Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand.  Fighters spend their entire lives eating, sleeping, and training at filthy outdoor gyms; aspiring to compete every weekend for little to no prize money.  By the time they’re in their late twenties, most of them have retired from competing with 200+ fights, and go on to privately train Westerners visiting Thailand for around $150-$300 per week.  With the recent influx of fighters traveling to Asia to hone their striking skills and build on their experience, The Thai government decided mixed martial arts is threatening Muay Thai, so in a controversial move, they outlawed MMA to preserve Thailand’s national sport.  Most of us love Muay Thai, so it’s cool the government is looking out for it, but most of us dig MMA too, and banning it only hurts their economy and limits their athletes from achieving full potential (unless they leave their home country entirely, which they can’t always afford to do).  In response to everyone opposing this decision, Thailand’s government wants to share the real reason MMA is now banned in Thailand, which is: MMA is savage and has no proper rules.

Rather than criticizing their opinions, I’m just going to assume that MMA is just too mainstream for Thailand.  They don’t want to be the most hipster country in Asia, so they’re doing what they can to prevent their country from turning into Austin Texas.  If you look at it that way, I’m sure you can get behind that.

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+12 # KevZeeBest 2012-06-16 14:29

Yes....Savage



Thank god this isnt.

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-12 # Guest 2012-06-16 14:32

im glad it's banned there...fucking mma doesn't need to be everywhere in the world. who cares if it isn't in thailand.

let them preserve their muay thai culture which is far more interesting than mma anyways.

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+15 # kid808 2012-06-16 15:01

Quoting ns386:

im glad it's banned there...fucking mma doesn't need to be everywhere in the world. who cares if it isn't in thailand.

let them preserve their muay thai culture which is far more interesting than mma anyways.

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-8 # Guest 2012-06-16 21:04

I agree! Mma sucks. For every five mma fights one is somewhat exciting. 90% of the time its butt sex. Thai is way more interesting and tougher to do. U can rest in mma. In thai you have to fight all the tiem every minute or youre eating elbows and knees. Thai> mma easily.

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0 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-06-19 22:13

Thai is way more interesting!? It is an interesting language... but it's tougher than mma? I dunno, bud.

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+1 # Sambro 2012-06-17 14:23

The Thais are the idiots of Asia (ask any Thai!).

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+10 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-06-16 15:20

No MMA Fights in Thailand, but if you're into Tranny hookers, it's a no brainer.

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+5 # Guest 2012-06-16 16:55

No shit, of all the moral battles for the capital of pedophile prostitution to pick, THIS is where they draw a line in the sand?

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+4 # Guest 2012-06-16 17:12

[youtube]http:/ /www.youtube.co m/watch?v=eon3U osNa_I[/youtube ]

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+1 # Sporadik 2012-06-16 20:24

So John Mccain was visiting Thailand recently¿

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+4 # Guest 2012-06-17 00:36

The Thai Government well and truly see mma as a threat..

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+2 # Guest 2012-06-17 02:51

I live in Thailand. This sht sucks

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+4 # GrimsGrind 2012-06-17 05:30

Thailand, you're stupid.

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+6 # Guest 2012-06-17 07:21

lots of people been asking me about MMA being banned in #Thailand and my thoughts...
Simple answer =The Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, B.E. 2539 (1996) this act makes paying for sex illegal in Thailand... so no one ever pays for sex here, bar girls do not exsist and the sex industry is not a main form of tourism.
So just as this act is strictly followed, so to will the Sport Authority banning on MMA - there will never be mma events, they will never host mma shows, mma is gone from Thailand (lol)
i hope you all got the tongue in cheek sarcasm that im getting across

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+2 # Guest 2012-06-17 15:45

Quoting AntSant:

I agree! Mma sucks. For every five mma fights one is somewhat exciting. 90% of the time its butt sex. Thai is way more interesting and tougher to do. U can rest in mma. In thai you have to fight all the tiem every minute or youre eating elbows and knees. Thai> mma easily.

Which is why it should be banned? Go home commie bastard fore I go all Team America on your ass! Fuck Sn*kes!

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0 # Guest 2012-06-17 20:59

The real reason is because Dare wouldn't give the sport authority 20%.

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