6 Clinch Masters Who Dominated the Eighties & Nineties | Muay Thai

Six of the best clinch fighters in Muay Thai history | Muay Thai clinch

These 6 clinch fighters were known and feared for their knee and elbow strikes in Thailand during the 1980s and 1990s. Their incredible conditioning and muscular strength allowed them to hunt down their prey and maintain a relentless fight pace, smothering and punishing their opponents with knees to the body and elbows to the face and head. These attributes made them unstoppable on occasion, contributing to their many wins in Lumpinee and Rajadamnern.

01:29 Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn:

Titles/Awards: Lumpinee stadium champion (135 lbs.)
Sports Writers' Fighter of the Year Award 1982
Peak years: 1977-1985
Nickname: Sky-piercing Knee Striker
Notable victories: Vicharnnoi Porntawee, Nongkhai Sor Prasartporn, Samart Payakaroon


02:51 Lamnammoon Sor Sumalee:

Titles/Awards: Lumpinee stadium champion (115 lbs., 126 lbs., 130 lbs. [x2],
Peak years: 1993-1999
Nickname: Vampire Knee Striker
Notable victories: Chatchai Paiseetong, Langsuan Panyuthapum, Jaroensap Kiatbanchong


04:15 Panomtuanlek Hapalang:

Titles/Awards: Rajadamnern stadium champion (115 lbs., 118 lbs., 122 lbs.)
Lumpinee stadium champion (?)
Sports Writers Fighter of the Year Award 1986
Peak years: 1985-1989
Nickname: Seastorm Knee Striker
Notable victories: Kongtoranee Payakaroon, Samransak Muangsurin (x2), Jumpathong Na Nontachai (x2)


06:39 Chamuekpet Hapalang:

Titles/Awards: Lumpinee Stadium Champion (102 lbs., 105 lbs., 112 lbs., 115 lbs.)
Rajadamnern Stadium Champion (105 lbs., 122 lbs. [x2], 126 lbs. [x2]
Sports Writers Fighter of the Year Award 1985
Peak years: 1980-1995
Nickname: Computer knee striker
Notable victories:Sangtiennoi Sor Rungroj (x3)


09:20 Langsuan Panyuthapum:

Titles/Awards: Lumpinee stadium champion (108 lbs., 112 lbs., 115 lbs.)
Sports Writers Fighter of the Year Award 1987
Peak years: 1985-1993
Nickname: Heartless Knee Striker
Notable victories: Hippy Singmanee, Orono Por Muang Ubon, Samson Issan


13:09 Yodkhunpon Sittraiphum

Titles/Awards: Lumpinee stadium champion (118 lbs.)
Rajadamnern stadium champion (118 lbs.)
Peak years: 1991-1994
Nickname: Elbow Hunter of 100 Stitches
Notable victories: Sanklai Sittkru-Ott, Kasemlek Kiatsiri, Namtaothong Sor Sirikul

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