Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee
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Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee is a Thai
Thailand
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 Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 kickboxer and the reigning Thailand and WKN Muaythai
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 Welterweight
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 world champion.

Biography

Sudsakorn is a young nakmuay who is very popular in his home country of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. He has recently arrived in France
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 and was welcomed by his manager Nicolas Subileau. He hopes to make a name for himself in Europe by fighting the best in his weightclass of 64 kg - 70 kg.

His fighting name comes from a thai legend : Sudsakorn is a strange child brought up in the ancient mystical traditions of Thailand
Thailand
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. His mother, a siren, sends him away to find his father whom he's never known. Armed with his grandfather's magical weapon and accompagnied by his half-horse, half-dragon, Sudsakorn embarks on a long, dangerous quest.

Sudsakorn whose real name is Som Klinmee also nicknamed « O » began practising Muaythai at age 6. He began training under his father Yack Klinmee for 4 years and his older cousin Rambaa Somdet M16.

Sudsakorn lived and trained in Torino, Italy
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 in the early months of 2011. Since March 28, 2011, he has been living in Pattaya
Pattaya
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, Thailand
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 and training at Sor Klinmee Gym in Chonburi
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.

Early career

Between the ages of 10 and 18, he is taken in by a new trainer, Trapaya Klinmee of Sitor Gym in Pattaya
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. Then, at 18 Sudsakorn meets an Irishman named Graig O'Flynn. The latter opens a gym in Pattaya
Pattaya
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, the Sitjaipetch and mentors the young nakmuay for 4 years. During this time, Sudsakorn has the opportunity to fight 4 times in England and Ireland. He beats Robert Storey, the British champion twice in 2005. (Sudsakorn weighed 61 kg at the time) During the revenge match aired on Eurosport, Robert Storey has his arm fractured by a middle but nevertheless manges to go the 5 rounds.

A year later, in 2006, Sudsakorn wins the WMC S1 World Championship belt (64 kg) at the King's Anniversary the 5th of December, against Slovak Egon Herzing.

His fondest memory : Against fellow thai Ouadang Soukilatougsong. From whom he takes the WPMF 2006 - World Professional Muaythai Federation belt.

His greatest achievement : Beating Kaosanit Sopanpai, TV7 champion, in 2007. The TV7 tourney held every Sunday in Bangkok brings together all the champions having had at least 3 consecutive wins at the Raja, Lumpini or Omnoi stadiums.

His toughest fight : A win against thai Kongfa Bergmun for the Fairtex Theprasite 2007 belt.

Titles and achievements

  • 2010 WKN
    World Kickboxing Network
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     World Grand Prix BIG-8 Final 2010 in Belarus
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     Champion (-66.7 kg)
  • 2010 WKN
    World Kickboxing Network
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     Muaythai World Welterweight
    Welterweight
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     Champion (-66.7 kg)
  • 2007 Fairtex Theprasit Muaythai Champion
  • 2006 W.P.M.F.
    World Professional Muaythai Federation
    The World Professional MuayThai Federation สหพันธ์มวยไทยอาชีพโลก was formed February 2004 by the association of professional boxing of Thailand . The PAT is the only organization officially recognized by the Thai government. The WPMF was founded to promote and support the Muaythai worldwide,...

     World Super Lightweight Champion (World Professional Championship Muaythai  (-63.5 kg)
  • 2006 WMC S1 World Champion - WMC S1 Songchai (-64 kg)
  • 2004-2005 Toyota 4X4 Radjadamnun Finalist

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

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