Soren Monkongtong (born 31 May 1980) is an

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middleweight

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. In 2007 he took part of the reality based

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The Contender Asia ''The Contender Asia'' (known as The Contender: Kickboxer in the United Kingdom, and The Contender: Muay Thai in the United States) was a reality-based television series that follows 16 Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they ...

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Biography and career

Soren Monkongtong started training in muay thai at the age of 13 and had his first fight at 15. He is now one of the most active professional

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fighters in the world. At the moment Soren is training at Eminent Air Gym in Bangkok. Some of the fighters he has fought are

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, Jomhod,

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and Warren Elson. Soren has fought for the WMPF super-welterweight world title, however lost to the Thai fighter on the judges' scorecard. he is now retired and trains people at nuggets gym in Australia Brisbane.

''The Contender Asia''

In 2007 Soren Monkongtong was featured in ''The Contender Asia'' reality show. Soren was on the Tiger Kings. He fought

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whom he beat and lost to

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after being knocked out by a vicious overhand right. In the Contender Finale, Soren fought Sean Wright and won on points.

Titles

* 2007 WMC Intercontinental champion middleweight * 2005 WMC Evolution champion * 2004 WMC Evolution champion * 2004 Chewang Stadium champion * 2002 WMC SUPA8 champion * 2002 WMC Intercontinental Welter weight champion * 2001 Oceanic Champion * 2001 Australia Champion

Kickboxing record

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