- Round two,
with the Aussie guy versus the Thai guy.
(bell rings)
And there's the bell.
(electronic music)
Everybody, it is the 22nd of Feb, 2018.
Sorry about the weird lighting, I'm actually in a tuk-tuk
at the moment.
It's about eight o'clock at night, so I'm heading to the
Chiangmai Muay Thai Boxing Stadium.
There's a fight, there's a series of fights on tonight
from 8:30pm or 9pm tonight.
I'm not sure how many hours it goes for, how many rounds,
or how many fights there are.
But it's usually, probably gonna be
three or four hours worth.
So I'm gonna take you in, get you some good exposure
so you know what it's like in there,
and if you decide to come to Chiangmai
you can definitely check it out for yourself, as well,
and you'll have a bit of an idea of what goes on.
It's the national sport as you probably know, Muay Thai
and it's definitely, even if you're not into Muy Thai,
it's definitely worthwhile checking out the sport
and watching it, and watching it at the stadium.
So, let's do this.
He's on Red Bull.
Anyway, you like my tuk-tuk?
It's like a little nightclub in here.
Sorry about the lighting,
but it's probably not gonna get much better.
Alright, let's do this.
Let's do this.
(electronic music)
Alright, guys, just arrived here.
100 baht tuk-tuk ride.
That's my tuk-tuk just there, right.
He just dropped me off just now.
Behind me on my right-hand side,
that's the Chiangmai Boxing Stadium, just there.
And you can hear the music as well,
that's the typical music that they play
when they're, during a round, Muay Thai round, but anyway.
We're here super early actually,
but they've got some restaurants there.
I might go and check out couple of those restaurants
and check out how much the prices are for tickets.
I believe they're around anywhere from 700 baht
up to 1,500 baht, which is
between 35, how much is that?
About 20 or 30 Australian dollars
up to about 40, 50 Australian dollars,
you know, for the "front seats."
I'll get that confirmed later on.
Alright guys,
I'm gonna take a little tour before it all starts.
And I'll try to film it
and get as close to the action as possible.
(electronic music)
So I just bought my ticket,
my 1,000 baht ticket for ringside access
so I can run around and film.
Everybody's rocking up in tuk-tuks and taxis and,
look at that, another taxi's just pulled up right there.
It is, what time is it?
Almost nine o'clock, maybe quarter-to-nine right now.
Anyway, so I've got a 1,000 baht ringside ticket
so I can round around and film.
You can buy a 600 baht ticket,
as I mentioned before,
to get a seat that's further away,
but it's very elevated.
I'm not sure if you could hear me before,
so I'll just kind of repeat myself a little bit.
The background music was intense back there inside.
Anyways, so I highly recommend getting the 600 baht ticket,
because you'll get really good views of the ring.
Behind me is a place where, like a little restaurant bar,
not a bar, like a pub.
Place you can have like a few beers and whatever
before the matches, you know.
And it's really nice.
I'm actually getting some popcorn
and for 40 baht I'm getting a little bit of popcorn.
I haven't had popcorn for a long time,
so I'm getting popcorn, so I know it's funny.
Thank you, thank you very much.
Cheers.
Yeah?
(electronic music)
So the fight is about to start.
The first fight is about to start
at five minutes from now at nine o'clock.
(electronic music)
(announcing in Thai)
(electronic music)
Alright, going into round two,
with the Aussie guy versus the Thai guy.
(bell rings)
And there's the bell.
(electronic music)
My card, I'm leaving,
it's crazy that this thing is failing,
it's not even recording anymore.
So I'm trying this for the third time now,
anyway so I'm leaving the boxing stadium now,
just finished watching the last, well,
there's a couple more fights,
but I saw the Aussie guy who beat the Thai guy
in a knockout blow and it was good to watch an Aussie win.
I actually had a chat to him behind the scenes
and it didn't record
so I'm really pissed about that.
Sometimes that kind of thing happens, but anyway,
I'll show you the bit of footage where he won,
the final blow, and then that was it.
Really good night.
I'm wrecked.
It's 10 o'clock at night
and I don't have the energy to stick around any longer,
so I'm gonna leave.
I saw the Aussie and I'm happy with that.
And that's it guys.
I think I've said that like three times
because I am wrecked.
I'm repeating myself now.
So definitely come down to a Muay Thai fight
if you're in Chiangmai, Bangkok, anywhere in Thailand.
It's the national sport, it's definitely worth checking out,
it's definitely worth, you know, paying the 1,000 baht,
whatever it is.
If you can get 600 baht tickets, fantastic.
But definitely check it out, it's a good, fun night.
And you get to see what it's all about,
and even maybe do one or two lessons here.
Don't have to be incredibly fit, just do it,
try it, one lesson, two lessons, beginner.
I'm not any good myself but I give it a shot anyway, I do.
I give it my best effort.
Anyway guys, that's it.
Hope you enjoy the video and I'll speak to you tomorrow.
Ciao.
(electronic music)