THE World Lethwei Championship will host the ‘King of Nine Limbs’ event at 5 p.m on 2 August at the Mandalar Thiri Stadium in Mandalay, according to the WLC website.
The main event will be a bout between Dave Leduc and Seth Baczynski.
The co-main event will feature Artur Saladiak and Sasha Moisa.
The other bouts included in the event are Myanmar’s Mite Yine vs Thailand’s O Top, Viet Nam’s Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat vs Malaysia’s Izat Zaki, Myanmar’s Hein Tun Tun Aung vs Linn Het Aung, and Myanmar’s Htet Naing Aung vs Sai Maung Maung.
The first women’s division bout will also be included in the event,in which Muay Thai expert Souris Manfredi will make her Lethwei debut.
She will face Cambodia’s highest ranked female fighter Eh Yanut, the daughter of legendary kickboxer Eh Phutong.
The event includes two prelims of Myanmar fighters — Paing Htet Aung vs Aung Paing and Saw El Kaluu vs Saw Lin Lin.
The World L ethwei Championship has recently announced that Dave Leduc will be making his promotional debut against UFC veteran Seth Baczynski under the vacant cruiserweight (79 to 84kg) World Lethwei Championship.
Artur Saladiak will also defend his Light Middleweight title for the first time against Sasha Moisa.
U Zay Thiha, the WLC chairman, was quoted as saying that the upcomingevent will be the biggest in Lethwei history by theThe Body Lock website. The event will be streamed live on Canal+ and UFC Fight Pass.
Tickets can be booked on www.majortickets.com.mm and hotline number 09-799 88 5858. — Kyaw Khin
