Muaythai Judging : Summary
By Tony Myers
So to sum up, scoring in Muay Thai is different to kickboxing and international (western) boxing. It is effect of techniques and not the volume of techniques that are important in determining the winner of a fight. A number of techniques are considered by judges to be more effective than others; unbalancing an opponent and following up with a strong technique, knocking down or throwing an opponent onto the floor, hitting with clean hard kicks or knees to the body. In professional fights, the fights are judged as a whole and it is important that a boxer finishes strongly; the later rounds (3, 4 and 5) are the most important. In amateur fights each round is scored equally but judges are still looking for the dominant and most effective fighter. If you have to judge a fight yourself you need to be very familiar with the rules of MuayThai, have an understanding what good Muay Thai techniques look like, look objectively at what happens in the fight and not be influenced by the crowd.
A final point, fighters train very hard for fights putting in many hours of training, they deserve to be judged by individuals who also train… to judge Muay Thai. There are judging courses available both nationally and internationally. Internationally the World Muaythai Council (WMC) and the International Federation of Muay Thai Amateur (IFMA) offer courses in Thailand on judging. Nationally some associations also offer courses; the British Association of Muay Thai officials (BAMTO), the United Kingdom Muay Thai Federation (UKMF), Scottish Muay Thai Federation, The World Muay Thai Organisation (WMTO) and the British Thai Boxing Council (BTBC).
Information : MuayThaiOnline.Com
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