Yodsanklai Fairtex

Yodsanklai Fairtex a.k.a. Yod (Thai:

; born, July 1, 1985) is a Thai Thaiboxer and
the former super welterweight WBC Muay Thai World
champion at 154 lb and former three time Lumpinee Stadium champion in the 112 and 147 lb weight classes. He
trains out of Fairtex Gym in Pattaya, Thailand[1] and is
the rst champion of The Contender Asia.

test at the France vs Thailand event, held in Paris,

France against the French superstar Farid Villaume. Yodsanklai won the ght by third round referee stoppage
TKO.[5]

He fought former stablemate Kem Sitsongpeenong at

Muay Thai Combat Mania: Pattaya in Pattaya, Thailand
on December 30, 2012 at a weight of 71 kg/156 lb, with
He was nicknamed The Boxing Computer by Thai same-day weigh-ins. Despite having not made such a low
sports newspapers as a testament to his perfect ghting weight in a number of years, Yod came in at the limit in
visibly better shape than in most of his recent ghts, and
technique.[2]
KO'd Kem with an elbow in round three.[6][7]

Yod knocked out Gregory Choplin in round three at

Lion Fight 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on January 25,
2013.[8][9][10]

Background

He defeated Yohan Lidon by unanimous decision in a rematch at Warriors Night in Levallois, France on March 2,
2013.[11][12]

Yodthanong Photirat was born in the Nong Bua Lamphu Province in Northeastern Thailand, the hotbed of
Muay thai. He was introduced to the sport by his older
brother Yodkangwan and started practicing Muay thai after watching his brothers ghts when he was eight years
old.[2] He had his rst ght at a temple fair in Ban Na Dee,
his hometown, and received a ght fee of 20 .[3]

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2.1

On April 19, 2013, Yodsanklai TKO'd Naimjon Tuhtobaev in round two at Thai Fight: Pattaya 2013 in Pattaya,
Thailand.[13]
It was initially reported that he would ght Antuan Siangboxing at Thai Fight: Bangkok 2013 in Bangkok on June
29, 2013.[14] However, his opponent was later switched
to Kazbek Zubarov.[15] He won via TKO at the end of
round one when Zubarov suered an injury.[16]

Career
Early career

He defeated Chike Lindsay for the inaugural Lion Fight

Middleweight (70 kg/154 lb) Championship at Lion
Fight 10 in Las Vegas on July 26, 2013.[17][18][19] Lindsay
started well but Yodsanklai took over in round two and
began to cut the American up before taking the unanimous decision.[20][21]

Before joining Fairtex in 2005, Yodsanklai fought

for three camps - Saknipaporn, Sit-Khru-Od and
Petchyindee.[3] On August 2005, ghting under the name
of Yodsanklai Petchyindee ( ), Yodsanklai won one of the most prestigious Muay Thai
titles, the Lumpinee Stadium belt, by knocking out
Runglaew.[2] He became the 154 pound WBC Muay Thai
World Champion by defeating Australian John Wayne
Parr on December 10, 2005 in Gold Coast, Australia. In
2005 he won as well the Champion of Thailand (154 lb)
title.

It was reported that he would ght Raphal Llodra at

the WBC World Muay Thai Millennium Championship in
Saint-Pierre, Runion on September 7, 2013.[22] However, he turned the ght down for monetary reasons.[23]

He knocked out Vladimir Konsky with a rst round elbow

in the quarter-nals of the 2013 edition of Thai Fights
lb tournament in Thailand on October 23,
Yodsanklai defended his WBC title on November 11, 70 kg/154
[24][25]
Then
he proceeded in semi nals where he
2013.
2006, against Mark Vogel in Wuppertal, Germany windefeated
Samy
Sana
on November 30, 2013, and adning the ght by rst round elbow knockout.
vanced to the nal.[26][27][28]
On June 30, 2006, Yodsanklai made his K-1 Max deat Hero Legends in Jinan, China on Debut on a Superght at the K-1 World MAX 2006 -World He was set to ght
[29]
but withdrew for undisclosed reasons.
cember
3,
2014
Championship Final- held in Yokohama, Japan against
Yod
was
also
briey
expected to ght in the main event
Kamal el Amrani, winning the ght by three round unanof
Lion
Fight
13
in
Las
Vegas on February 7, 2014[30] but
[4]
imous decision.
[31]
quickly withdrew.
On November 29, 2007, Yodsanklai had a non-title con1

He beat Keo Rumchang by second round KO at Thai

Fight: Hua Hin 2014 in Hua Hin, Thailand on February
22, 2014.[32]

Titles
2014 Lion Fight Middleweight (70 kg/154 lb)
Championship
2013 Thai Fight 70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship

REFERENCES

4 Fight record
5 See also
List of male kickboxers
Champions of Champions Elite

6 References
[1] Yodsanklai Fairtex.
2007-11-30.

www.fairtex.com.

Retrieved

2013 Lion Fight Middleweight (70 kg/154 lb)

Championship

[2] Cox, Rob. Yodsanklai Petchyindee Interview. www.

muaythaionline.org. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

2012 WMC World Middleweight (160 lbs)

champion[33]

[3] Yodsanklai: The Pride of Muay Thai.

klai.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

2011 Toyota Vigo Marathon tournament runner up

- 72 kg

[4] DiPietro, Monty. Buakaw Best in World Max Final.

www.k-1.co.jp. Archived from the original on August 15,
2007. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

2010 WMC/S1 Kings Cup Challenger tournament

champion

[5] Yodsanklai vs Villaume. www.wbcmuaythai.com. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

2010 SportAccord Combat Games Silver medal - 75

kg

[6] Dave Walsh. Muay Thai Combat Mania 2012, December 30: Kem Sitsongpeenong vs. Yodsanklai Fairtex.
Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2009 W.P.M.F. World Super Middleweight (168

lbs) champion

[7] Yodsaenklai Fairtex stops Kem Sitsongpeenong with

third round elbow KO in Pattaya. Combat-asia.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2008 Super 8 Guinea tournament champion

2008 WMC World Middleweight (160 lbs) champion
2008 WMC Contender Asia champion

yodsan-

[8] Dave Walsh. Yodsanklai Fairtex vs. Gregory Choplin

To Headline Lion Fight 8 On AXS TV. Liverkick.com.
Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[9] Dave Walsh. Lion Fight 8 Full Fight Card, Tickets On
Sale December 14. Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June
2015.

2008 KO World Series Auckland Middleweight

champion

[10] Dave Walsh. Lion Fight 8 Live Results. Liverkick.com.

Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2006 W.P.M.F. World Super Welterweight (154

lbs) champion

[11] Dave Walsh. Jo Prestias Warriors Night Features Lidon

vs. Yodsanklai Rematch on March 2. Liverkick.com.
Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2005-2009 WBC Muay Thai World Super Welterweight (154 lbs) champion

[12] World Muaythai Council. World Muaythai Council. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2005 Professional Boxing Association of Thailand

(PAT) Super Welterweight (154 lbs) champion

[13] Archived April 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

2005 Lumpinee Stadium Welterweight (147 lbs)

champion
2003 Toyota D4D Marathon tournament (126 lbs)
winner
2001 Lumpinee Stadium Flyweight (112 lbs) champion

[14] https://web.archive.org/web/20130609055823/
http://fightsportasia.com/2013/05/31/
thai-fight-2013the-pinto-brothers-take-on-yodsanklai-and-sudsakorn/.
Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved
June 3, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
[15] https://web.archive.org/web/20130630020858/
http://fightsportasia.com/2013/06/26/
thai-fight-2013-full-card-yodsanklai-headlines/.
Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved
June 27, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[16] Dave Walsh. Weekend Results: Thai Fight and MAX

Muay Thai. Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[33] World Muaythai Council. World Muaythai Council. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[17] Dave Walsh. Photo of the Day: Yodsanklai Signs on

to Main Event Lion Fight in July. Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[34] Videos & results :

THAI FIGHT
Muaythaitv.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[18] Dave Walsh. Lion Fight 10 Announced for July 26th.

Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

2014.

[35] WBC Muay Thai World Championship Muay Thai results. www.thefightgame.tv. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

[19] Dave Walsh. New Fights Announced for Lion Fight 10.
Liverkick.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[20] Dave Walsh. Lion Fight 10 Results. Liverkick.com.
Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[21] Lion Fight 10 Results and Recap ~ Muay Thai Authority. Muaythaiauthority.com. Archived from the original
on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[22] https://web.archive.org/web/20130608044509/
http://fightsportasia.com/2013/05/16/
huge-france-vs-thailand-card-announced-yodsanklai-saenchai-kem-and-more-headline/.
Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved
May 20, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
[23] https://web.archive.org/web/20130813000152/
http://fightsportasia.com/2013/06/04/
massive-wbc-millennium-muay-thai-event-might-be-a-bust-are-unconfirmed-fight-cards-getting-out-of-control/.
Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved
June 8, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
[24] Chike Lindsay to represent the United States at 2013
154lb Thai Fight tournament ~ Muay Thai Authority.
Muaythaiauthority.com. Archived from the original on
March 21, 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[25] Thai Fight 2013 Tournament Results: Yodsanklai and
Abraham Roqueni advance ~ Muay Thai Authority.
Muaythaiauthority.com. Archived from the original on
June 13, 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[26] Fight Card for the November 30 Thai Fight event in
Bangkok, Thailand ~ Muay Thai Authority. Muaythaiauthority.com. Archived from the original on June 13,
2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[27] Abraham Roquei no logr superar la seminal del Thai
Fight. Urbanghterscommunity.com. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
[28] Thai Fight Results 11/30/2013 ~ Muay Thai Authority.
Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved
12 June 2015.
[29] Iron Mike Zambidis at Hero Legends - Iron Mike Zambidis. Ironmikezambidis.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[30] Yodsanklai expected to headline Lion Fight 13 on Feb.
7, 2014 in Las Vegas ~ Muay Thai Authority. Muaythaiauthority.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[31] Yodsanklai no longer headlining Lion Fight 13, event still
scheduled for February 7, 2014 ~ Muay Thai Authority.
Muaythaiauthority.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
[32] Thai Fight Results: Yodsanklai wins 11th consecutive
ght ~ Muay Thai Authority. Muaythaiauthority.com.
Retrieved 12 June 2015.

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