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Combat Sports.

Where a traditional fighting sport comes from, how its rules work, and what it takes to put it in front of a new audience.

Notes on traditional and bare-knuckle fighting from outside the ring: where a sport comes from, how its rules work and what changes when it reaches a bigger stage. Lethwei first, with a named source for every claim.

1 article, latest November 9, 2026

Combat Sports

From Bagan to LFC 1: The Story of Lethwei

In July 2001, three American fighters travelled to Yangon for the first international Lethwei event, and all three lost. Wikipedia's history of the sport names them as Shannon Ritch, Albert Ramirez and Doug Evans, and…

Kaung Ye MarnNovember 9, 20267 min read