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Full Metal Dojo
Full Metal Dojo (FMD) is a Thai combat sports and entertainment promotion based in Thailand. The promotion is considered Thailand's top mixed martial arts promotion. It is the first mixed martial arts promotion to host an event in Phuket and is credited for pioneering MMA in Thailand. Full Metal Dojo runs the regular Fight Circus which has developed a cult following. Full Metal Dojo's Fight Circus is famous for breaking the mold of traditional combat sports and has been described by the Spanish newspaper MARCA as the "mad scientists" of the fighting world. The show has been referred as wacky, bizarre, unconventional, outrageous as well as hosting freakshow fights.
The types of matches at Fight Circus include inter-gender grappling matches, kicking-only bouts, 2 versus 1 fights, dwarf fighting, Lethwei fights, fighting inside telephone booths, Indian leg wrestling with Siamese twins boxing being a regular type of match at these events. Originally focused on mixed martial arts, Full Metal Dojo events have since focused on the Fight Circus franchise. The promotion held its first event on June 7, 2014, in Phuket, Thailand.
In 2014, American expatriate to Thailand, Kunlun Fight commentator, promoter and FOX Sports Asia host Jon Nutt launched the Full Metal Dojo promotion. Nutt was a former bouncer and bounty hunter in Boston. From 2011 to 2013, prior to launching FMD, Nutt operated an MMA promotion called DARE Fight Sports in Thailand. After becoming fed up with normal mixed martial arts events, Nutt launched Full Metal Dojo.
On June 7, 2014, Full Metal Dojo's inaugural event took place at Seduction Night Club in Patong, Phuket, Thailand. It marked the first mixed martial event to be held in Phuket with an attendance of around 500 in attendance. In 2017, FMD announced a new sponsorship deal consisting of two rival Thai real estate firms, Siam Real Estate and BKK BestLife Real Estate competing on Full Metal Dojo's Facebook page in a series of posts where online fans would vote on the most best property in various sector of Bangkok.
On November 3, 2018, two of Thailand's top female atomweights Suwanan Boonsorn and future UFC fighter Loma Lookboonmee for the vacant Full Metal Dojo Atomweight Championship at Full Metal Dojo 16: Big Trouble in Little Bangkok. Suwanan Boonsorn won the fight by an armbar submission in the first-round to win the title. In the main event, Finland's Glenn Sparv won the inaugural Full Metal Dojo middleweight sword via second-round TKO over Iranian wrestler Mehdi Bagheri. FMD doesn't give championship belts, instead the promotion awards Championship Swords such as samurai swords to its champions. In 2020, at the occasion of FDM 18, the Welterweight Champion received a hand forged Thai sword crafted by Ajarn Kor Neeow who was previously featured in Roads & Kingdoms and dubbed "The last traditional Dha sword maker in South East Asia". In 2018, FMD announced it would be starting an amateur league.
On March 5, 2021, before the establishment of BKFC Thailand, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship partnered with Full Metal Dojo to organize a bare-knuckle boxing event titled Bare Knuckle Kingdom. The event featured a number of fighters who would later compete on BKFC Thailand. The event was broadcast on the BKFC TV app.
In August 2020, Full Metal Dojo launched the Fight Circus events by partnering with the live streaming pornographic site CamSoda. After organizing the acclaimed Camsoda Ledgends event in 2018, the streaming company teamed up with Full Metal Dojo and launch the Fight Circus events.
On August 22, 2020, Camsoda and FMD launched Fight Circus Vol. 1 was a free show held in Bangkok and the Full Metal Dojo's first event since COVID-19 lockdowns in Thailand. The Fight Circus events could only be viewed on Camsoda's website. All proceeds were said to go to the COVID-19 relief fund. The event gathered of lot of attention among fight fans around the world.
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Full Metal Dojo
Full Metal Dojo (FMD) is a Thai combat sports and entertainment promotion based in Thailand. The promotion is considered Thailand's top mixed martial arts promotion. It is the first mixed martial arts promotion to host an event in Phuket and is credited for pioneering MMA in Thailand. Full Metal Dojo runs the regular Fight Circus which has developed a cult following. Full Metal Dojo's Fight Circus is famous for breaking the mold of traditional combat sports and has been described by the Spanish newspaper MARCA as the "mad scientists" of the fighting world. The show has been referred as wacky, bizarre, unconventional, outrageous as well as hosting freakshow fights.
The types of matches at Fight Circus include inter-gender grappling matches, kicking-only bouts, 2 versus 1 fights, dwarf fighting, Lethwei fights, fighting inside telephone booths, Indian leg wrestling with Siamese twins boxing being a regular type of match at these events. Originally focused on mixed martial arts, Full Metal Dojo events have since focused on the Fight Circus franchise. The promotion held its first event on June 7, 2014, in Phuket, Thailand.
In 2014, American expatriate to Thailand, Kunlun Fight commentator, promoter and FOX Sports Asia host Jon Nutt launched the Full Metal Dojo promotion. Nutt was a former bouncer and bounty hunter in Boston. From 2011 to 2013, prior to launching FMD, Nutt operated an MMA promotion called DARE Fight Sports in Thailand. After becoming fed up with normal mixed martial arts events, Nutt launched Full Metal Dojo.
On June 7, 2014, Full Metal Dojo's inaugural event took place at Seduction Night Club in Patong, Phuket, Thailand. It marked the first mixed martial event to be held in Phuket with an attendance of around 500 in attendance. In 2017, FMD announced a new sponsorship deal consisting of two rival Thai real estate firms, Siam Real Estate and BKK BestLife Real Estate competing on Full Metal Dojo's Facebook page in a series of posts where online fans would vote on the most best property in various sector of Bangkok.
On November 3, 2018, two of Thailand's top female atomweights Suwanan Boonsorn and future UFC fighter Loma Lookboonmee for the vacant Full Metal Dojo Atomweight Championship at Full Metal Dojo 16: Big Trouble in Little Bangkok. Suwanan Boonsorn won the fight by an armbar submission in the first-round to win the title. In the main event, Finland's Glenn Sparv won the inaugural Full Metal Dojo middleweight sword via second-round TKO over Iranian wrestler Mehdi Bagheri. FMD doesn't give championship belts, instead the promotion awards Championship Swords such as samurai swords to its champions. In 2020, at the occasion of FDM 18, the Welterweight Champion received a hand forged Thai sword crafted by Ajarn Kor Neeow who was previously featured in Roads & Kingdoms and dubbed "The last traditional Dha sword maker in South East Asia". In 2018, FMD announced it would be starting an amateur league.
On March 5, 2021, before the establishment of BKFC Thailand, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship partnered with Full Metal Dojo to organize a bare-knuckle boxing event titled Bare Knuckle Kingdom. The event featured a number of fighters who would later compete on BKFC Thailand. The event was broadcast on the BKFC TV app.
In August 2020, Full Metal Dojo launched the Fight Circus events by partnering with the live streaming pornographic site CamSoda. After organizing the acclaimed Camsoda Ledgends event in 2018, the streaming company teamed up with Full Metal Dojo and launch the Fight Circus events.
On August 22, 2020, Camsoda and FMD launched Fight Circus Vol. 1 was a free show held in Bangkok and the Full Metal Dojo's first event since COVID-19 lockdowns in Thailand. The Fight Circus events could only be viewed on Camsoda's website. All proceeds were said to go to the COVID-19 relief fund. The event gathered of lot of attention among fight fans around the world.