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There are usually seven main fights of five rounds each. A few are the "hot" ones, where famous fighters are paired. They are usually preceded and followed by less famous ones. An unexperienced visitor may detect the importance of the fight by the level of betting going on. The last fight in the schedule is usually the "beginners" fight and it is mercilessly booed by the tired audience, already leaving. For many people attending regularly, all this is a full-time job. Foreigners usually occupy the expensive ringside seats, while gamblers and aficionados prefer the second or third ring of seats upstairs. m

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Non-Thais, too, embraced muay thai with passion, especially in the last 10 years or so. This ever-growing interest has prompted demand for professional, "real" muay thai training. Former Lumpini champions nowadays continue their careers, which usually ends at the age of 25 or so, by fighting or teaching abroad.  muaythai in bangkok now

Similarly, Thailand's reputation as a fantastic tourist destination has contributed to a large-scale opening of English-speaking, user-friendly muay thai camps, often conveniently located near excellent tourist spots like Chiang Mai, Phuket, Pattaya, Samui and even Kao San Road in Bangkok. Several Muay Thai Federations, Organizations, Associations and Councils have been created to standardize muay thai on an international level (categories, rules, championships), in order to have an unified, international championship under the same umbrella. This hasn't been achieved yet and foreign fighters compete under different championships, with slightly different rules, and so do Thai champions fighting abroad. The world of international muaythai, foreign champions, ratings etc is outside the scope of this website, which offers instead a "Bangkokian" view of it. For those interested in muaythai outside Thailand, please refer to the links above as a starting point. muay

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Muaythai is scheduled to possibly become an Olympic Sport and Thais are very proud of this. It's also a great tourist attraction at the Lumpini Stadium three times a week, for the joy of tour operators and various agents selling ringseats at inflated prices. Lumpini and Rajadamnern Stadiums apply a double-pricing policy so common in Thailand: in few words, the entrance ticket for Thais cost roughly 1/3 or 1/4 of the one sold to foreigners. The entrance fees at the ticket boots at Lumpini are written using the old, obsolete Thai numbers, arguably to avoid problems. If you arrive by taxi, touts will jump on you as soon as you'll open the door and sometimes even before. All they want is to sell you a ringside ticket for 2000 THB or, if you bargain, slightly less. As you'll approach the entrance of the stadium, always crowded with food vendors, aficionados, gamblers and hangers-on you'll notice the shops selling boxing equipment, advertising muay thai training, tournaments abroad, new fancy boxing equipment, DVDs, gadgets, books, memorabilia. The market seems to grow every year and it's definitely not fueled by the low-budget Thai buyers. muaythai in bangkok now 

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