Buakaw vs. Dzhabar Askerov to headline Muaythai Premier League inaugural event in September

Buakaw was supposed to make his American debut under the Stand Up Promotions banner but due to certain issues the fight was not able to materialize. It seems American Muay Thai fans will get their chance to see Buakaw fight after all. The recently announced Muaythai Premier League is looking to make a big impact with its first event, a re-match between Buakaw and Dzhabar Askerov will head line their inaugural event which will take place September 2nd in Los Angeles, CA. Buakaw defeated Askerov via decision in 2007 in a K-1 Max event.

Also expected to take place on the card will be a re-match between John Wayne Parr, and Baxter Humby. The pair fought back in 2002, a fight which Parr won after Humby's corner threw in the towel in the third round. Humby has stated he didn't agree with his corner throwing in the towel, and called out John Wayne Parr earlier this year.

Kings Cup 8 man tournament set for Dec. 5th with Yodsanklai, Pique, Askerov, Miles, and more

The King's Cup is set to take place on Nov. 5th at Sanamluang in Bangkok, Thailand in honor of the King's 83rd birthday. The format for the event will be an eight man tournament with representatives from eight different countries. The list of competitors is listed below, a discrepancy to note on the fight poster is that Jesse Miles from Canada is listed as Marcus Oberg and from Sweeden and vice versa.

This is a pretty stacked field of competitors and it will definitely not be an easy task for any of these fighters to come out on top in this tournament.Of course the most notable fighter is Yodsanklai, he is coming off a split decision loss to John Wayne Parr.

Fighters in Tournament:
Yodsanklai Fairtex (Thailand)
Marco Pique (Holland)
Cosmo Alexandre (Brazil)
Dzhabar Askerov (Russia)
Jesse Miles (Canada)
Marcus Oberg (Sweeden)
Jordan Watson (England)
Vuyisile Colossa (South Africa)

Challenger Series: Thailand vs. Germany taking place in November

Another installment of Elite Boxing's Challenger Series is set to take place. This time Thailand will be taking on Germany, and this will be only the second time the event will not be held in Thailand as the event will take place in Germany.

The even is scheduled to take place sometime in November, two member of the Thai TVC team will take on two German fighters. In addition there will be five Hype FC superfights, and at least one Hype FC title will be on the line. The two fighters from the Thai team or the German team are yet to be named. Ramazan Ramazanov (pictured to the left) and Dzabhar Askerov of Russia are the only two fighters named so far for the fight card.

The event will take place at the Blautalcenter shopping complex in Ulm, Germany.