It’s been more than 20 years since he fought in a sandpit, but Lone Chaw still recalls the dusty village lots of his youth, unmarked except for footprints stained by sweat and blood. Stamping about in ...

World Lethwei Championship's August event could be the most notable yet for the Myanmar-based promotion. Top-ranked Lethwei champion Dave Leduc is set to make his promotional debut against Ultimate ...

A traditional Southeast Asian martial art is set to launch as a major international combat league not just in the region, but all over the world. Lethwei, one of the most common fighting arts in ...

Lethwei, Myanmar’s national sport, is one of the most brutal striking styles in the world—allowing bare knuckle punches, elbows, kicks, knees and headbutts. Traditionally, the fights are 5 rounds, and ...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Yangon, Myanmar: Asia’s largest and the world’s most exciting mixed martial arts organization, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has announced the full line-up for ONE: KINGDOM OF WARRIORS - ...

World Lethwei Championship (WLC) is open to co-promotion deals in order to expand globally. There had been industry rumor that the WLC would co-promote with the US fight firm Bare Knuckle Fighting ...

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists, where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where there’s an MMA show every other day.

That loss also moved Thway Lin Htet’s career record to 31-2 and pushed his dreams of securing the US$100,000 contract further out of reach. Since that crushing defeat, he has spent the past four ...

Lethwei fighters once fought only with knuckles bound by cloth. Today, mixed martial arts matches incorporating Lethwei tend to enforce the use of gloves.