UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva grew up as a Muay Thai fighter in Brazil and actually just recently opened his own Muay Thai gym in California.

It's almost like the suffrage of Muay Thai," said Douglas. According to Fairtex's general manager, Tien Ho Ngo, Fairtex was the first Muay Thai gym in Thailand to accept women as students.

Brown credits Muay Thai with giving him an edge. The Athletic's Elise Devlin wanted to see for herself what it was all about.

It is also here where you will find Touchgloves Gym—home to 14-time World Muay Thai champion and, in my opinion, the best female ambassador for the sport of Muay Thai, Julie Kitchen, aka The ...