Muay Thai Fight

Last night a group of us went to our first Muay Thai fight. I am usually not a big fan of watching anything very violent, however, this was a very special occasion. Believe it or not one of the people fighting was an American! And even better, he graduated from.....St. Lawrence University! His name is Brent Underwood, who graduated last year. He is 6'8'' and towers over all the other boxers. We watched several fights before his, and got to see several different age groups and even a few female fights. At one point they brought out 8 boxers that were blindfolded inside the ring and then went crazy for a few minutes. There was a mediator also in the ring who would push a boxer into another boxer if he wasn't near anyone else. A few times the blindfolded boxers mistook the mediator for another boxer and would get a few good punches and kicks in before they realized he wasn't there to box. Finally, we got to see Brent fight, and after a long anticipated night, his fight lasted about 30 seconds. His opponent was a good foot shorter than him, and within 30 seconds Brent had kneed his opponent in the face and knocked him out. It was quite an exciting fight and we had a great time for the night seeing a new part of Thai culture.

SLU gang (Jack, Andrew, Brent, me, Tammy, Emily, and Melissa)

the flyer for the fight

8-man blindfolded fight

the beginning of Brent's match

an obvious high difference...