The Challenger Muaythai blog - Cedric Muller

by Cedric Muller

I qualified in 2009 through a French selection tournament to represent France in the "Contender Asia: Season 2". The show was delayed quite a bit and finally it was re-named "The Challenger Muaythai", some of the fighters changed from CA2 for multiple reasons. When I arrived in the villa, I saw that all the fighters were not the same as I had initially foreseen, except Jordan Watson, Marco Pique, Jesse Miles and Faizal RamlI. I was a surprised to see some famous fighters like Mardsua, Colossa, Giorgi, Antoine and others that were now part of the show.

The days before the start of the show the ambiance was good with everyone, funny and deconstruct, everyone was friendly. The day we arrived at the villa, we knew now the competition had started and we could fight each other at anytime. The training was like usual for a fighter, hard and intensive, but I tried to not give it my all keeping some of my resources for the fight. I bunked with Colossa, Pique, Giorgi and Merza, it was a good feeling because we were the oldest and had the same preoccupation.

The Challenger Muaythai blog - Antoine Pinto

by Antoine Pinto

I was very honored to be chosen with Cedric Muller to represent my country in this international Muaythai show, as well as being an ambassador for the sport because this event will affect millions of viewers worldwide. I think Stephan Fox and his team chose me for my experience in Thailand and my good results this past year.

It was a beautiful experience of for me to participate in The Challenger Muay Thai, but it was also a tough experience because I am one of the youngest boxers, one of the lightest and for the first time I had to fight, train and live without my family, coaches and elsewhere.
The hardest part was being forbidden to communicate with the outside and you having to choose which boxer to fight, because every boxer lives day and night with you. It definitely creates tension in the house.