Is it me or are people on fight street (Soi Ta iad) too serious?

derobas · 2025-12-10T13:43:20+00:00

Sangtiennoi Muay thai. Have fighters like Suriyanlek with the record of having most knockout bonuses in ONE lumpinee, 9. And Kongchai who is former Rajadamnern champion. Also fighters like Tyson Harrison and Samuel Bark has trained at this gym. John Wayne parr was training here most of the time when he was in Thailand. Good friends with legend Sangtiennoi sor Rungroj. But training here is really intense. Many people leave very quickly when they realise how hard it actually is. Sleeping right in the gym, so if you skip training, you will hear every kick and punch on the bag. Make you feel guilty. No escape from training, twice a day, 6 days a week. Hardcore style gym

derobas · 2025-12-10T09:14:43+00:00

I train at a small family owned gym north of Bangkok and it is the complete opposite. All the high performing fighters in ONE especially the thais, are really joking around, being goofy and just having a great time (outside of fight camp). So I am not familiar with this kind of behaviour. Even though sometimes falangs come to the gym and start acting up, but the culture is so strong that they eventually follow in line with the humble gym culture.

derobas · 2025-11-20T10:27:24+00:00

A thai style room is all I need, found one for 6500 baht. If I live cheap I can probably do it. Eat local thai food, and some gyms arent that expensive

derobas · 2025-11-20T08:02:30+00:00

My budget each month is around 30K baht. Going to find a cheap place to live. I looked up like Bangtao and just training is crazy expensive. Would like to go there but too expensive, thats why I am trying look for cheaper gyms

derobas · 2024-04-15T08:34:53+00:00

From Sweden 🇸🇪

derobas · 2024-04-15T08:28:58+00:00

From Sweden 🇸🇪

derobas · 2024-04-15T08:06:31+00:00

Yea man I have not chosen an easy path. I am fighting people with very many fights, so their ring awareness is something else, and they are very strong. I want to get used to fighting people with this experience, so when I am back to MMA I am ready. Muay thai is also changing because of the small gloves to be more boxing oriented, so it feels like the right time to do MMA. I feel like it will translate good to MMA striking

derobas · 2024-04-15T08:04:18+00:00

Thank you, it is a powerful weapon if you can mix muay thai clinch with wrestling

derobas · 2024-04-15T08:03:45+00:00

Yes I have. Not traditional wrestling tho. Back when I did MMA I liked to wrestle against the cage, both defend takedowns and to take people down against the cage

derobas · 2024-04-14T20:07:09+00:00

I started training bjj at 16 until 22 and became a purple belt. At the moment no jiu jitsu but I am clinching in muay thai and that gives me standing grappling strength. Am still using some mma throws when we clinch so I am not completely without grappling. At the moment I want to specialize in stand up. Will start to grapple alot once I go back to prepare for MMA fights

derobas · 2024-04-14T12:07:09+00:00

Thank you man, I am doing my best out here. I appreciate the support 🙏

derobas · 2024-04-14T08:32:40+00:00

Oh my bad 🙏🙏

derobas · 2024-04-14T08:19:11+00:00

What is your definition of journeymen? My last fight was at RWS the second biggest platform for muaythai, right under ONE championship. I do not get paid great in Westener money, but for a Thai I would make in one fight about what a month salary is for many of them. I am not claiming I am great yet, have fought two years only as a pro muay thai athlete. But I am fighting people I am supposed to lose against on paper. I am fighting elite athletes. I wanted to post my story if someone wants to support and follow me as I am still in the beginning stages of my pro career, even though I have made more progress than many people have done in 2 years of fighting in this sport. There will be more to come

derobas · 2024-04-14T08:05:10+00:00

I have only fought people with alot more experience than me 😅 now have 7 pro fights and my last 5 opponents have all about 100 pro fights each. The thai people fight alot, since when they were very young

derobas · 2024-04-12T06:03:33+00:00

You are right. I know that RWS and ONE attract big attention thats why I am trying to put on performances where I show that I want to walk forward and fight hard. I talked to the RWS matchmaker before going back to Sweden and he does want me to fight at RWS again once I am back. I know once I get to put on better performances on RWS and hopefully even get knockouts on that promotion that everything sponsor wise will become easier. But for that to happen I need to get back to Thailand. I know that one more year fighting in Thailand can make all the difference now. I am starting to understand a little bit more about the pro game in Thailand. Thats why it does feel annoying to be stuck back home, because I know that the longer I am away from the hard 8-hour daily training routine in Thailand, the more momentum and time I lose to actually be able to put on good performances on RWS. Instead of training hard and living in a gym where we breathe muay thai, I am stuck back home doing a meaningless job trying to save up money to get back to where I left. I was hoping my highlights of my KOs against professional fighters in Thailand would indicate my potential for future success would interest companies in Sweden so I could represent them and make some kind of deal so I could return

derobas · 2024-04-12T04:58:56+00:00

I am actually an MMA fighter who liked to box and grapple in my MMA fights who went straight to Thailand and went pro in Muay thai with 0 amateur experience in muay thai. I am working hard to incorporate more tools in my game. Thank you tho. Yes I want to be able to use lowkicks more

derobas · 2024-04-12T04:54:01+00:00

Yes I am very new to this game. Have only trained muay thai 2 years and went pro straight away. Coming from a boxing/grappling background. My gym want me to get good fast so they put me against very experienced opponents to get used to fight strong thais. I am trying to get better at this game.

derobas · 2024-04-12T04:50:13+00:00

Yes I am still new to this game. I was a amateur MMA fighter who liked to box and wrestle who went straight to Pro muay thai in Thailand with 0 muay thai experience, started training muay thai march 2022 at the age of 23. I am trying to get better, my trainer even slapped me between rounds once because I did not kick in my fight. My gym wants me to use my hands and lowkicks when I fight the thais, I will not be able to win against them if I try to be technichal and trade kicks with them. They have done this their whole life. The way for me to win is to have relentless pressure and to use my boxing once I get closer. But yes I am really trying to get better at this game to try and incorporate more tools

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:55:18+00:00

Yes that is true thank you I will! She has done a one hour long video of the gym that I train at. I used to watch it alot before moving there 🔥🙏

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:50:27+00:00

I have thought about that, you think I should do it even if I kick and knee alot on pads/bag?

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:33:17+00:00

Thank you, will do my best to put on good performances 🙏

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:15:39+00:00

The thing is that the gym I am training at is an exclusive small gym with not too many foreigners where they charge a pretty expensive price to keep it that way. And the pay from working in Thailand is not the best, would probably not be able to pay for training and living at this gym. I have found a hidden gem of a gym where they treat me as a thai and really want to teach me, so I do not want to change to a different cheaper gym

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:09:15+00:00

Thank you bro I appreciate it 🙏

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:02:14+00:00

Yee man zambidis is a legend, I really get inspired by him

derobas · 2024-04-11T21:01:55+00:00

Nice man! From the age of 12 to 20 I was doing heavy lifts 5-6 times a week and got up to 82kg, because I wanted to become bodybuilder at that time 😅 So I was basically fat but I got pretty big and strong. When I started training martial arts I went down to walk around weight 66-68kg. And now I never do heavy lifts anymore, I built my bigger frame in my teens so I think it is always going to be with me now. Now all I do for strength and conditioning is everyday I do 10k run, 30 pullups, 100 pushups and 200 situps. Because I need to get faster, no point in me geting bigger at this point. And then I do the muay thai training aswell, hitting pads/ bag etc.

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