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Nickos, The fight was not said to be a Muay thai title, it was titled WMAC Heavyweight Kickboxing Championship. It was only called "Thai boxing like" because of the knees and leg kicks, which at that time was fairly new to USA viewers, the commentators said that Cikatic was the Muay Thai Champion which he has by another sanctioning body. Maybe at some point someone miss spoke during the fight but it was never sold as Muay Thai.
There was only one said Muay Thai fight on the card and that was the first one between - Rajadamnern Stadium Champion Rungrich O. Smith vs. Jacksing So. Ravadee it was the rubber match for the two Thailand fighters with Smith winning by KO in the 4th. (great match)
This was the one and only event for the WMAC (Promoter/sanstioning body) which put on a great show and had big plans for the future. The Mo Smith vs. Steve Kruwell match was billed as a title eliminator. Which means at there next show it would have been DENNIS ALEXIO vs. MAURICE SMITH !!! But just like the K-1 and Mass Destruction it failed on PPV and that was the end of that.
The only time kickboxing was a success on TV was back in the 80`s when the PKA was the highest rated weekly show on ESPN, but then they imploded when the owners Don and Judy Quine got caught in a major Cocaine sting. Now there are countless sanctioning bodies ,rules, weight classes and the public doesn`t know who the Champions are much less the contenders. The one lone exception is the Heavyweights in the K-1 rules format but the rest of the sport is imposable to follow which = no fan base. (exccept us die hard on the AX!)