The final match for the 8-man Professional Muay Thai tournament is set to go down Saturday Oct. 22nd at the Century Casino in Calgary, Canada. Matt Embree of Siam No.1 (Toronto, ON), will face off against Josh Palmer from FitPlus Martial Arts (Halifax, NS) in the Main Event of the evening. The winner on the night will go home with $10,000 and the Journey Fight Series Tournament Title.

ROAD TO THE FINALS

MATT EMBREE
Matt defeated Rami Ibrahim (Sitan Gym, USA) on March 5th in the quarter finals by unanimous decision in what was awarded the fight of the night. On June 11th in the semi-finals Matt squared off against Coke Chunhawat (Pacific Ring Sports, USA) and came away with a split decision victory and some redemption from his loss to Coke last year (Sep. 2010).

JOSH PALMER
On March 5th Josh Palmer faced Mark DeLuca (Pittsburgh Muay Thai, USA) in their quarter final match-up, Josh looked great on the night and came away with a unanimous decision after 5 rounds. In the semis he faced Justin 'The Purple People Eater" Greskiewicz (Cool Hearts Muay Thai, USA) in an exciting bout, Josh turned it up in the 3rd round and put Justin down with a knee to the body for the win by TKO

FIGHT LINE-UP

MAIN EVENT
5x3 minute rounds Professional Full Muay Thai 140lbs.
8-man Tournament final match $10,000 on the line!
Josh Palmer (FitPlus Martial Arts, Halifax, Canada)
vs.
Matt Embree (Siam No.1, Toronto, Canada)

SUPERFIGHT
5x3 minute rounds Professional Full Muay Thai 140lbs.
'Nasty' Nate Smandych (Team Smandych, Calgary, Canada)
vs.
Mark 'Diamond Heart' DeLuca (Pittsburgh Muay Thai, PA, USA)

AMATEUR UNDERCARD
5x2minute rounds Full Muay Thai 154lbs
Jamie Gifford (Shaolin, Edmonton)
vs.
Chris McMillan (LomPaYu, Calgary)

ALSO FEATURING:

'Shotgun' Sean McKinnon, Jessica 'Thumper' Gladstone & Billy Kim in professional matches. The evening will start off with a solid undercard of amateur Muay Thai bouts

Visit the websites below for more info, pics and videos of past Journey Fight Series Cards:

www.journeyfightseries.com

www.kiwiblack.ca

www.muaythaitko.com

RESULTS!

Matt Embree Won with decision! Photo Gallery and Video (requires flash plug in.)
Read his Interview ABOUT HIS WIN on
Muay Thai AuthoritY HERE!

Kru Ruel along with Kru Nick Bautista, cornered by PooChoi Kru Simon "Bad Bwoy" Marcus take their talent out west to compete in a Muay Thai event.

Details to follow!

Simon 'BAD BWOY' Marcus competes in a super heavy light weight professional bout with Artem Vakhitov. View their match up stats here. More news to follow!

Fore more info on the MPL visit their site or their facebook fan page.

Wednesday Aug 31, 2011 Watch Ajahn Suchart, Simon Bad Bwoy Marcus and Buakaw Por. Pramuk doing pads in Los Angeles in anticipation for the MPL!

The series continues with Matt Embree combating against a former opponent, Phunawat ‘Sugar Cane Coke’ Chunawat.

RESULTS!
Matt Embree Won with decision! Photo Gallery and Video (requires flash plug in.)

Ruel battles for the North American belt of LBTM 72kg (158 lbs.) against the current champion Erik 'Dragon' Mejia who last time retained the title against Ruben Yanez.

RESULTS!
Ruel Won the title! Watch it below...

SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2011
Location: CALGARY ALBERTA, CALGARY
JOURNEY FIGHT-SERIES! (ON GOING)

Matt Embree Embarks on Journey Fight-Series in a FULL Muay Thai rules, 8-man tournament.

Quarter finals March 5th, 2011 – 8 fighters battle for a spot in the semi finals
Semi finals June 4th, 2011 – 4 fighters compete for a position in the final
Final Oct 29th, 2011 – the final 2 fighters meet for the Journey Fight Series title
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Venue: Century Casino (http://www.cnty.com/casinos/calgary/casino/)
Accommodations: Calgary Holiday Inn (http://www.hihotelcalgary.ca/calgary-hotels/)

Wednesday March 2, 2011 -- Interview with Matt Embree on his preparation

Format:
• 8 man tournament style format – single elimination
• All bouts will consist of 5 rounds of 3 minutes (with a 2 minute rest period) of full Muay Thai in,accordance with WMC rules
• Each athlete will compete in the quarter finals on the first event. Winners will advance to semi finals on the second event and ultimately to the grand finale on the last event. Athletes who do not advance may be invited back to compete in professional “superfights” based on their performance.

RESULTS!
Matt Embree Won the first stage of the event and was awarded fight of the night! Thank you to Mark Belgrave for the footage. Next match for Matt is June 4th... Stay tuned for the updates!
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