I was absolutely surprised when I read this news AND saw the trailer

Trailer:


AND.

Alfonso Gomez is the host
Well, one of them I think. I'm betting Tony Jaa will only make a special appearance
And one of the producer (or director) is David Ismalone, Muay Thai's ex-World Champion.

Interview with Alfonso about his new task as the host --> http://www.mymuaythai.com/archives/alfonso...ender-thailand/

This post has been edited by firedauz: Jan 2 2008, 01:24 AM

It might be on AXN on Astro

This post has been edited by Alekhinelord: Sep 13 2007, 10:20 AM

cool!!!!!
will there b any malaysian contender? hmm...

I'm hoping there will be a mixed martial arts version of the Contender,
each country will send their best fighter, ie: korea will send their best taekwondo fighter, thai sending muay thai fighter, and Malaysia sending their mat rempit

u love looking down your country so much is it?..
we still got silat what..

of cos mat rempit stronger la
mat rempit will pwned silat with their motorbike and helmet

why is there kicking in contender ??

dun play-play, got superman style some more

wooo nice. I hope some dude from thailand or even malaysia is in and pwns the americans

It's filmed partly in Singapore back in October 2007 and sponsored by Fitness First.

This post has been edited by phoenix: Dec 6 2007, 11:17 PM

Once it starts airing, I'll be sure to post em here like Contender 3

--> http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/513950



This post has been edited by firedauz: Jan 2 2008, 01:23 AM

Updates!!!!!

It's starts on this January 16th 2008 at 12am on AXN Asia!

Official Website! --> http://contenderasia.com/

Link to AXN-Asia schedule for this Jan 16 2008 --> http://axn-asia.com/shows/0162,24,41,63200.html

When i saw the trailer on AXN i was thinking how are they gonna do this. If they are gonna export this to the rest of Asia its has gotta be in English cuz (with due respect) the Thai english is not particularly easy to understand. Doing reality show with voice over will kill the suspend.

wahlah... most of the contender doin Muay Thai are Caucasian. Kinda lame 2 me.

Wooah the first episode was awesome!!!!

Just watched the first episode, wow ! Not bad..
Naurepol skill was great, his defense is good, his speed is fast too !!

1st we got amazing race asia and now we got this contender asia with muay thai cool

Updates!

Episode 1:


Episode 2:


Episode 3:


For those that missed it on AXN, enjoy!
Check out the Sport section for the complete videos.

This post has been edited by firedauz: Feb 3 2008, 05:47 PM

Episode 4!

Contender Asia is so freaking...................................................... BORING !!!

WTF is this shit ? Single strikes at a time ??
I kick you, u kick me ?? WTF ?? What a disgrace to Muay Thai.
I can fight better than that. No combinations whatsoever. wtf ??
And it's not just 1 episode. I've watch like 3 or 4 episodes, ALL of
them fight like that. Both of them stand so close to each other....
BIG chance to strike also they still look at each other, u kick me, i
kick you.... i got lucky, i KO you. wtf ???

no wonder firedauz stopped updating.

Bro I never stopped lar

I continue updating them in the Sports section --> http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/519683