K-1 announces match-ups for September 8th event in Los Angeles, CA

K-1 has officially announced the match-ups for their Heavyweight U.S. Grand Prix Championships and their U.S. K-1 Max GP along with four super fights for the September 8th event in Los Angeles, CA. The event will take place at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

The Heavyweight GP features a mix of K-1 veterans and young up and coming fighters. The four match-ups for the Heavyweight GP are Mighty Mo vs. Rick Roufus, Seth Petruzelli vs. Xavier Vigney, Dewey Cooper vs. Randy Blake, and Jarrell Miller vs. Jack May.

Four bouts official for M-One Muay Thai at Club Nokia; Schilling, Ross, Rungravee, Kaoklai and Adanza confirmed

Four bouts have been made official for the M-One Muay Thai event at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA on October 21st. As previously reported here on Muay Thai Authority, Joe Schilling will be taking on Kaoklai Kaennorsing. In addition, American poster boy Kevin Ross will face Sakkedao Petchpayathai, Romie Adanza will fight Luangsuanlek Sasiprapa and the always exciting Rungravee Sasiprapa will be returning to the United States to take on Turkish fighter Yetkin Ozkul.

Schilling has expressed interest in fighting international competition and will now face what is expected to be his toughest test to date in Kaoklai. Schilling recently earned a KO victory over Brandon Banda at Lion Fight Promotions "Battle in the Desert 3" to improve his record to 11-1 with nine of those wins coming via (T)KO. Kaoklai recently defeated American Cyrus Washington at Elite Boxing's "Thailand vs. Challenger" event in July.

Cosmo, Aikpracha, Mananquil, Saiyok, Rungrave and James rumored for October M-One event

M-One is looking to make an impact on the Muay Thai scene with their upcoming October event at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. The event currently scheduled for October 21st is already expected to feature a fight between American Joe Schilling and Thai Kaoklai Kaennorsing. Muay Thai Authority, however, has confirmed with a source close to the situation that three more fights are currently being worked on. Nothing is official and the bouts should only be considered as rumors for now. The three fights rumored to be in the works for the October 21st event at Club Nokia are Cosmo Alexandre vs. Aikpracha Meenayotin, Michael Mananquil vs. Saiyok Pumpanmuang­ and Rungravee Sasiprapa vs. Dean James.

Joe Schilling vs. Kaoklai likely for October M-One Muay Thai event in Los Angeles

Joe Schilling is fresh off his first round knockout of Brandon Banda at Lion Fight Promotions "Battle in the Desert 3" and his next bout is already in the works. Schilling is expected to meet Kaoklai Kaennorsing on October 21st at M-One's Muay Thai event scheduled to take place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. Although the bout has not been officially announced Muay Thai Authority has confirmed with sources close to the situation that the bout will take place.

Schilling is one of America's top Muay Thai fighters and has been chomping at the bit to get international opponents. With a record of 11-1 with nine of his wins coming by KO, Schilling has been a wrecking machine as of late. Schilling is an aggressive fighter who looks to finish fights and it will be interesting to see him face someone like Kaoklai as he will be Schilling's toughest test to date.

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.