WCK Muay Thai "Hot Summer Fights" set for August 24th in Temecula, CA with Miriam Nakamoto vs. Aleide Lawant main event

WCK Muay Thai will return to Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA on August 24th with "Hot Summer Fights". The night's main event will feature Miriam Nakamoto (15-0) making her return to the Muay Thai ring after a year long absence to face Aleide Lawant (19-8). 

Nakamoto has made a successful transition to MMA since her last Muay Thai Fight in August of 2012 when she defeated Julie Kitchen. Dutch striker, Lawant will look to welcome Nakamoto back to the Muay Thai ring. The 2011 winner of the Enfusion tournament will look to try and hand Nakamoto her first career defeat.

In the night's co-main event Mexican WBC Muay Thai champion Luis Bio (11-4) square off with Raul Rodriguez (11-1) in a WBC Muay Thai title fight. Bio will look to bounce back after a decision loss in China against to Zhipeng Zhou in the Wu Lin Feng 154lb 8-man tournament. Rodriguez last competed in November of 2012 when he scored decision victory over Chuang Xie at the WCK's Wu Lin Feng event in Las Vegas.

Also featured on the card will be Mike Lemaire (9-1) vs. Ryan Madigan (28-6) for the WBC Muay Thai national cruiserweight title. Lemaire will be looking to bounce back from his first professional loss.

Fight Card:

Miriam Nakamoto vs. Aleide Lawant

Luis Bio vs. Raul Rodriguez

Mike Lemaire vs. Ryan Madigan

Lena Ovchynnikova vs. Emily Bearden

Adam Rothweiler vs. Levon Sarksyan

Miguel Cosio vs. Jacob Poss

Josh Aragon vs. Guilherme Silva

Dave Pacheco vs. James Steelsmith

Rajesh Narine vs. John Vargas

Chris Minor vs. Alfred Kashakyan

Results and Recap: Friday Night Fights Muay Thai 2011 Season Finale

by Eddie Marini

New York -- Friday Night Fights Muay Thai took place last night at The Hall at St. Paul’s in New York. The night’s main event featured a bout between Turan Hasanov and Villi Bello. The bout was non-stop action from start to finish; Hasanov came out aggressive in the first round. He used solid hand combinations followed up by leg kicks to score. Hasanov’s leg kicks set the pace for the fight as they landed throughout. Bello was willing to take the punishment from Hasanov’s leg kicks and get inside and exchange with Hasanov, resulting in the crowd roaring over the excitement. The fight went the distance and despite Bello being a game opponent the fight awarded to Hasanov by unanimous decision.

Emily Bearden and Denise Jacobs met in a female pro bout and it was all Bearden the entire fight. Bearden worked a great push kick to kick Jacobs at bay as she looked to clinch. A solid right hand from Bearded scored a standing eight count. Jacobs looks to turn things around in the fifth but it was too little too late. The knockdown and the previous four rounds clearly created to large of a deficit for her to catch up. The judges awarded Bearden the win by unanimous decision.

Lion Fight Promotion's "Battle in the Desert" Preview

Saturday February's 12th Lion Fight Promotions inaugural event "Battle in the Desert" will take place at Buffalo Bill's Casino in Primm, NV. There are several interesting pro Muay Thai bouts taking place, and Muay Thai Authority will be there to cover the action. Below are our picks for the pro fights that will take place this Saturday.

Malaipet vs. Michael Mananquil (Welterweight Title Bout)

This re-match is happening awful quick, it was just last July that Malaipet walked away with a split decision over Mananquil. Since then Malaipet has lost two consecutive fights, one a high profile bout with American Kevin Ross. Mananquil dropped a decision in the first round of the WKN Belarus tournament, and a later bout with Gilmar China Sales which was set to take place at War of the Heroes 8 in November was scrapped at the last minute.