The year 2017 is the 1st year in the history of the
World Lethwei Championship
World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) is a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion brought to the millennia-old Burmese martial of Lethwei to UFC Fight Pass and showcased it to the world. The WLC events combined the his ...
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Lethwei
Lethwei ( my, လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: ) or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world,
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promotion based in
Myanmar
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List of events
WLC 1: The Great Beginning
''WLC 1: The Great Beginning'' was the inaugural
Lethwei
Lethwei ( my, လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: ) or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world,
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event organized by
World Lethwei Championship
World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) is a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion brought to the millennia-old Burmese martial of Lethwei to UFC Fight Pass and showcased it to the world. The WLC events combined the his ...
and took place on March 3, 2017 at the Mingalardon Event Zone in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
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Myanmar
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Background
The first WLC event was highly anticipated by the Lethwei fans around the world
and took place on re-purposed driving range of the Mingalardon Country Club
which was specially built for the event.
The weigh-ins for the event were held in
Kandawgyi Park in Yangon.
After losing his title to
Dave Leduc
Dave Leduc (born 13 December 1991) is a Canadian Lethwei fighter who competes in the World Lethwei Championship, where he is the former WLC Cruiserweight World Champion. He is also the undefeated Openweight Lethwei World Champion under traditi ...
in December 2016,
Lethwei superstar
Tun Tun Min
Tun Tun Min ( my, ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း; born 4 October 1992) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion of Mon descent. He is the youngest fighter to ever win the Lethwei Golden Belt, obtain ...
returned to face British kickboxer Nicholas Carter in the main event.
Tun Tun Min won the fight via brutal knockout in the first round.
The co-main event featured Lethwei champion
Too Too
Too Too ( my, တူးတူး) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and who competes in the World Lethwei Championship. He is former the WLC Middleweight World champion and is undefeated under traditional Lethwei rules, holding the 75 kg Le ...
against Australian Muaythai fighter Eddie Farrell.
Too Too won his fight by unanimous decision after he lacerated Farrel's face with punches
and opened up a huge gash on the his orbital bone.
Results
WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
''WLC 2: Ancient Warriors'' was a
Lethwei
Lethwei ( my, လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: ) or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world,
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event held on June 10, 2017 in
Thuwunna Stadium
The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of ...
in
Yangon
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Myanmar
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Background
The main event featured a bout between top lethwei fighter Soe Lin Oo
and Polish kickboxing champion Artur Saladiak.
The co-main event featured Lethwei star
Too Too
Too Too ( my, တူးတူး) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and who competes in the World Lethwei Championship. He is former the WLC Middleweight World champion and is undefeated under traditional Lethwei rules, holding the 75 kg Le ...
against
French
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Muaythai champion James Benal,
France
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's top welterweight.
Brent Bolsta was originally scheduled to compete at the event,
but was involved in a motorcycle accident five days before the event. After 5 rounds, Too Too defeated Benal by decision
and it was announced that he will be facing multiple-times Australian Muay Thai champion Michael Badato for the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship.
Artur Saladiak outpointed Soe Lin Oo in the main event to earn a decision win,
becoming the first foreign fighter to defeat Soe Lin Oo.
Results
WLC 3: Legendary Champions
''WLC 3: Legendary Champions'' was
Lethwei
Lethwei ( my, လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: ) or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world,
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event held on November 4, 2017 in
Thuwunna Stadium
The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of ...
in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
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Myanmar
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Background
The main event featured Lethwei champion
Too Too
Too Too ( my, တူးတူး) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and who competes in the World Lethwei Championship. He is former the WLC Middleweight World champion and is undefeated under traditional Lethwei rules, holding the 75 kg Le ...
against Australian kickboxing champion Michael Badato. In the co-main event,
Saw Nga Man
Saw Nga Man ( ksw, စီၤငၢၤမါ, my, စောငမန်း), also known as Saw Shark, is a retired Burmese Lethwei fighter and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion.
Personal life
Saw Nga Man is an ethnic Karen.
Lethwei c ...
defeated Eddie Farrell by unanimous decision. After a hard-fought five round battle,
Too Too
Too Too ( my, တူးတူး) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and who competes in the World Lethwei Championship. He is former the WLC Middleweight World champion and is undefeated under traditional Lethwei rules, holding the 75 kg Le ...
emerged victorious to claim the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship title.
Umar Semata
Umar Semata (born 20 May 1987) is a Ugandan middleweight and super middleweight Muay Thai fighter and the former World Boxing Council Muay Thai Interim Super Middleweight Champion, a title he has held since 14 June 2013.
Biography Early car ...
made his debut against veteran Soe Lin Oo and lost by knockout in the second round.
ONE Championship
ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...
Middleweight World Champion
Aung La Nsang
Aung La Maung Nsang
( my, အောင်လအန်ဆန်း; born on May 21, 1985) is a Burmese-American mixed martial artist of ethnic Kachin descent currently signed to ONE Championship, competing in both the Middleweight and Light ...
also made a special appearance at the event.
Results
See also
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2017 in ILFJ
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References
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