Category Archives: Weight Divisions

Professional Muay Thai is governed and controlled by the World Boxing Council Muay Thai or WBC Muay Thai. They established the rules and regulations pertinent to the fighting competitions, including the rules on weighing in and weight divisions.

Muay Thai fighters must not be over 135 pounds or 61.235 kg but not over 140 pounds or 63.503 kg, if they want to compete for the Super Lightweight Division.

• The WBC Muay Thai Male World Champion Title for the Super Lightweight division is currently held by Saketdaow Petchpayatai, a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He won the title in October 21, 2011 and successfully defended it last June 9, 2012.

• Meanwhile, the WBC Muay Thai Male International Champion Title for the Super Lightweight is currently held by Tetsuya Yamato from Japan. He won the title on September 22, 2012.

• An Interim World Champion for the Super Lightweight Division is Aranchai Kiatpatarapan from Thailand.

• For the WBC Muay Thai Female World and International Champion Titles for the Super Lightweight Division, the positions remain vacant to this day.

Some of the Muay Thai fighters ranking for the Super Lightweight Division are:

• Anuwat Kaewsamrit. He is known for his powerful hands and is often referred to as “Mike Tyson” or “The Iron Hands of Siam”. He was Rajadamnern Stadium champion at Mini Flyweight, Light Flyweight and Super Flyweight divisions.

• Kevin “The Soul Assassin” Ross. He is an American Muay Thai kickboxer currently ranking No. 14 in the world by the WBC Muay Thai in the Super Lightweight Division. He had won the Super Lightweight WBC International Championship title in 2009.

Others in ranking for the Super Lightweight Division are:

• Famongkol Petchsupapan (Thai)

• Seemanut S. Sirinya (Thai)

• Wacharalek A. Kwanmuang (Thai)

• Laemtong T. Pornchai (Thai)

• Daowprakay A. Kwanmuang (Thai)

• Kaew Fairtex (Thai)

• Kupee Kiatyongyuth (Thai)

• Saksongkram Popthiratham (Thai)

• Damien Alamos (France)

• Hiroki Ishi (Japan)

• Choke Eminentair (Thai)

• Soffiane Derdega (France)

• Raouf Beliouz (France)

• Micheal Thompson (Australia)

• Houcine Bennoui (France)

• Edu Morina (ESP)

• Alexy Uliyanov (Russia)

• Leo Montero (Brazil)

According to the WBC Muay Thai Rule No. 6, Muay Thai fighters competing for the Super Featherweight Division must satisfy the weight requirements of over 126 pounds or 57.153 kg but not over 130 pounds or 58.967 kg.

The Champions

The WBC Muay Thai World Champion in the Super Featherweight Division is currently held by Kaimukkaow Wacharachaigym, a Muay Thai fighter from Thailand. He won the title in July 5, 2012 and it has not been taken away from him to date.

His fighter name is Mathias Sitsongpeenong but his real name is Mathias Gallo Cassarino and he is a Muay Thai fighter from Italy. He is currently holding the WBC Muay Thai International Champion in the Super Featherweight Division. His current ranking as NO. 10 in WBC Muay Thai Super Featherweight Division, and the WPMF No. 1 Super Featherweight.

The following Muay Thai fighters are in ranking for the WBC Muay Thai Super Featherweight Championship title:

• Pakorn Sakyothin (Thai)

• Mongkolchai Petchsupapan (Thai)

• Kongsak Sitbunmee (Thai)

• Wanchalerm Ch. Chuenkamol (Thai)

• Eaklit M. Krungthepthonburi (Thai)

• Tongchai Sittongsak (Thai)

• Saenkeng J. Nopparat (Thai)

• Jingreedtong Seatransferry (Thai)

• Kongsiam T. Pitakchai (Thai)

• Jaenrop Sakhomsil (Thai)

• Yetkin Ozkul (France)

• Rob Storey (UK)

• Vladamir Borov (Bulgaria)

• Rienhart Badato (Australia)

• Nakamura A. Piriyapinyo (Japan)

• Yoshinori Nakasuka (Japan)

• Andrei Bondarev (Ukraine)

• Naoki Ishikawa (Japan)

• Sofiane Bougoussa (France)

Other Muay Thai fighters who have held championship title in the Super Featherweight Division outside WBC Muay Thai competitions, include:

• Surasak Pakcotakang. His fighter name is Kem Sitsongpeenong. And he won the Rajadamnern Stadium Super Featherweight Champion.

• Saenchai Sinbi Muay Thai. He held the Lumpini Stadium Champion Title for the Super Featherweight Division (130 lbs / 59 kg).

• Anuwat Kaewsamrit. He was the 2010 Rajadamnern Stadium Super-featherweight Champion.

• Liam Harrison. He is a fighter from the United Kingdom, and he won the 2001 S.I.M.T.A. Muaythai super featherweight Northern Area champion.

For a  Muay Thai fighter, competing for the Super Bantamweight;  has to meet the weight requirements of this division, which is over 118 pounds or 53.524 kg but not over 122 pounds or 55.338 kg.

The current holder of the WBC Muay Thai World Super Bantamweight title is Kaimukdum Chuwattana from Thailand. He won the title on November 4, 2011 and keeps the title to date.

The WBC International male champion, the Super Bantamweight Champion is Kunitaka Fujiwara from Japan. For the female world title and the female international titles, no one has won any of the titles yet.

In ranking are the following Muay Thai fighters targeting the World Super Bantamweight Championship win:

• Petchmorakot V. Sangprapai (THA)

• Thanonchai T. Saengtiennoi (THA)

• Tong Puydee9dee (THA)

• Petchutong A. Kwanmuang (THA)

• Singhdum Chokekana (THA)

• Yodtongthai P. Telakul (THA)\

• Superbank Sakchaichote (THA)

• Chailek Kwaitonggym (THA)

• Kaewtam Lookprabaht (THA)

• Kunitaka (JAP)

• Fonluang Sitbunmee (THA)

• Andy Howson (UK)

• Andrie Zayats (BLR)

• Dimitri Koren (BLR)

• Keisuke Miyamoto (JAP)

• Ryaya Kusakabe (JAP)

• Sergei Marochinski (UKR)

• Bouchareb Mohamed (FRA)

• Petchpanomrung W. Sangprapai (THA)

• Tingtong Koyuhaisuzu (THA)

• Yodkunphol Sitmontchai (THA)

• Nongbeer Chokengamwong (THA)

• Sam-A T. Rattanakiat (THA)

• Dechsakda Sitsongpeenong (THA)

• Fahmongkol SJ Laipaedliew (THA)

• Damien Trainor (UK)

• Dale White (UK)

• Ryaya Kusakabe (JAP)

• Andy Howsen (UK)

• Arato (JAP)

• Sergei Marochinski (UKR)

• Bouchareb Mohamed (FRA)

WBC Muay Thai is commissioned under the jurisdiction of the World Boxing Council (WBC) as the regulatory organization in charge of controlling and supervising professional Muay Thai events and their respective international jurisdictions.

Under the WBC Muay Thai Rule No. 6, Muay Thai fighters competing for the Featherweight Division should weigh over 122 pounds or 55.338 kg but not more than 126 pounds or 57.153 kg.

The Championship Title for the Featherweight Division belongs to no one as there is no one holding the title to date.

• Romie Adanza – California-based Filipino- American Muay Thai fighter who started his career as a featherweight fighter, winning the WBC Muay Thai International Featherweight Championship. He currently competes in the Flyweight division. He is known for his aggressive fighting style and excellent boxing skills.  He also held the WBC Muay Thai United States Featherweight Championship.

Other Notable Ranking Muay Thai Fighters are:

• Penek (Pen-ake) Sitnumnoi. He held the Lumpinee Featherweight Championship title.

• Jomthong Chuwattana. He is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. He is the WBC Muaythai Featherweight Champion and 3 times Rajadamnern Stadium Champion.

• Kem Sitsongpeenong. He was formerly known as Khem Fairtex, – a Thai Muay Thai fighter and the reigning Thailand and WMC Muaythai super welterweight world champion. He had held the Featherweight title in the past.

Also ranking are the following Muay Thai fighters:

• Petcheak Kiatyongyuth (Thai)

• Saeksan A. Kwanmuang (Thai)

• Singhtongnoy P. Telakul (Thai)

• Yodvisha P. Bunsith Yokwittaya Petchseemuen (Thai)

• Sirimongkol PK Stereo (Thai)

• Phokaew Fonjancholburi (Thai)

• Petchtawee S. Kittisak (Thai)

• Kwankaow Ch. Rachapsaduisan (Thai)

• Dean James (UK)

• Graham Ness (UK)

• Albert Chey (France)

• Yuri Satsuk (BLR)

• Aleksei Talantov (BLR)

• Heihachi Nakajima (Japan)

• Moriano Olivier (France)

• Dembele Paly (France)

• Sam-A T. Rattanakiat (Thai)

• Petchpanomrung V. Sangprapai (Thai)

• Newwangjan Pakornpornsiri (Thai)

• Kaimukkaow Wacharachai Gym (Thai)

• Tingtong Koyuhaisuzu (Thai)

• Sirimongkol PK Stereo (Thai)

• Aaron O’Callaghan (Ireland)

• Hiroki Akimoto (Japan)

• Yosuke Morii (Japan)

According to the Rules and Regulations set by the WBC Muay Thai, the Super Flyweight Division is for fighters that weight more than 112 pounds or 50.802 kg but not over 115 pounds or 52.163 kg.

Jomhod Eminent Air

Currently holding the title for Male WBC World Champion in Super Flyweight Division is Thailand’s Jomhod Eminent Air when he defeated Ronnie Adanza and won the title on May 16, 2013. Jomhod was the 2008 Junior Flyweight Ch7 Champion and S1 Mini Flyweight Rajadamnern Stadium Champion. He is known for his superior clinch work and timing, Jomhod also has shown he has great boxing ability by actively competing in the sport in the last few years.

Ronni Adanza

He won the WBC International Super Flyweight Championship Title in 2011 and no one has claimed the title from him since. This American Muay Thai champion was defeated by WBC World Champion Jomhod Eminent Air in his attempt to capture his first WBC World Title. Aside from the WBC International Super Flyweight title, Adanza is a current MTAA World Champion and IKKC World Champion. With her looks she could be one of the hottest female fighters in Muay Thai.

Ruth Ashdown

She is currently the holder of the Female WBC International Super Flyweight Champion title which she won in 2012. No one has taken the title from this Muay Thai champ from England. She might be

The Muay Thai Fighters, all from Thailand in Ranking for the WBC Super Flyweight Division are:

• Wanchalong Sitsonong

• Lumnampong P. Thosaphol

• Nuengthep Eminentair

• Petchmorakot V. Sangprapai

• Lumnamul Sakchaichote

• Dang S. Ploenchit

• Rungubol Eminentair

• Hongtonglek Ch. Fahpliensee

• Chokenumchai Sitjakoong

Other Muay Thai Super Flyweight Fighters

Other Muay Thai Fighters with Super Flyweight Championship Titles from various organizations are:

• Yodsanklai Fairtex. He held the Lumpinee Stadium Champion for Super Flyweight and Welterweight Divisions. He is a Toyota tournament winner and has held internationally known and respected world titles of the WMC- The Contender Asia Champion, Kings Cup tournament Champion 2010, and Middleweight World Champion and WBC – Muay Thai World Super Welterweight Champion.

• Saenchai. He held the Lumpinee Stadium Super-Flyweight / Bantamweight / Super Featherweight and Lightweight Champion titles. He also held WMC Lightweight World Champion and Lightweight Diamond World Champion titles. He is the Toyota Cup winner in 2010, WPMF Lightweight World Champion, and MTAA Lightweight World Champion.

Samart Payakaroon. He was Champion in the Lumpinee Stadium 105 pounds (Mini Flyweight), 108 pounds (Light Flyweight), 115 pounds (Super Flyweight), and 126 pounds (Featherweight).

In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai, fighters in the Flyweight Division should weigh more than 108 pounds or 48.988 kg and not exceeding 112 pounds or 50.802 kg.

As of this writing , WBC Muay Thai’s Championship Title for Flyweight Division is still vacant. However, there are a number of superstar fighters from Thailand and from other countries competing and successfully at that in various fight matches. Some of them include:

Yodsanklai Fairtex

He is a Thai kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter. He is the former three-time Lumpini Stadium Champion in the Flyweight and Welterweight Divisions. He earned the nickname, “The Boxing Computer” from Thai sports newspapers as a testament to his perfect fighting technique.

Romie Adanza

He is an American Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the Flyweight division and is known for his good boxing skills and aggressive fighting style. He started his career in the Featherweight Division, winning the WBC Muay Thai International Featherweight Championship before dropping down to Bantamweight. After one final weight class, he change down to Flyweight and won another WBC International crown before becoming the MTAA World Flyweight Champion.

Sangmanee Sor Tienpo

This teenage prodigy won the Lumpini Mini Flyweight belt, the Rajadamnern Flyweight belt and the S-1 Flyweight belt.

Rambaa Somdet

He is a great Muay Thai specialist and is one of the top Flyweights in the world of mixed martial arts and Muay Thai.

Other names to watch out for in the Muay Thai Flyweight Division are:

• Ryuji Kato from Japan

• Naoki Otsuki from Japan

• Palangphol Chuwattana from Thailand

• Fahpennueng P. Donsit from Thailand

• Thaksinlek Kiatniwat from Thailand

• Trakulpetch S. Sommai from Thailand

• Katapetch S. Suradech from Thailand

• Jomhod Sakami from Thailand

• Bangpleenoy 96Peenang from Thailand

• Kusakornnoy S. Julsen from Thailand

• Petchkarat Jitmuangnont from Thailand

• Petch Eakbangsai from Thailand

• Pholkrit Namplaytrahoymuk

• Payaknoy W. Wiwattananont

• Ronald Low from Singapore (7x Muay Thai champion in the Flyweight division)