Tharoth Sam

{{Short description|Cambodian actress and mixed martial arts fighter}}

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| weight = 48 kg

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| style = Bokator

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Tharoth Sam is a Cambodian actress and mixed martial artist specializing in the Khmer fighting style of Bokator.{{Cite web|last=Taing|first=Rinith|title='Little Frog' makes leap from fighting octagon to big screen|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life-arts-culture/little-frog-makes-leap-fighting-octagon-big-screen|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.phnompenhpost.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2018-11-04|title=Sam Tharoth- Martial Arts Star ⋆ Cambodia News English|url=https://cne.wtf/2018/11/04/sam-tharoth-martial-arts-star/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Cambodia News English|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Céline|date=2017-02-03|title=Tharoth Sam : meet the kick-ass Khmer princess|url=https://www.maviedeninja.com/2017/02/03/rencontre-tharoth-sam-guerriere/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Sport, Bien-être & Sexualité avec Céline Tran|language=en-US}} She has previously competed in ONE Championship.

Biography

Sam grew up in a refugee camp on the border of Cambodia and Thailand. Her father, Oum Dara, was a violinist and songwriter. When Sam was 18 years old, she started studying Bokator, a traditional Khmer fighting style, and she entered in her first martial arts fight in 2014. She was coached by Chan Reach Kun Khmer, a Cambodian-American mixed martial arts fighter, and San Kim Sean.

In 2017, she appeared in the films Jailbreak and First They Killed My Father.{{Cite web|last=Wassenberg|first=Anya|date=2018-11-13|title=Tharoth Sam excited to move Cambodia forward by Surviving Bokator|url=https://www.mmacrossfire.com/2018/11/13/tharoth-sam-excited-to-move-cambodia-forward-by-surviving-bokator/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=MMA Crossfire|language=en-US}} She also appeared in Loung Preah Sdach Korn, a historical film.

== Fighting career==

As a fighter, she is known by the nickname Little Frog.{{Cite web|title=Woman to watch: "Jailbreak" star Tharoth Sam {{!}} News & Features {{!}} Cinema Online|url=https://www.cinema.com.my/articles/features_details.aspx?search=2017.f_jailbreakstartharoth_38192|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.cinema.com.my|language=en}}

After 18 months absence from the cage, Sam competed in Thailand at Full Metal Dojo 14 and won via rear naked chokes against Thailand’s Surarak Kamla.{{Cite web |title=Play it again Sam: actor’s winning return|url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/20724/play-it-again-sam-actors-winning-return/|date=July 3, 2017|author=Ismail Vorajee|website=Khmer Times}}

Mixed martial arts record

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| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 4–2

| Kaewjai Prachumwong

| Submission (Armbar)

| Full Metal Dojo 15

| {{dts|format=dmy|2017|November|4}}

| align=center|3

| align=center|4:47

| Bangkok, Thailand

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| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 3–2

| Surarak Kamla

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| Full Metal Dojo 14

| {{dts|format=dmy|2017|July|1}}

| align=center|3

| align=center|4:26

| Bangkok, Thailand

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| {{no2}}Loss

| align=center| 2–2

| Jeet Toshi

| Decision (unanimous)

| ONE Championship: Kingdom of Khmer

| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|December|5}}

| align=center|3

| align=center|5:00

| Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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| {{no2}}Loss

| align=center| 2–1

| Jujeath Nagaowa

| TKO (Punches and Elbows)

| ONE FC 23: Warrior's Way

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|December|5}}

| align=center|2

| align=center|3:34

| Manila, Philippines

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| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 2–0

| Vy Srey Khouch

| Technical Submission (Armbar)

| ONE FC 20 - Rise of the Kingdom

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|September|12}}

| align=center|1

| align=center|2:36

| Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 1–0

| Srey Moa Theoun

| Submission (Armbar)

| Bayon Khmer MMA - BKM

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|June|14}}

| align=center|1

| align=center|3:12

| Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Filmography

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YearTitleRole
2024The LockdownJeeja Aromdee the Women's Champion
2024The Night Curse of ReatreiPisey
2023

|Killing Time Violently

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2022Shotgun WeddingRat-Face
2017JailbreakTharoth
2017First They Killed My Fatherchild soldier leader
2017Loung Preah Sdach Korn

References

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