Best muay thai fighters in Ireland?

Tomas_S

So who do YOU think are best and most exiting to watch muay thai, K-1 fighters in Ireland? All weight categories.

chprt

For muay thai skill and technique whilst fighting muay thai, I would say

Steve Meleady
Stephen Hodgers
Andy Gray
Mark Casserly
Paul O Keefe
Paddy Douglas.


Paddy

Peetrik

For best I'd say...
-Stephen Meleady
-Stephen Hodgers
-Robert McGivern
-Mark Casserly


For most fun to watch...
-James O'Connell - Love a good clinch battle personally
-Paddy Douglas - Always a war
-JJ Power - Just always very technically good and slick
-Rob NG - Technically good, unpredictable

I want to put loads more for both but I'll limit myself to those few.

chprt

k1 fighters....

I dont think there are any in Ireland, with a good K1 style, there are thai boxers who fight k1 and win, thats cos they are fighting MMA/kickboxers and they just always seem to have the edge on them.

most of the k1 in this country is a pile of sh*te, in fact most of the fight I have seen are muck, from a purely k1 scoring POV.

I have a lad Piotr Arcimowicz, who regulars trains in Holland and fights thai for me, he is very suited to K1, so apart from him I cant think of anyone, thats has an exciting K1 style

paddy

oc_pl

Cian Cowley is one to watch. If he keeps putting in performances like he did against Paul Budden he will be a serious talent.

Tomas_S

Thanks for your input lads.

GaryRidge

Not in any order but i would say..

Stephen Meleady
Michael Harty
Mark Casserly
Gary Ormond
Paul O Keeffe (disappeared though)
Brian Long

mugger

No body has said Aslan yet

When he has fought Thai in this country he has beat everyone in exciting fashion ( by KO or given them at least a few 8 counts )

And K1 suits him even more and he has done the same in that with whoever he has fought and they have come from good Thai back-rounds as well as kickboxing and other things.so i will go with Aslan for best K1 fighter

Best thai fighter AND most exciting for me is Stephen meleady by a mile,if he fought K1 he would kill anyone at his weight in Ireland(but i don't think he ever will )

Peetrik

mugger wrote: »

No body has said Aslan yet

I actually had Steo, Jono and Aslan on my original lists but I thought it looked completely bias in favor of Bridgestone so I limited myself to 1 from each gym

Tomas_S

Please feel free to post some links to good vids. I know there's good few on youtoobe but maybe I've missed some.

mugger

I know what you mean pat,of course there are loads of really good fighters,but they really are the top 2 for me

Havo

Aslan
Andy Gray
Ste Meleady
Jono Bracken
Liam Doherty
Paul Norton
Mark Casserly

DTB

Peetrik wrote: »

-Paddy Douglas - Always a war

Haha I think u mite mean the other douglas,ray douglas.

DTB

aaron o callaghan,his last two fights have being wars with andy howson and tam mccourt.

DTB

Got to give some of the girls a mention.

Felix and kelly creegan from bridgestone,both fought very well in thier last fights.

Being biased now Emma Pye from Dublin Thai,what i would call a rolls royce fighter:),if it was not for idots in the Uk who nows were she would have gone.

Elaine from Cork too, a good fighter,thats when she can get a fight.

gregmarah

Hodgers , Meleady , Casserly, and Aslan of course have to be up there. O Callaghan did great against Howson, he deserves praise for that. We have so many young great prospects coming through , Brian Long and Gavin Sheehan to mention a few from our club. O Connell from Hanuman last year was exciting but seemed to go quiet for some reason. Micheal Harty from Galway deserves a mention. We have so many good talented fighters in this country its frightening and too many to mention , in both organisations !!

PaulSjp

For me the most exciting fighter's in Ireland are -Brian Long
-Gavin Sheehan
-Mark Casserly
-Alsan
-Meleady
I like to watch james o connell too haha

gregmarah

was gonna say you too Paul but your too busy letting me down haha

PaulSjp

forgot to mention Andy grey too

Khannie

For me, most of the A class fighters in the country are well worth watching. These lads always put on a good show and / or have a nice Thai style:

Ste Meleady
Jono Bracken
Uvais / Aslan
James O Connell
Paul O Keefe
Hodgers
Andrew Doyle
Andy Gray

edit: Bit of a bias from the IMF side there, but that's just because I see those shows more often.

tommynoone

PADDY DOUGLAS
EMMA PYE
CONNOR O KEEFE
SHANE O NEILL
CIAN COWLEY
ROBERT NG
AARON O CALLAGHAN
ANDY GRAY
CIAN DUGGAN
GARY ORMOND
MARK CASSERLY
ASLAN
STEVE MELEADY
NOT IN THIS RUNNING ORDER

Scotty222

Always look forward to watching the following in no particular order
Jono bracken
Cian Cowley
Ste mealedy
Aslan
James donkey o Connell

Peetrik

DTB wrote: »

Haha I think u mite mean the other douglas,ray douglas.

Haha I know what you mean about Rays fights being wars but I did mean Paddy, always looks like he wants to stand and trade to see who toughest while being that bit more technical than Ray. Just fun to watch

gregmarah

Donkey always puts on a show , never seen a bad fight with him

patrickconnell

gregmarah wrote: »

O Connell from Hanuman last year was exciting but seemed to go quiet for some reason.

Had a leaving cert to do

Peetrik

Actually, with all this mulling over who is the best, I'd love to see the rankings get updated.... or dare I even say it... for someone to have a crack at a joined IMC/nonIMC all inclusive uber-ranking

Tomas_S

Peetrik wrote: »

Actually, with all this mulling over who is the best, I'd love to see the rankings get updated.... or dare I even say it... for someone to have a crack at a joined IMC/nonIMC all inclusive uber-ranking

when was the last rankings update?

Peetrik

Tomas_S wrote: »

when was the last rankings update?

Couple of years since the IMC one was updated I'd imagine.

I don't remember ever seeing a nonIMC ranking

Dave Joyce

Had a leaving cert to do

And don't forget the "extra curricular"......... studies???!!!:):)

chprt

I seen paddy in galway not so long ago standing sober as I was falling aroung the place a very lean 62kg, bearing in mind he handled a lot of good guys at 70 he will do extremely well at 62