Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym


Nilmungkorn Sudsakorngym is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer. As an amateur, he won the 2015 IMTF World Championship. In 2016 & 2017 as a professional, Nilmungkorn became the SUPER Muay Thai World Champion, winning the tournament two years in a row. In 2017, he also competed in Lethwei for the International Lethwei Federation Japan at in Tokyo.

Biography

Nilmungkorn is born in the Sisaket Province in the north east of Thailand. He represents the Sudsakorn Muay Thai Gym in Pattaya and takes his name from his trainer Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee.

Career

Muay Thai

In 2015, Nilmungkorn competed in the International Muay Thai Federation as an amateur and won the IMTF World Championship.
In 2015, Nilmungkorn faced French Muaythai star Jimmy Vienot at MAX Muay Thai in Bangkok. In the first round, Nilmungkorn landed a powerful elbow strike, flooring and opening the lip of Vienot, but the Frenchman came back strong in the second round knocking him out.
In 2016, Nilmungkorn was signed to SUPER Muaythai based in Bangkok. He competed and won the 75 kg tournament two years in a row.

Lethwei

In May 2017, Nilmungkorn was offered to face Dave Leduc for the ILFJ Openweight World Championship at in Tokyo, Japan. He replaced the previous challenger Cyrus Washington after he announced he was pulling out of the fight citing a hand injury. Nilmungkorn accepted to fight KO to win traditional Lethwei rules with no scoring system. Both fighters exchanged words at the pre-fight press conference, where Nilmungkorn stated that he will win the first Japanese Lethwei Belt, while Leduc was quoted saying he will finish Nilmungkorn quickly. Both fighters weighed-in at 79 kg. In a sold out Tokyo Dome City Hall, in the first round, Leduc landed a punch hitting Nilmungkorn on the jaw, forcing him to use his allowed time-out. Leduc won by knockout at 2:23sec of the second round.

Championships and accomplishments

Championships

Lethwei record