The Muay Thai community in NYC is a tight-knit one. Several coaches amongst the many gyms across the city had started their career in the sport by training together and are happily reunited with their former teammates when they bring... View Article
It was a relatively warm day in April in New York City while women were sweating and packed together on the second floor of Evolution Muay Thai. They were doing a round-robin of sparring, while the fighter hosting the event,... View Article
Angela Chang’s face is familiar to many in the New York Muay Thai fight scene. A fighter out of Sitan Gym NY, the athlete has been training for the last four years. Those who know her, miss her–as she’s been... View Article
Jasmine Parr is quickly making a name for herself as a Muay Thai champion. The 14-year-old daughter of legendary fighter John Wayne Parr, the teenager currently has a record of 13-4 and is very active in the ring. Thai boxing isn’t the only... View Article
If you were to ask the Irish Grace Aveen what was her biggest accomplishment this year, she’d tell you it was when she stepped into the ring at the world’s biggest stage to fight on Triumph Kombat’s Full Rules Muay Thai... View Article
Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Jen Allen Russell is this week’s #FemaleFighterFriday. The professor and Black Belt under Tom DeBlass at Ocean County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu recently competed at IBJJF’s Master World Tournament in Las Vegas where she took home a silver medal.... View Article
Fighter and coach Daria Albers now calls Physical Culture Collective in Brooklyn her home gym, but the universal athlete has long spent her time traveling and training around the world. As a 19-year-old in Germany, Albers used the sport of... View Article
Purple belt Andrea Jordan out of Pellegrino’s Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness Academy is this week’s #FemaleFighterFriday. The athlete recently won her Fight to Win Pro bout via arm bar on August 5th, but it wasn’t her first rodeo–she also... View Article
UFC Bantamweight and New York Fighter Katlyn “BlondeFighter” Chookagian is this week’s #FemaleFighterFriday. The star athlete has been taking some time to recover since her last bout at UFC 210 in Buffalo with a win over Irene Aldana. Chookagian says,... View Article
“I didn’t even cut weight for my last fight,” Naomi Cookson says, as she sits cross-legged in the cage where we are conducting our interview. The sounds of coaches yelling and pads being hit on the floor below almost drown out... View Article