it is lunch time at the gym and I am bored so let me approach this differently

if three years ago I had said there was going to be 15 matches in Thailand with Chinese fighting Thai fighters and that the Chinese were going to win more than a quarter of them (4 out of the 15) you would have all laughed so hard you would have injured internal organs. now the debate is quite different in substance isn't it?

Muay Thai has been a ring sport for close to 70 years? In Thailand, there is no recreational Muay Thai, no dillitants, and the fighters fight frequently. There are two major stadiums and many fights all the time. There is only fighting Muay Thai, there is "aerobic Muay Thai" or Muay Thai for spiritual cultivation, or Muay Thai for "feeling good inside"

San Da has been a professional sport for a little more than three years. In China, the King of San Da circuit has 5 to 7 televised matches a week, that's all. There are more amateur matches, regional, provincial and national championships but the professional only started in 1998.

Outside of China, there is a very small and fledgling number of pro fighters in the US and there is the now defunct Draka league which ran in Russia from 1997 to 1999.

something to think about (or rather more to think about)