Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Muay Thai

The last weekend I went to a Muay Thai fight in a small, nearby stadium. The place was completely crowded and packed.

When the two fighters entered the stadium it was very quiet. I had the impression, that only very few people paid attention to the fighters and it seemed, that they all come for some other reason.

The coaches made the fighters ready for the fight and talked to them all the time. I guess this was a kind of "your are the best fighter in the world, my son" speeches ;-) After they entered the ring, there was a traditional fighter dance (I don't know how to call it) and it was very quiet in the stadium.


After the action started. The two fighters first had a look at each other and started very slow. Their punches and kicks were very slow and it looked like slow-motion. After a while the fight got really intense and the crowed started to yell, every time one of the fighters made a good punch or kick. While they were fighting the people in the stadium placed there bets and it was amazing to see, how fast the bookkeepers kept up with all the screamed numbers.


After one hour I had enough and I wanted to get out, but this took me more than 20 minutes, since people were everywhere! It was really unbelievable and if you ever have a chance to go to a fight, do it! :-)

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