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Muay Thai Matches Set to Sizzle Tonight at Arafura Games 2009
Thu, May 14 2009
The finals of the Muay Thai start Thursday evening at 5pm and the line up of contenders is affirmation that this growing in popularity in Australia. There are five Aussies in medal contention.
The 39kg final is between two Dakoda Marriage from Cooktown, Qld, and Toby Westcott from Orange, NSW, is expected to be close match but Marriage is tipped to win.
Thailand’s Anuchit Sathit should outperform Iran’s Mohammad Madadi in the 54kg bout.
The match of the evening is touted to be the fight between up-and-coming Muay Thai star Clayton Cook from Cooktown, Qld, and Kavel Soleymani from Iran. Pundits say this match it too close to call.
South African architect Kevin Pheko should have an easy win over Tatsuya Ando from Japan in the 67kg category.
The 86kg category sees NSW fighter Joshua Primmer from Orange battle Majid Fallah from Iran for the gold medal. This will be a close match.
Akbat Karimi of Iran is expected to easily defeat George Murray of New Zealand in the 91+kg bout.
The final match of the evening is between Madeline Ross of South Africa and Australia’s women’s Muay Thai captain Heather O’Donnell from Caloundra, Qld. This will be hard fought but Heather is expected to prevail.
The Muay Thai finals begin at 5pm in the Spectrum Stadium at Marrara Sports Precinct.
For more information go to www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au.
Gail Liston (08) 8920 5536 or 0407 207 335.