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: Apr 18 2008, 10:13 AM

I am sorry to inform you but this is old news .. I know about it 3 months ago lol. They are filming it now. The confirmed participants for the series are 1. Yodsaenklai Fairtex!! 2. John Wayne Parr! 3. Naruepol Fairtex 4. Kim Khan Zaki aka Zach 5. Wanlop Sitpholek 6. Dzhabar Askerov 7. Jose Pitu Sans 8. Trevor "TNT" Smandych 9 . Bruce "Preacher" Macfie 10. James Martinez 11. Sean Wright

For the complete list of fighters and rumored fighters entering the series go to: http://www.mymuaythai.com/contenderasia/

Btw, do you practice any martial arts, TS? You seem to be quite knowledgeable in martial arts tv series

Yeah, I had already read that list of fighters when I googled for Muay Thai: The Contender

But no worries if this is old (the planning actually started waay from end of last year January though), but the main reason that I brought it up now is because its gonna show NEXT MONTH! Can't wait for it

I'm doing aikido, but I'm a boxing fan as well

Malaysian can participate or not?

It's already showing next month

Sorry but come again next year plz

Aisehman, so any Malaysians or not?

If you click and read SilentVampire's link, you can see there are no Malaysian. In fact, there are no Malaysian that has any good ranking in Muay Thai, in comparison to the selected fighters.

Hopefully any Malaysian that does Muay Thai to first build up their career & prove themselves either locally or at international level.
Maybe they will get a shot in a couple of years. Till then, we just have to wait.

Hmm, I remember seeing a few videos from youtube, a few malaysians are training, I think it is some competition. They kick and punch till bleed, there were some orang putih as well. I think they are coaches. Not sure if its muay thai, but it is similar to kick boxing style.

DAMN!!i though that there are 1 or 2 malaysian in it..i was kinda hoping to see some malaysian fighter to fight at the competition..but sadly there wasnt..

Have to wait for the next one.

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

Updates!

Episode 1: http://www.megaupload.com/se/?d=1V4BU1OU
Episode 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V8ZGHA7V
Episode 3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TOSAB7GE

For those that missed it on AXN, enjoy!

Jaymee Ong is the best...

lol she's just a host ..


wooot yeah rafik is no more !!!

Yeaaah. so glad rafik is gone but i prefer if Dzhabar was the one that gave him the beating.

Watched the first episode and Naruepol was frickin' brutal!

I like Rafik.
His arrogance and cockiness is also very cool.
Without him the show may not be as funny.

funny thing is that Contender Asia but participants not from Asia.

only saw 1 episode so far, JWP took down Rafik.

Just same format like Amazing Race Asia @ being held in Asia

rafik: look at john wayne parr, he is 30 y.old , but he looks like 45 jhhahahaa.,

among all i think zach is kinda weak. i think his next fight he gonna lose.

naruepol leg kick to the head is fast but not as strong as shown,
not like cro cop. a bit off topic la haha.