On Saturday August 31st Muay Thai for Life will return to Stockholm and the promotion does so with yet another stacked card! The main event was recently officially announced and will see Stockholms native son Jonathan “Yodnatchai” Larsson face off with the UK’s Luke Bar in the MTFL 9.0 main event!
The co-main event was the first fight to become official and pits U23 World Champ Dalian Dawody against 2024 Swedish Muay Thai champ Sixten Larsson.
In other noteworthy bouts; Kenny “Starfighter” Hong returns to welcome Stockholm-based Jonathan Höglund to the promotion, upstart and 2023 Swedish champ Lisa Larsson is pitted against two-time Swedish champ Frida Lindberg and 2024 champ Lisa Melin Johansson gets her toughest test to date in four-time Finnish champ Chonlathorn Ommi Mingsupphakun.
Two paths destined to cross
Larsson and Bar have had careers that have run somewhat parallel to each other, with both having secured victories over the fighters close to their opponents.
Over the years Larsson has established himself atop the super middleweight ranks, a three-time Swedish WMC champ and world bronze medalist, holding a perfect record in MTFL with three wins in the promotion – most recently a fourth round knockout over the above mentioned Dawody at MTFL 7.0.
In Larssons sophomore effort in MTFL he defeated British standout Jack Cooper, who is a close friend and training partner to Bar.
Bar is a grizzled Welshman who has been putting in the work for over a decade now, having spent much time in Thailand where he has lined up impressive victories over local fighters in increasingly bigger arenas and stages.
In the summer of 2022 Bar traveled to Sweden to face Sanny Dahlbeck – a Swedish Muay Thai legend and former opponent of Larsson who had long since become someone “Yodnatchai” had trained and gotten close with.
Both Larsson and Bar enter the bout looking to avenge their countryman against the fighter standing across from them. The stage is set for an all-time great bout, with a fantastic card leading up to the main event.
Get your tickets to MTFL 9.0 at Billeto and check out the current fight card as it stands below!
Muay Thai for Life 9.0: Preliminary fight card
Main card
- Middleweight 71 kg: Jonathan Larsson vs. Luke Bar
- Super middleweight 75 kg: Dalian Dawody vs. Sixten Larsson
- Catchweight 56kg: Vilda Ekhorn vs. Viktorie Budilova
- Catchweight 62 kg: Lisa Larsson vs. Frida Lindberg
- Catchweight 65 kg: Kenny Hong vs. Jonathan Höglund
- Super lightweight 63.5 kg: Lisa Melin Johansson vs. Chonlathorn Ommi Mingsupphakun
Preliminary card
- Light heavyweight 81 kg: Emil Näsman vs Marcus Lindblom
- Catchweight 65 kg: Lina Saad vs Linnea Danielsson
- Welterweight 67 kg: Simon Vinterskog vs Jesper Fällman
- Middleweight 71: Labi Rujkovcani vs Patrik Stern
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