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Wednesday 23 April 2008

The rules

The rules
Muay Thai is practiced in many different countries. There are different rules depending on what country the fight is in and under what organization the fight is arranged. These rules, however, are gathered from the rules section of the World Muay Thai Council's web site. This is not the complete rulebook, but it contains a selection of the most important or most interesting rules.

Weight divisions
CategoryWeight (up to)
Super Heavyweight209 lb+ (95 kg+)
Heavyweight190 lb+ (86 kg+)
Cruiserweight190 lb (86 kg)
Light Heavyweight175 lb (79 kg)
Super Middleweight168 lb (76 kg)
Middleweight160 lb (73 kg)
Junior Middleweight154 lb (70 kg)
Welterweight147 lb (67 kg)
Junior Welterweight140 lb (64 kg)
Lightweight135 lb (61 kg)
Junior Lightweight130 lb (59 kg)
Featherweight126 lb (57 kg)
Junior Featherweight122 lb (55 kg)
Bantamweight118 lb (54 kg)
Junior Bantamweight115 lb (52 kg)
Flyweight112 lb (51 kg)
Junior Flyweight108 lb (49 kg)
Mini Flyweight105 lb (48 kg)

According to rule 8, section 2, the minimum weight to compete is 100 pounds (45 kg).

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