Muay mat
มวยหมัด
A muay thai fighter type who wins mainly with fists, supplementing punch combinations with thigh kicks.
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Muay mat (มวยหมัด) means “fist fighter.” It is one of the traditional fighter types in muay thai, alongside muay femue, muay khao and muay te. Muay mat goes for the knockout, combining punches, mainly hooks, and adding kicks to the thighs. Because fists carry less weight than kicks and knees in traditional scoring, muay mat usually has to win convincingly, for example by knockout.
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A muay thai fighter type who wins with knees and the clinch. He keeps pushing, closes the distance and attacks the torso with knees in the clinch.
Muay femueมวยฝีมือA muay thai fighter type who wins through technique, timing and distance control. Samart Payakaroon and Saenchai are given as examples.
MatหมัดThai for fist and a punch. A fighter who scores mainly with the fists is called muay mat. The verb chok means to box.