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We want to thank EVERYONE who showed up on February 15th 2025 in Ventura, California at Cabrillo Middle School!
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Competitors who competed, we are listing here so people can easily research and for record keeping. We stated that these all count towards experience and should be recorded as such by each competitor and their team listed below.
Date: February 15th 2025
Location: Cabrillo Middle School -- Ventura, California
Event Style: Muay Thai Semi Contact
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Ronin De Windt - Fight Foundation
Destin Caba - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara (2 matches)
Oscar Nicholas Ramirez - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Valentine Kobe - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Beau Thao - Left Hand Muay Thai (3 matches)
Nathan Wong - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Jesse Jr Nichols - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
Xavier Aguilar - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Alina Cabrera - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
James Greenblatt - Pugilist Gym
Noah Hunt - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
Mailen Gonzalez - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Ye Yan - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara (2 matches)
Jorge Soto Enriquez - Santa Maria Judo & Tae Kwon Do (2 matches)
Kian Ilbeig - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Arman Hambartsumyan - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Corey Arruda - 805 Kickboxing (2 matches)
Gabriel Rocha - Memento Mori Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Rene Jimenez - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Axel Murillo - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Andrew Ordonez - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Wendy Vasquez - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Berkley Steward - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Rafael Ricafrente - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Abraham Villa - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
Chase McElroy - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Kelly Kobe - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Owen Benjamin - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
Nick Shapiro - 805 Kickboxing (2 matches)
Marcus Wei Jun - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Sol McGarey - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura (2 matches)
Belen Sotelo - Enso MMA
Verut Kooanupong - Pu'u Muay Thai Santa Barbara
Luis Valdez - 805 Kickboxing
Elizabeth Geib - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura
Frankie Ramirez - Pu'u Muay Thai Ventura (2 matches)
Olivia Velasquez - Yacoubian Muay Thai
HienDuyen Tran - Yacoubian Muay Thai
Jonathan is a world-renowned certified Muay Thai ring official with 2000+ bouts under his belt officiating as well as being a former pro fighter and founded Pu'u Muay Thai in Ventura, California which has operated in Ventura for over 10 years. Putting emphasis on authentic Muay Thai and proper regulations on a grassroots level.
Ryan is a certified Muay Thai ring official with 20+ years of martial arts and combat sports experience. Ryan founded Pu'u Muay Thai in Santa Barbara, California in 2019 and has been working tirelessly to help grow Muay Thai in the central coast. Ryan and his wife Carol have worked with international events in North America as promoters for WBC Muay Thai for professional and amateur events.
Carol is a certified Muay Thai ring official with a background in event planning and Muay Thai promotions. Working international professional and amateur events as well as being a promoter for WBC Muay Thai. Carol works alongside her husband tirelessly to help grow Muay Thai here in USA through the promotion of authentic Muay Thai events.
Your Questions Answered
-No knees to head
-No elbow strikes
-Punches & Kicks allowed to head, body, legs.
-Knee strikes allowed to the body & legs.
-Kids with 3 or less bouts: no head contact allowed
-Kids more than 3 bouts: head contact optional if both competitors agree
-Competitors under 16 years of age will be required to wear chest guards.
-All competitors must wear sparring style shin guards with no hard plastic or metal parts exposed, head head gear with no bar or protective shield on the front, gum shield, groin protector, MUAY THAI SHORTS, 12oz/16oz gloves depending on weights that will be provided.
Judging will be based on Muay Thai techniques and defense executed with good balance and control.
There is either a "winner" or a "loser" of the round based on our judges score cards. There are 3 judges around the matted area that will be judging your performance using Muay Thai.
While Muay Thai is inherently a contact sport, this event is NOT designed nor intended to be a full contact event. This is a semi contact event where athletes will be under the watchful eye of trained ring officials with emphasis on technique. Going too hard will result in a Disqualification and possible permanent expulsion from our events.
This event is not at all intended for professional fighters. If you have fought professionally in any full contact combat sport (kickboxing, mma, boxing, muay thai), this event is not for you.
Yes the goal is for you and your opponent to complete 3 rounds where we will declare a winner and a loser based on our judging criteria.
No, it's semi-contact. If there are any questions, only the cornerman in the corner can approach the head official with questions or concerns. The only time the decision will be reversed is in the event that the scorecards were incorrectly tallied by the officials.
Yes, these count as EXPERIENCE ON YOUR RECORD and we will be reporting these publicly online for results. Please include this as experience when registering at any events.
We encourage you to register and we will find matches for you. We will always match as best as possible in regards to age, weight, and experience level.
Absolutely! We encourage you to bring friends & family to share in Muay Thai. We will have tickets available for purchase for entry at the door.