2017 in World Lethwei Championship#WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
{{short description|World Lethwei Championship sport events in 2017}}
{{Year in Combat Sports
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|first_date= March 3, 2017
|last_date= November 4, 2017
|total_events= 3
|total_fights= 26
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The year 2017 is the 1st year in the history of the World Lethwei Championship, a Lethwei promotion based in Myanmar.
List of events
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! scope="col" | # ! scope="col" | Event ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Location ! scope="col" | Attendance |
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| {{dts|2017|March|3}} | Mingalardon Event Zone | {{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar | |
| align=center|2
| {{dts|2017|June|10}} | {{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar | |
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| {{dts|2017|November|4}} | {{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar | |
WLC 1: The Great Beginning
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=WLC 1: The Great Beginning
|image=
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|promotion=World Lethwei Championship
|date={{dts|2017|March|3}}
|venue=Mingalardon Event Zone
|city={{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar
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|followingevent=WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
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WLC 1: The Great Beginning was the inaugural Lethwei event organized by World Lethwei Championship{{cite web|url= http://ameblo.jp/tks0604/entry-12249439290.html|title= 3・3WLC『The Great Beginning』|publisher=Ameblo|date=19 February 2017}} and took place on March 3, 2017, at the Mingalardon Event Zone in Yangon, Myanmar.{{cite web|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/ten-things-to-do-in-rangoon-this-week-28.html|title= Ten Things to do in Rangoon This Week|publisher=Irrawady|date=28 February 2017}}
= Background =
The first WLC event was highly anticipated by the Lethwei fans around the world{{cite web|url= http://www.myanmarinternationaltv.com/news/world-letwhei-championship-biggest-intl-lethwei-competition-myanmar|title= World Lethwei Championship: Biggest Int'l. Lethwei Competition in Myanmar|publisher=Myanmar International Tv|accessdate=16 May 2017}} and took place on re-purposed driving range of the Mingalardon Country Club{{cite web|url= http://myanmar24h.com/news-12-4-4a6ece05cb0cc282ace5e4981c8aa541|title= ဒီတပတျ ရနျကုနျမှာ လညျပတျစရာ|publisher=Myanmar24h|accessdate=16 May 2017}} which was specially built for the event.{{cite web|url= http://agdbank.com/world-lethwei-championship-wlc/|title= World Lethwei Championship (WLC)|publisher= AGD Bank|accessdate= 16 May 2017|archive-date= 6 June 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170606043055/http://agdbank.com/world-lethwei-championship-wlc/|url-status= dead}} The weigh-ins for the event were held in Kandawgyi Park in Yangon.{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/myanmarmedia7news/videos/1807361622623338/|title=The Great Beginning ပြိုင်ပွဲယှဉ်ပြိုင်မည့် တွဲဆိုင်းများ မိတ်ဆက် . . . ရုပ်/သံ သတင်း|publisher=Myanmar Media 7|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=my}}
After losing his title to Dave Leduc in December 2016,{{cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/sports/25635-knee-injury-sidelines-lethwei-champ.html|title=Knee injury sidelines Lethwei champ|website=Myanmar Times|date=25 May 2017}}{{cite news|author=Kyaw Zin Hlaing|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/24187-myanmar-s-lethwei-goliath-toppled-by-canadian-dave.html|title=Myanmar's lethwei goliath toppled by Canadian 'Dave'|date=13 December 2016|work=Myanmar Times}} Lethwei superstar Tun Tun Min returned to face British kickboxer Nicholas Carter in the main event.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefightnation.com/world-lethwei-championship-1-final-card-details|author=Matt Eaton|title=World Lethwei Championship 1 Final Card Details|publisher=The Fight Nation|date=3 March 2017|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202161449/https://www.thefightnation.com/world-lethwei-championship-1-final-card-details/|url-status=dead}} Tun Tun Min won the fight via brutal knockout in the first round.{{cite web|url=https://www.myanmore.com/yangon/2017/03/great-beginning-world-lethwei-championship/|title= The Great Beginning – World Lethwei Championship|publisher=Myanmore|accessdate=4 March 2017}} The co-main event featured Lethwei champion Too Too against Australian Muaythai fighter Eddie Farrell.{{cite web|url=http://muaythaipros.com/from-muay-thai-to-bare-knuckle-boxing-an-interview-with-eddie-farrell/|title=From Muay Thai to Bare Knuckle Boxing – An Interview with Eddie Farrell|publisher=muaythaipros.com|accessdate=16 May 2017}} Too Too won his fight by unanimous decision after he lacerated Farrel's face with punches {{cite web|url=http://tv.dvb.no/videos/dvb-tv-%E1%82%8F%E1%80%AF%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6%E1%80%90%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%B2%E1%80%BC%E1%80%86%E1%80%AF%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90|title=DVB TV – နိုင်ငံတကာတွဲဆိုင်းတွေမှာ မြန်မာလက်ဝှေ့ကစားသမားတွေ အနိုင်ရ|publisher=DVB TV|accessdate=16 May 2017|archive-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426143317/http://tv.dvb.no/videos/dvb-tv-%E1%82%8F%E1%80%AF%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6%E1%80%90%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%B2%E1%80%BC%E1%80%86%E1%80%AF%E1%80%AD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B9%E1%80%B8%E1%80%B1%E1%80%90|url-status=dead|language=my}} and opened up a huge gash on his orbital bone.{{cite web|url=http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/192782|title= ကမ္ဘာ့ချန်ပီယံရှစ် ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင် ထွန်းထွန်းမင်းနှင့်တူးတူးတို့ နိုင်ပွဲရ|publisher=DVB |accessdate=16 May 2017|language=my}}
= Results =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;" |
| colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;" | WLC 1: The Great Beginning |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Weight Class
! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Method ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Round ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Time ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Notes |
| Middleweight 75 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Tun Tun Min |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nicholas Carter |Knockout |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:59 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Too Too |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Farrell |Decision (unanimous) |align=center| 5 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Thway Thit Win Hlaing |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Saw Ba Oo |Decision (unanimous) |align=center|5 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe Thaw |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MAS}} Jian Kai Chee |Knockout |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:47 | |
| Welterweight 67 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Sein Myo Aung |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Ye Man Hein | Decision (unanimous) |align=center| 5 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Kyar Pouk |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|CAM}} Prak Chansin | Knockout |align=center| 1 |align=center| 1:34 | |
| Light Welterweight 63.5 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Yan Naing Tun |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Zwe Shwe Ko | Knockout |align=center| 3 |align=center| 0:22 | |
| Featherweight 57 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Thet Paing Oo |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Shwe Phar Se | Decision (Split) |align=center| 3 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Pite Htwe |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Tun Tun Naing | Knockout |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:00 | |
| Lightweight 60 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Ye Tway |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Saw Min Naing | Decision (unanimous) |align=center| 3 |align=center| 3:00 | |
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WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
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|promotion=World Lethwei Championship
|date={{dts|2017|June|10}}
|venue=Thuwunna Stadium
|city={{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar
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|previousevent=WLC 1: The Great Beginning
|followingevent=WLC 3: Legendary Champions
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WLC 2: Ancient Warriors was a Lethwei event held on June 10, 2017, in Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mntvnewsofficial/videos/1820272204955999/|title= မေလ ၁၅ ရက်နေ့ ည ၇ နာရီ ပြည်တွင်းသတင်းများ|publisher=MNTV News|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=my}}
= Background =
The main event featured a bout between top lethwei fighter Soe Lin Oo{{cite web|author=ကြောျဇငျလှိုငျ|url=http://myanmar.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/26236-2017-05-10-07-48-33.html|title=ကမ္ဘာ့လက်ဝှေ့ချန်ပီယံရှစ်-၂ တွင် စိုးလင်းဦးနှင့် အာသာဆာလာဒိုက်တို့ ရင်ဆိုင်ထိုးသတ်မည်|publisher=Myanmar Times|date=7 May 2017|language=my}} and Polish kickboxing champion Artur Saladiak.{{cite web|url=http://scrappfightmag.com/2017/05/19/polands-artur-saladiak-and-myanmars-soe-lin-oo-to-headline-biggest-lethwei-event-in-history-wlc2-ancient-warriors/|title= Poland's Artur Saladiak and Myanmar's Soe Lin Oo to Headline Biggest Lethwei Event in History, WLC2: Ancient Warriors|publisher=Scrappfightmag|date=19 May 2017}} The co-main event featured Lethwei star Too Too against French Muaythai champion James Benal, France's top welterweight.{{cite web|url=https://mymmanews.com/wlc-bareknuckle-fighting|title=WWorld's largest bareknuckle fighting organization sets event for 10,000 seat indoor stadium|website=My MMA News|date=2 June 2017}} Brent Bolsta was originally scheduled to compete at the event,{{cite web|url= http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/2017/06/05/reno-fighter-hopes-use-his-head---combat/102534922/|title=Reno fighter hopes to use his head - in combat|publisher=Reno Gazette Journal|date=5 June 2017}} but was involved in a motorcycle accident five days before the event. After 5 rounds, Too Too defeated Benal by decision{{cite web|url= http://www.news-eleven.com/sports/36383|title=ကမ္ဘာ့ချန်ပီယံရှစ် မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့ပြိုင်ပွဲအဖြစ် စိုးလင်းဦးနှင့် ပိုလန်မွေထိုင်းလက်ဝှေ့သမား ဆာလာဒိုက်တို့ ထိုးသတ်မည်|publisher=Eleven News |accessdate=16 May 2017|language=my}} and it was announced that he will be facing multiple-times Australian Muay Thai champion Michael Badato for the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship.{{cite web|url=http://myawady.net.mm/sport/item/123049-2017-05-06-20-51-16|title=WLC-2 ကို ANCIENT WARRIORS အမည်ဖြင့် ပြောင်းလဲ ကျင်းပမည်|publisher=MyaAwady|accessdate=16 May 2017|archive-date=2017-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509023420/http://www.myawady.net.mm/sport/item/123049-2017-05-06-20-51-16|url-status=dead|language=my}} Artur Saladiak outpointed Soe Lin Oo in the main event to earn a decision win,{{cite web|url= http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/sports/26350-saladiak-spoils-soe-lin-oo-s-unbeaten-record.html|title= Saladiak spoils Soe Lin Oo's unbeaten record|publisher=Myanmar Times|date=11 June 2017}} becoming the first foreign fighter to defeat Soe Lin Oo.{{cite web|url= http://www.duwun.com.mm/sports/local/world-lethwei-championship-2-id6817856.html|title= အလဲထိုးပွဲနည်းခဲ့တဲ့ World Lethwei Championship 2|publisher=Duwun|date=11 June 2017|language=my}}
= Results =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;" |
| colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;" | WLC 2: Ancient Warriors |
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| colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Weight Class
! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Method ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Round ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Time ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Notes |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|POL}} Artur Saladiak |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Soe Lin Oo |Decision (Unanimous) |align=center| 5 |3:00 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Too Too |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|FRA}} James Benal |Decision (Unanimous) |align=center| 5 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Thway Thit Win Hlaing |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Shwe Yar Mann |Decision (Unanimous) |align=center|5 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe Thaw |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Fitzroy |Knockout |align=center| 4 |align=center| 2:35 | |
| Welterweight 67 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Kyar Pouk |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Htet Aung Oo | Knockout (Medical Stoppage) |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:12 | |
| Welterweight 67 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe La Pyae |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Sein Myo Aung | Knockout |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:48 | |
| Middleweight 75 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Pite Htwe |align=center|def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Ye Yint Aung | Decision (Unanimous) |align=center| 4 |align=center| 3:00 | |
| Welterweight 67 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Sithu |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Shan Lay | Decision (Split) |align=center| 4 |align=center| 3:00 | |
WLC 3: Legendary Champions
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=WLC 3: Legendary Champions
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|promotion=World Lethwei Championship
|date={{dts|2017|November|4}}
|venue=Thuwunna Stadium
|city={{flagicon|Myanmar}} Yangon, Myanmar
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|previousevent=WLC 2: Ancient Warriors
|followingevent=WLC 4: Barekunckle-King
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WLC 3: Legendary Champions was Lethwei event held on November 4, 2017, in Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/foxsportsasia/videos/10155296750594545/?hc_ref=ARRN1eqyJ6InnorMctclw7A-|title=FOX SPORTS Asia Legendary Champions|website=Facebook|language=en|date=4 October 2017}}
= Background =
The main event featured Lethwei champion Too Too{{Cite news|url=http://manilastandard.net/sports/fightsports/249739/filipino-aussie-kickboxing-champ-to-see-action-in-the-world-s-biggest-bare-knuckle-tilt.html|title=Fil-Aussie kickboxing champ to see action in the world's biggest bare-knuckle tilt|work=Manila Standard|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en}} against Australian kickboxing champion Michael Badato.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.mb.com.ph/2017/10/18/wlc-legendary-champions-fil-aussie-kickboxer-badato-eyes-history/|title=WLC Legendary Champions: Fil-Aussie kickboxer Badato eyes history|website=Manila Bulletin Sports|language=en-US|date=11 October 2017}} In the co-main event, Saw Nga Man defeated Eddie Farrell by unanimous decision.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=news/14/11/2018/id-11640|title=Myanmar Lethwei fighter Saw Nga Man to fight against Australian Eddie Farrell at WLC 3|website=MM GOV|language=en|date=3 October 2017}} After a hard-fought five round battle, Too Too emerged victorious to claim the Middleweight World Lethwei Championship title.{{cite web|url=https://miruhon.net/82468|title=開始間近！判定有り、タイム無しラウェイ！～『WLC（World Lethwei Championship）-3 "Legendary Champions"』ミャンマー・ヤンゴン大会！！|date=2017-11-04|website=Miruhon|accessdate=2017-03-06}} Umar Semata made his debut against veteran Soe Lin Oo and lost by knockout in the second round.{{cite web|url=https://miruhon.net/82468|title=開始間近！判定有り、タイム無しラウェイ！～『WLC（World Lethwei Championship）-3 "LEGENDARY CHAMPIONS"』ミャンマー・ヤンゴン大会！！|date=2017-11-04|website=Miruhon|accessdate=2017-03-06}} ONE Championship Middleweight World Champion Aung La Nsang also made a special appearance at the event.
= Results =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 80%;" |
| colspan="8" style="background-color: #ccf; color: #000080; text-align: center;" | WLC 3: Legendary Champions |
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| colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Weight Class
! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Method ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Round ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Time ! colspan="1" style="background-color: #E6E8FA; color: #000000; text-align: center;" | Notes |
| Middleweight 75 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA }} Too Too | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Badato |Decision (Unanimous) | align="center" | 5 |3:00 |
| Super Middleweight 79 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Saw Nga Man | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Farrell |Decision (Unanimous) | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Soe Lin Oo |def. |{{flagicon|UGA}} Umar Semata |Knockout | align="center" |2 | align="center" | 1:14 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|POL}} Artur Saladiak | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|ROM}} Alex Bublea |Decision (Unanimous) | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 3:00 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Thway Thit Win Hlaing | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Shan Ko | Knockout | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:55 | |
| Light Middleweight 71 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Phoe La Pyae | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|CAM}} Rin Saroth | Knockout | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1:10 | |
| Featherweight 57 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Mite Yine | align="center" |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Pha Kyaw Hae | Decision (Unanimous) | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2:50 | |
| Lightweight 60 kg
|{{flagicon|MYA}} Chit Maung Maung |def. |{{flagicon|MYA}} Doe Lay | Decision (Unanimous) | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3:00 | |
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