The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, will play host to the biggest Amateur Muaythai event that England has ever seen.

Four Nations - One Championship Belt!

www.themartialartsshow.com


More info shortly..


Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey all,

we are looking to develop the strongest English Team possible.

If you are interested in having your fighters join the England Team, or you wish to take part as an official, trainer, coach, helper, then please get in contact asap. admin@ukmtf.co.uk

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hi all,

please don't forget, if you want to represent Wales, Scotland or Ireland then you will need to get in contact with them direct.

Scotland (SMTC) - John Craig ~ info@scottishmuaythaicouncil.co.uk

Ireland (IMC) - Craig O'Flynn ~ sitjaipetch@muaythaiireland.com

Wales - Lee Power ~ eaglesthaiboxingleepower@fsmail.net

Official IFMA Site

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey all,

£10’000 for ten fighters to compete and represent their country at the IFMA 2011 World Championships being held in Bangkok, Thailand this November.

Are you interested?

Then put your fighters name(s) forward to represent their country at the UKMF Four Nations Championship, being held at the NEC Birmingham 7th May.

Ten of the best fighters from the Championship will then be selected to represent their country at the IFMA World Championships in Thailand.

GET INVOLVED!

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey all,

the IFMA World Championships this year will be held in Taskent - Uzbekistan this September.

Not as previously stated in Bangkok - Thailand in December.

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

whats the age cats for this ?
Ryan

Hey Ryan,

adults only I'm afraid, maybe next years one we will have junior catagories.

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey all,

you got to be in it to win it!

WMC World Champion - Michael Dicks
WMC World Champion - Anna Zuchelli
UKMF British Champion - Greg Wotton
UKMF English Champion - Wayne Fisher

All join the line up...

GET INVOLVED!

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

I thought Greg wotton WMC European champion?

Hey Adrian,

he could well be.

Thats even better news!

Thanks

Ryan

Greg Is WMC Euro champ, he beat the existing Champion, French lad who had beaten John Dennis in France to win the belt, on Dan Greens Doncaster Dome show last year.

Hi Lads we want the strongest teams from all nations taken part so its great to see Michael Dicks, Greg wotten, Watne Fisher,and Anna Zuchelli Steping up to represent there Nations
We are putting together the Irish team selections now and our Irish Team will be looking forward to doing battle with the best each nation has to offer,
We encourage all fighter, Coaches Ref & Judges to step up and represent there nation and bring the Honour & respect of this competition participation home with them.
The Irish Muaythai Council and the UKMF will be promoting this event to the highest standers under the guildlines of IFMA and the Worlds sports Bodies

Good Luck to all

Craig O'Flynn
Irish Muaythai Council

what weight category are these fighters in as it is on the day weigh in?

Is this actually amateur or just professional fighters with pads on?

professionals with pads on...no other countries use amateurs either

Hey ALL English Fighters!

This is not an open event.

You can not enter on the day.

There is an intense pre-selection process for making the England Team.

You must submit your fighters full details by the 17th April, in order to be concidered for the English team.

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Thanks Liam, seems odd that it's billed as 'amateur' then. I've heard your going to be at Sapphire MMA for Si's 100 round sparathon for Alder Hey hospital. Si said could you do round 100 cause he wants to be pushed hard (joke Si, don't chin me on Saturday).

Hey ALL English Fighters!

We have begun the intense pre-selection process for making the England Team.

The cut off date has been brought forward to next week, due to the number of entries put forward to the UKMF.

You must now submit your fighters full details by next Wednesday (6th April), in order to be concidered for the English team.

This is the last call for all English fighters to step forward and be chosen to represent their country in the biggest staged amateur event.

Please email admin@ukmtf.co.uk with your full details, or contact me directly info@singto.co.uk.

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey ALL English Fighters!

The final day is here.. have you put your name forward?

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Hey all,

the English Team is in... and it is scary the amount of talent this country has.

Full Team Line Ups to be announced shortly.

If your not in the event, then come and watch the Four Nations explode at the NEC, there are going to be some serious wars!

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

When is team being announced

Hi all,

Due to injuries in the build up to the biggest Amateur Muaythai event in England, we are now looking for additional England team members.

The new team members will join a whole host of quality fighters, coaches and team mates.

Adult Fighters Wanted:

81kg A class Male Fighter
75kg A class Male Fighter
91kg B class Male Fighter
60kg B class Male Fighter

We are also looking for experienced juniors to compete on the final day under UKMF rules, in front of the Sport England and Sport UK representatives.

These will be demonstration bouts against Scotland/Ireland, and is a prime opportunity for us all to showcase the future of UK Muaythai.

Junior Fighters Wanted:

56kg Male 17yrs Fighter
57kg Male 14yrs Fighter
51kg Female 17yrs Fighter

If you have someone who is interested in joining the England Team, then please contact myself or admin@ukmtf.co.uk.
Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

tim thomas should enter lazy boi lol

Everything is looking good for the 4 nations this weekend and the Irish team is just putting its final preparations together
We will be landing in the UK Friday night for weight in and draws
good luck to everyone involved

Im sure all the fighters representing their Countrys are very proud sooooooo whos on the teams?!

Ryan , 81kg A Class fighter, try Christian Di PAolo?

good luck with it and please can you announce the Teams/ fighters names and gyms? and weights?
also what Women are fighting and what weight divisions? cheers

Here is a rough list of the Irish team fighters and weights all subject to change depending on the weight in on Friday night and the Draws

51kg Gavin Sheehan Sitjaipetch Ireland

51kg Megan Maher Waterford Thai

54kg Paul O’Keeffe Sitjaipetch Ireland

57kg JJ Power Waterford Thai

57kg Siobhan Foley Sitjaipetch Ireland

60kg Andrew Doyle Louth Thai Sitjaipetch

63kg Stephan Hodger Louth Thai Sitjaipetch

67kg Sean Hodger Louth Thai Sitjaipetch

67kg Mike Harty Hanuman Galway

71kg Karl Joyce Lumpini Galway

71kg Declan McGuiness Louth Thai Sitjaipetch

76kg John Kavaghna Waterford Thai

81kg Eion O Mahoney Waterford Thai

81kg Scot Kelly Sitjaipetch Ireland

86kg Gary Fay Merve Galway

86kg Garry Walsh Waterford Thai

91kg Mike Joyce Lumpini Galway


Irish Muaythai Council, Officials for the Event

Mr. Sean Dillon
Mr. Craig O’Flynn
Mr. John Walsh
Mr. Pat McVoy
Mr. Richard Moore

Great to see the Irish so forthcoming with the team, what about England or is it a secret ? :?

The Irish team landed to night all in great form Hungry 
At the Weight in,the Irish team all came in right on weight so well done lads, the draws have been made and some good match ups,
Now the team must all weight in again 6-9am in the morning like all IFMA events before they fight. First matches tomorrow will be starting at 12 midday with the juniors first then the seniors, First up tomorrow for Ireland will be Gavin Sheehan Sitjaipetch and Megan Maher Waterford Thai will be the First Female fighter followed be the rest of the team
Nearly every fighter will have 2 fight semi Saturday Finals Sunday

Good Luck to all the Irish Fighters

come on wheres Enggland team ???????????????? and Scottish? and Welsh? names and Gyms ? Thanks Ireland and good luck to All

KAAAboooooooom!!!

UKMF 63.5kg English Champion vs UKMF 66.6kg English Champion

Go Head to Head in what could be the most explosive fight of the event.

The England Team had an outstanding performance from Salah Abdelsalam (Minotaurs) yesterday in the Semi Finals against Scotland.

You got to be in it, to win it!

Yours in Muaythai

Ryan Rudkin ~ 07734 448803
UKMF International Amateur (IFMA) Liaison

Welsh results as follows, so proud of my team.

Shaun Facey wins gold/1st place under 75kg B Class win V Jonno Greenwood England and then Win v Irish fighter at final

Ameen Alkilaney takes Silver/2nd Place lost in final to Salah Abdelsalam in a real battle, semi final beat Irish lad 1st rd ko with head kick

Stephen John 3rd Place 63.5kg B lost to Scotland in semis

Charles Sikwa under 91kg B fought twice v Ireland 1 x tournament loss got 3rd place and had 1 extra fight v Ireland for prestige. two very strong Irish lads.

All in all a well run event with good matches made in front of loads of different Martial Arts at a prestigous venue/event.

Showed Muay Thai in good light :-)

Great to hear details from the Welsh and Irish teams, pity no info from the English,not even who was on the team!!

Steve, in defence of the England Reps it has been a really busy busy weekend,i know they were up till way gone midnight sorting last minute pullouts, making teams etc and other things out on Friday then weigh ins at 6 am on Sat and Sunday, dealing with the constant questions and queries from the teams, registrations, the medicals, the NEC, Security, media, Hotels and everything else is a lot for 2/3 guys to do, all credit to the UKMF England reps and the helpers for pulling this mammoth task off.

Lee

How did the irish get on then?

I'm shattered now at this stage but we won 10 fights from 14 fighters so we're over the moon, Lots of Golds :) and in fairness Lee is spot on the English Officials had very long days, I was with them from about half six in the morning doing the weigh in's and they were still going till very late so bare with them.
Also have to say we were treated Fantastically over the whole weekend, We met some great people who are so genuine about our sport, and trying to bring it in the right direction and should be commended for this.
Well done lads...

positive posts and well done all and UKMF

Sounds like the UKMF have pulled off a very successful weekend, the lads all deserve credit so congrats and lets recognise the England Team fighters and officials!

Absolutely lads they really deserve some credit for pulling this off. it was a massive undertaking. WELL DONE...

Scotland = Sophie Gallagher win, through 2 final but opponent pulled out, Micheal Russell win through 2 final but no opponent, Ahmed Ibraham win but next fight lost on pts, craig Dickson fought at 67kg and stepped up also 2 fight at 71kg (has fought as low as 61kg), Nicky Murray lost on pts, steven boland 91kg won by stoppage.
Some really great fights and a great event, Scotland will deffo be bringing a team again next year, well done everyone that took part!

Also meant to say well done UKMF another step forward!!

Hi just back after a very busy weekend well done to everyone involved
The 4 nations was a well organised event by the UKMF & IMC and nice event to show case some of the talent from the 4 nations a great team building exercise for the nations and fighters it gave a lot of the newer fighters and chance to see what its like to fight in the IFMA Europeans and Worlds weighting in everyday and competing one day after another

Well Done to John Craig on the Scotland team
Lee Powers on the Walsh Team
Paul Hamilton and Ryan Rudkin on the English team
All the Ref and Judges of the UKMF & IMC
And I must say a big well done to all our Irish team who performed great and got some amazing result, acted very professionally weight in bang on weight every day and had a good team bond.

Here are the results of the Irish Team will post there opponent a little later when I get all names right.

51kg Gavin Sheehan Sitjaipetch Ireland won Gold

51kg Megan Maher Waterford Thai Won

57kg JJ Power Waterford Thai Won

67kg Sean Hodger Louth Thai Sitjaipetch Won Gold

67kg Mike Harty Hanuman Galway Lost

71kg Karl Joyce Lumpini Galway Won

71kg Declan McGuiness Louth Thai Sitjaipetch Won Gold

76kg John McClaffertyWaterford Thai Won

81kg Eion O Mahoney Waterford Thai Won

81kg Scot Kelly Sitjaipetch Ireland Lose

86kg Gary Fay Merve Galway Lose

86kg Garry Walsh Waterford Thai Won

Irish Muaythai Council, Officials for the Event

Mr. Sean Dillon
Mr. Craig O’Flynn
Mr. John Walsh
Mr. Pat McVoy
Mr. Richard Moore

i was lucky enough to watch some of the bouts over the weekend between helping julie with demos etc.
the fights and quality of fighters were really good and all 4 nations were represented well,well done ukmf.

Julie does not get enough credit for her demos

A better post now i am no so tired. lol

Apologies 1st as i didnt mean to forget the officials from other Nations who all worked very very hard helping the show run smoothly etc. very tired yesterday.
the judging was mostly spot on imo, the referees did a good job too.

a great event that showed Muay Thai in a good light, i was mingling with the crowd in between fights and talking to spectators and watching reactions from the public and marrtial artists alike.

i was asked many times about scoring etc by numerous different Martial Artists present and explained it to the best of my knowledge also explaining the difference between Amateur and Pro.
Muay Thai definately made some new fans including some of the personalities present who were seeing a live event for the first time. one or two were asking about classes and PT in their areas also and i referred them to the UKMF stand and website.

moving forward slowly but moving forward nontheless

positive
great
well done
great for Great Britain
UKMF well done, you come under a lot of Fire at times and nice to see you shine through on this ! Im In The UKMF !

and got a UKMF show this sunday ( Blatant plug lol )15th: may IKON Bolton
and if any fighters not banged up?
Please can you help?
63=65 KILOS B CLASS
70 kilos 1 fight c-class
73-74 kilos No fights Raw novice c-class
85-87 kilos 0 fights c-class
please get in touch asap cheers
sandy holt jussy senturk
All expenses paid and £5 ticket commission too cheers
01204 395807.
07836745075

Just want to say as I dident see a sperate thread for it Julie Natan & family did a great demo of ladies Muaythai some of our Irish girls met them and were well impressed aswell as the lads.
well done

SjP I second that Nathan, Julie and the girls are some of the nicest people i have met in Muay Thai and are great ambassadors for our sport.
A lovely family and good friends.

Julies demos are always awesome

thank you x

IRISH MUAYTHAI COUNCIL
IMC TEAM AT 4 NATIONS UK