Thai guy, it's not arrogance; it's the nature of ‘Sport’. No one country 'OWNS' a sport. It may have originated there and that may be the place that dictates the rules, has the best fighter, gyms, etc. But you can't physically own a fecking sport.

Answer me this, who owns the following sports:

Football
Tennis
Golf
Rugby

By your narrow minded way of thinking they are all owned by the countries who ‘invented’ them; what a crock of shit. That colloquial way of thinking, IMO is the reason MT will never reach the dizzy heights that MMA has. It’s not embracing; I’d go as far to say it can be an elitist sport outside of Thailand with no small amount of snobbery and disdain aimed at those who don’t agree with the MT Mafia (used to be referred to as MT Nazi’s until the PC Police took care of that).

I love MT, love the Thai style and 'understand' how it’s scored. Been training, (not anymore), going to shows and watching the sport since I was 16, I’m nearly 40 now. So I would argue that voicing my opinion is not 'arrogance' it's just an opinion contrary to your narrow world view.

One World One Muay Thai; sure I’ve heard that lovely little sound-bite banded around before; you’re view obviously finds that opinion abhorrent.