The 3rd Muay Thai Pro-Amateur National Championship 2013 held at Kandivali, Mumbai

The 3^rd Muay pro-am national championship was decided by president of the national federation of Muay Thai India to be conducted in Mumbai. After his visit to Mumbai the venue was finalized at our very own SAI center located in Kandivali East Mumbai. This was to be held from 5^th till 9^th of February and Bala Shetty along with Danish Shetty took the responsibility of conducting this event.

Best fighters from 12 states were invited to this event starting from Maharashtra, Mizoram, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Pondicherry, Karnataka, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.  This turned out to be one of the biggest and best rated event in the history of Muay Thai India and was a success from participation to organization and some of the best witnessed fights amongst the best muay thai fighters of the country. The show stopper being the last day of the event.

This was undoubtedly one of the best observed event, all the credits going to the hard work and dedication of the organizers of the event Bala Shetty and Danish Shetty. Special thanks to Shree Ganesh Movie Lights who gave a real professional touch to the look and feel of the entire setup and made it look at par with any international event. The event was graced by presence of various bollywood celebrities  including Kailash Kher, Sonal Sehgal, Naresh Kamath and Rajneesh Duggal. We were also honoured by presence of K. D. Kamble, Deputy CEO of Khadi and V.I. Commission of India.

The main event featured the final bouts for Gold medal and observed some of the best entertaining and thrilling fights. As fighters fought their hearts out, spectators enjoyed each and every moment of the fights. Even the celebrities and VIP guests were spellbound and stayed till the last of the fights. Team Maharashtra turned out as the best performers of the event as they bagged most medals with 6 Gold, 12 Silver and 5 Bronze medals. Andhra team coming out as the 2^nd best performance with 8 medals in all, 5 of them being Gold. The final medal tally was:

Medal Tally

S.No.	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1.	Maharashtra	6	12	5
2.	Andhra Pradesh	5	2	1
3	Sikkim	3	4	1
4	Mizoram	2	2	3
5	Haryana	3
6.	Delhi	2	2	2
7	Karnataka	2	1	1
8.	Tamilnadu	2	1	1
9	Pondicherry		1	1
10	Kerala	1
11	Gujrat	1	1	2
12	Uttar Pradesh		2	1
	Total	25	26	18

On this event Bala Shetty was also felicitated by Grand Master and president of Muay Thai India Mr. M.H. Abid along with Danish Shetty president of Maharashtra Muay Thai association along with all the celebrities for his achievements and contributions towards the Nation and development promotion of the sport of Muay Thai. This also featured a tribute video for him. 

TCF 5th Anniversary

5th Anniversary of TOTAL COMBAT FITNESS!

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part III (Fight Night)

Continued from my previous post on ONE FC 3 Weigh-ins…

The sun dawned on 31st March – the big day of the ONE Fighting Championship 3: War of the Lions. My friend Ira joined me for breakfast at Hotel Park Royal at Kitchener Road where I was put up. She was with Malaysian MMA fighter, Jian Kai Chee who was going to fight a local Singaporean MMA star, Eddie Ng in the ONE FC Main Card later in the evening. I conveyed my best wishes to him.

In the evening, I accompanied the entire team of fighters in a bus that took us to the ONE FC venue – Singapore Indoor Stadium. Every fighter was looking very confident and eager to fight.

Coverage in the premier issue of SMART life magazine

Total Combat Fitness and I got three full pages coverage in the first ever issue of SMART life magazine this month. The article titled “Here’s Thai Saviour!” features on pages 32 to 34 of the magazine. It talks about how Muay Thai training benefits practitioners of all ages/gender and covers the rigorous training that we undergo at Total Combat Fitness. It also carries my quotes along with personal experiences of TCF members Shubhangi Manjrekar, Dr. Mehool Mehta and Dr. Leena Mehta.

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part II (Weigh-ins)

I landed at Singapore’s Changi Airport on 30th April morning and was pleasantly surprised to see a beautiful ONE FC liaison officer waiting for me outside the Airport to escort me to my hotel. She took me to Hotel Park Royal at Kitchener Road in a prearranged car. There was ONE FC staff at the hotel to help me out with my check-in.

After having my breakfast at the hotel, I bumped into Victor Cui, CEO/Owner of ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), Asia’s largest MMA organization. In fact, it was on Victor’s invitation that I had landed in Singapore and Karen Seah from his team had helped me with the hotel room reservation. Victor was very happy to see me and told me that he was looking forward to meet me up after the ONE FC Weigh-ins. He also invited me to attend the Weigh-ins which were to be held at The Chevron House in Raffles Place.

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part I

I am on my way to Singapore to witness the ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), Asia’s largest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, to be held on Saturday, 31st March, 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from 8:00 PM SGT (12:00 PM GMT) onwards.

Headquartered in Singapore, ONE FC is Asia’s largest MMA organization with its focus on the best Asian mixed martial artists and world champions. ONE FC hosts the most prestigious MMA event in Asia and is the only Asian MMA organization with a pan-Asian media broadcast with ESPN, STAR Sports and MediaCorp reaching over 500 million viewers in 24 different countries.

Coverage in DNA Lifestyle Mumbai Edition for Self Defence

I got covered in yesterday’s (Sunday, 19 February, 2011) Lifestyle Section of DNA Sunday Mumbai Edition on Page 10 under the ‘These women will bring you to your knees’ article that talks about how more women in Mumbai are enrolling themselves for self defence classes.