Chatri Sityodtong
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Chatri Sityodtong ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง |
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| Born | Chatri Trisiripisal |
| Native name | ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Style | Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
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Kru in Muay Thai Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Website | chatrisityodtong |
Chatri Trisiripisal (Thai: ชาตรี ตรีศิริพิศาล), known by his ring names as Chatri Sityodtong (Thai: ชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (Thai: ยอดชาตรี ศิษย์ยอดธง), is an entrepreneur and a martial artist from Thailand. In December 2016, Chatri Sityodtong was named the Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA by Yahoo! Sports.
Raised in Thailand, Sityodtong is of half-Thai, half-Japanese ethnicity. His family went through bankruptcy and his father eventually abandoned the family. At one point his family was homeless and Sityodtong "lived on one meal per day." He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School at Harvard University in 1999.
Chatri started Muay Thai as a child under Kru Yodtong Senanan of Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand. Kru Yodtong eventually gave Chatri the ring name, Yodchatri Sityodtong. A veteran of over 30 fights, Sityodtong's last professional Muay Thai fight was in 2008 in Thailand. He is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor under Kru Yodtong Senanan of the Sityodtong Camp in Pattaya, Thailand. Before his death, Kru Yodtong appointed Chatri Sityodtong as one of 4 conservators of Sityodtong Muay Thai in the world. Sityodtong started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in approximately 2006, and has a Blue Belt under Renzo Gracie.
Chatri was named by MSN Sports as one of the top coaches in the sports world alongside Greg Jackson, Pep Guardiola, Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, etc. He has trained, coached, or cornered top professional fighters such as former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos, DREAM World Champion Shinya Aoki, former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, UFC fighter Leandro Issa, UFC fighter Tarec Saffiedine, Bellator Champion Ben Askren, Muay Thai World Champion Yoddecha Sityodtong, WBA Boxing World Champion Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai at events such as the UFC, DREAM Fighting Championship, the Art of War Fighting Championship, and the Lumpinee Stadium Championship.
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