0-0
125 Female 0-0

Pittsburgh, PA on Nov 4th. Amateur Card. Local/driving distance.

 
 
 
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Three Oaks - How do you feel training with younger women? Do you feel much of a strength difference? I think age is much more of an issue in the men's division than it is in ours, so I tend to agree with you that you don't need to be separated. I trained an amateur MMA fighter in her mid-40s for a while and she had no problem with 20-year-olds. She had a both wins and losses, but none of them could be attributed to age. 

I am thinking about the strength/age differential for men & women - that is very interesting that your experience says its men that are affected more.  I wonder if it has to do with increasing estrogen and declining testosterone for them, and the reverse for women?

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I am thinking about the strength/age differential for men & women - that is very interesting that your experience says its men that are affected more.  I wonder if it has to do with increasing estrogen and declining testosterone for them, and the reverse for women?

 

I think so. As a general rule, estrogen contributes to poor athletic performance and testosterone contributes to great athletic performance. If our primary sex hormones decline as we age, it stands to reason that we might do better with lower estrogen and men will do significantly worse with lower testosterone. There are other factors and hormones involved, but I don't think you see the sharp decline in performance the same way you do with men. Oddly, heavyweight males seem to be able to compete well longer but that may be due to speed being less of their game. ...and now I'm on a tangent. LOL

 

Edit: There are more openings available on the PA card. See above. 

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Up here, it depends on their level of experience. If you are new, you can do full pads. Class A usually doesn't wear anything other than elbow pads. Class B is supposed to wear shin pads. Headgear is optional for all fights but if one person wears it, then both must wear it.

On our last show I don't think anyone did...maybe one bout? I advise against it because it is a giant pain in the butt for clinch and increases concussion risk. Fighters might be slightly more likely to get cut, but that's pretty rare with pads. We have a doc in house who is amazing with stitches and has done a great job putting pros back together when they catch an elbow or two. 

Glad you are looking to fight again :-)

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