Thai Fight 2nd round results

The second round of the very anticipated Thai Fight tournament is now complete and four more fighters have advanced. Although not everything went of as planned.

Liam Harrison won via KO against Soishiro Miyakoshi, but due to the fact that he weighed in above the limit he has been removed from the tournament and Miyakoshi will take his place in the final four.

Joining Miyakoshi in the second round will be Fabio Pinca who defeated Rafi Zouheir via decision, Petchmunkong Petchfocus who defeated Vitaly Gurkov via decision, and Youssef Boughanem who defeated Anthony Kane.

Four countries are still being represnted in the tournament; France (Pinca), Thailand (Petchfocus), Japan (Miyakoshi), and Belgium (Boughanem). Matches for the final four have not been determined yet.

Thai Fight second round match-ups announced

The first round of the Thai Fight tournament has come and gone, and the fights were very entertaining. Of the eight fights four ended in a knockout, while the other four went the distance. Fabio Pinca, Liam Harrison, Petchmonkong Petchfocus, and Vitaly Gurkov all ended their fight and did not allow it to go the distance.

The match-ups for the second round of the Thai Fight tournament will be as follows:

Soishiro Miyakoshi (JAPAN) vs. Liam Harrison (ENGLAND)
Rafi Zouheir (SPAIN) vs. Fabio Pinca (FRANCE)
Petchmonkong Petchfocus (THAILAND) vs. Vitaly Gurkov (RUSSIA)
Anthony Kane (NEDERLAND) vs. Youssef Boughanem (BELGIUM)

The second round is set to take place October 25th.

Thai Fight Opening Round results

The opening round of Thai Fight came and went and it was everything it was expected to be. Below are the results for the opening round.

Thai Fight Tournament Opening Round Results:
Youssef Boughanem def. Jason Lea via Decision
Liam Harrison def. Behzan Rafighdoust via TKO in the 2nd Rd
Fabio Pinca def. Sharos Huyer via KO in the 1st Rd
Rafi Zouheir def. Bartosz Koscielniak via Decision
Petchmonkong Petchfocus def. Zhou Hongzhang via KO in the 1st Rd
Vitaly Hurkov def. Jong Hyun Ko via KO in the 3rd Rd
Soishiro Miyakoshi def. Fikri Arican via Decision
Anthony Kane def. Salahdine Ait Naceur via Decision

Thai Fight Opening Round set for August 29, Match-ups Announced

Thai Fight, a 16 man Muay Thai tournament and reality show with the first round of the tournament occurring August 29th. The event will take place at Hua Mak’s Rajamangala National Stadium.

The tournament set up will be three rounds of three minutes each with a two minute break. Full Muay Thai rules will be in effect. The remainder of the tournaments dates are set for October 25th, and December 6th.

First place will take home $62,500, second place $31,250, third place 9,375 and 4th place $6,250.

The match ups for the opening round which will be in the format of a round robin knockout are as follows.

1. Jason Lea (Australia) vs Youssef Boughanem (Belgium)
2. Liam Harrison (England) vs Behzan Rafighdoust (Iran)
3. Sharos Huyer (Italy) vs Fabio Pinca (France)
4. Fikri Arican (Turkey) vs Soichiro Miyakoshi (Japan)
5. Farnam Mirzai (Sweden) vs Anthony Kane (Netherlands)
6. Vitaly Hurkou (Russia) vs Jong hyun ko (Korea)
7. Bartosz Koscielniak (Germany) vs Rafi Zouheir (Spain)
8. Petchmonkong Petchfocus (Thailand) vs Zhou hongzhang (China)