Real Muay Thai Fights

[glenjean]

Where in Pattaya can I see "Real".... Muay Thai fights, not the staged fights you see at most of the beer bars. Real Muay Thai fights inside Pattaya City ?

[blett1111]

Keep your eyes peeled for posters around town..... They will tell you where, when and who......The fairtex fights are usually good...

[exile aberdeen]

Fairtex stadium put on fights at least twice a week.

You'll see posters everywhere...

[Gman-KM]

Fairtex stadium put on fights at least twice a week.

You'll see posters everywhere...

 

Yes the Stadium you will see real fights, I think usually its Monday Night & Thursday Night is the nights

the Fairtex Stadium holds fight nights.

 

If your lucky you might get there on a night where there is some sort of a title or "big fight" especially

 

if 2 Thai pro fighters with for them "big money" for the winner.

 

A lot of the foreign lads fighting (if they are not real serious going places with it, farang Muay Thai fighters)

are fighting Thai fighters who years back may have been the real deal, but today are well over the hill fighting wise, & fighting a bit of cash. (perhaps a bit more cash, for letting farang win!). As over the years I see the same thai lads fighting foreigners week in week on. Nothing wrong with that, as long as foreign lads (who are not real deal farang fighters) see it for what it is, & do not loose the ego. ;-)

 

I guess its good for business, for the MT Camps to work it like this, set it up for foreign lad to win.

(too bad, they do not seem to tell foreign fighters, what the real situation is.).

 

All in All it is a good night once in a while esp if a big fight is on.

 

I see but not been yet, the Avenue Shopping Mall 2nd Road Friday nights in bedside new McDonalds have a Muay Thai fight night every friday at 6pm or 7pm & I think it is free in ?

 

Does anyone know if these are "real" fights?

 

Sometimes in the beer bars, you will see a few real fights, usually a foreign lad, doing a warm up fight for their stadium fight a week or 2 later. Good Friend Beer Bar on the weekends, down past Royal Garden Mall, you see an occasion real fight in there all free. check it out.

[glenjean]

Thanks for all the info.

[Big Casino]

Best thai stadium is in Bangkok. Limpuni stadium a real good atmosphere. Buy ring side seats and they will tray beer to you. Can feel a little intimidating if you walk in stone cold sober and a fight is in progress. Noisy with lots of thais behind a cage in the cheap seats shouting and cheering together with the music and drum.

Great night though.

[Greenie]

I see but not been yet, the Avenue Shopping Mall 2nd Road Friday nights in bedside new McDonalds have a Muay Thai fight night every friday at 6pm or 7pm & I think it is free in ?

 

Does anyone know if these are "real" fights?

 

I have been there two times a few weeks ago and to my impression the fights were real. There were 7 fights per evening and fighters from different mt schools fighting against each other. One or two fights with young fighters (10 - 16 years) and some with obviously experienced fighters. Not at all the show crap you see on WS.

 

I would definitely recommend it - and it's cheap because it's free. So best to bring one or two bottles of beer with you. I liked it very much and my local guide was almost excited.

 

Not to forget that they had nice girls showing the numbers of the next round

 

Starting time is 7 pm. If you are not too late then you should have no trouble getting a seat.

Edited June 29, 2009 by Greenie