World Lethwei Championship
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| Private | |
| Industry | Lethwei event |
| Founded | August 2015 |
| Founder | Zay Thiha |
| Headquarters | Yangon, Myanmar |
| Parent | Myanmar Lekkha Moun Co Ltd |
| Website | www.worldlethwei.com |
World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) is a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. It was launched in August 2015 by Zaykabar Company Vice-Chairman Zay Thiha and investors.
It signed top lethwei fighters Tun Tun Min & Too Too, to exclusive contracts. It also offered exclusive contracts to Thway Thit Win Hlaing, Ye Tagon and Phoe Thaw and signed international fighters like Eddie Farrell and Umar Semata.
The first WLC event, titled WLC1: The Great Beginning, was held on 3 March 2017 at Mingalardon Event Zone in Mingaladon Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion has also scheduled its second event for Thuwunna Stadium on June 10.
World Lethwei Championship was launched on August 2015. It was announced that the organisation plans to combine world-class lethwei action with live entertainment, including a DJ, enticing fighter entrances and dancers.
WLC does not use traditional Lethwei rules, it uses a modified ruleset, with judges and no injury timeouts.
Each bout can be booked as a 3, 4 or 5 round fight with 3 minutes per round and a 2-minute break in between rounds. Championship bouts are 5 round fights with 3 minutes per round and a 2-minute break between rounds.
In the event that a bout goes the distance, it will go to the judges decision. The 3 judges will score the bout based on number of strikes per round. Fighters have a maximum of 3 knockdowns per round and 4 knockdowns in the entire fight before the fight is ruled a knockout.
WLC 1:The Great Beginning was the inaurugral World Lethwei Championship event and took place on 3 March 2017 at Mingalardon Event Zone. The area was the re-purposed driving range of Mingalardon Country Club and was specially built for the event. This event is considered the biggest lethwei event in history.
The weigh-ins for the event were held in Kandawgyi Park in Yangon.
The headline fight featured TunTun Min against British kickboxer Nicholas Carter. TunTun Min won the fight via knockout in the first round.
WLC 2: Ancient Warriors took place on 10 June 2017 in Thuwunna Stadium. The event featured a main-event bout between Soe Lin Oo and Polish kickboxer Artur Saladiak. Brent Bolsta was originally scheduled to compete at the event but was involved in a motorcycle accident five days before the event.
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