Push Kick Promotions "Thailand vs. The Americas" set for August 18th in Pomona, CA

Push Kick Promotions has officially announced their August 18th event in Pomona, CA. Muay Thai World Stand Off – Thailand vs. The Americas will take place at the Pomona Fairplex and will feature four Thai fighters against four American fighters. The matches will be Aikpracha Meenayotin vs. Ky Hollenbeck, Rung Reung Chai vs. Michael Mananquil, Lerdsila Chumpairtour vs. Rami Ibrahim, and Neungsiam Samphusri vs. Ognjen Topic.

Aikpracha recently defeated Fabio Pinca and is continuously active in Thailand; known as “The Hitman” his aggressive style should make for an exciting match with Hollenbeck. After suffering his first career loss late in 2011, Hollenbeck bounced back nicely at the Legends Muay Thai event in San Francisco on April 28th. He scored a speedy first round (T)KO over Cyrus Washington. Both fighters are expected to be busy before they meet, with Hollenbeck being part of the Glory World Series and Aikpracha as usual remaining active on the Thai fight circuit.

Mananquil will be looking to return from over a year long layoff to face Rung Reung. The fight will definitely not be a warm up fight for Mananquil as he returns to action and will prove to be a stiff test for him.

Philadelphia’s Rami Ibrahim and New Jersey’s Ognjen Topic will round out the American team as they take on Lerdsila and Neungsiam. Both fights can arguably be considered the toughest fight of each of their careers. Before they step in the ring to take on the Thai team, Ibrahim and Topic will actually fight each other at CSC 33 in Richmond, Virginia.