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38-771: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( Thai : สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี ) is a sporting arena in Bangkok , Thailand. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern Stadium , Lumpinee is run by the Royal Thai Army . It has become the symbol of modern Muay Thai . Only Rajadamnern Stadium rivals the prestige of holding the title of "Muay Thai Champion of Lumpinee". The ranking system and championship titles are held from mini flyweight (105 lb) up to super welterweight (154 lb). Muay Thai bouts are held on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The fights usually start around 18:00. The final event at its original site on Rama IV Road near Lumphini Park

76-411: A dialect continuum . Thai language is spoken by over 69 million people (2020). Moreover, most Thais in the northern (Lanna) and the northeastern (Isan) parts of the country today are bilingual speakers of Central Thai and their respective regional dialects because Central Thai is the language of television, education, news reporting, and all forms of media. A recent research found that the speakers of

114-551: A second language among the country's minority ethnic groups from the mid-late Ayutthaya period onward. Ethnic minorities today are predominantly bilingual, speaking Thai alongside their native language or dialect. Standard Thai is classified as one of the Chiang Saen languages—others being Northern Thai , Southern Thai and numerous smaller languages, which together with the Northwestern Tai and Lao-Phutai languages, form

152-565: A 17-3 record during 2015 and 2016. Only losing to Thai champions Chanajon and twice to top fighter Yodwicha Por Boonsit . His last fight of 2016 saw him win his first world title when he knocked out Brazilian champion Jose Neto in the second round with an elbow. Two months later Vienot won his second world title, the WBC belt against Denpanom Kirakorat at the legendary Rajadamnern Stadium . During 2017-2018 Vienot continued his ascension in Muay Thai winning

190-533: A four-way distinction among stops and affricates . The maximal four-way occurred in labials ( /p pʰ b ʔb/ ) and denti-alveolars ( /t tʰ d ʔd/ ); the three-way distinction among velars ( /k kʰ ɡ/ ) and palatals ( /tɕ tɕʰ dʑ/ ), with the glottalized member of each set apparently missing. The major change between old and modern Thai was due to voicing distinction losses and the concomitant tone split . This may have happened between about 1300 and 1600 CE, possibly occurring at different times in different parts of

228-680: A no-contest. Thai language Thai , or Central Thai (historically Siamese ; Thai: ภาษาไทย ), is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by the Central Thai , Mon , Lao Wiang , Phuan people in Central Thailand and the vast majority of Thai Chinese enclaves throughout the country. It is the sole official language of Thailand . Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary

266-525: A syllable that formerly began with a voiceless consonant (including glottalized stops). An additional complication is that formerly voiceless unaspirated stops/affricates (original /p t k tɕ ʔb ʔd/ ) also caused original tone 1 to lower, but had no such effect on original tones 2 or 3. The above consonant mergers and tone splits account for the complex relationship between spelling and sound in modern Thai. Modern "low"-class consonants were voiced in Old Thai, and

304-455: A weight difference between boxers of not more than a 5 lb (2.3 kg). Women are not allowed to fight in the stadium or enter the ring. One of the most famous Lumpinee champions was Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn who reigned without defeat in the early-1980s, holding the Lightweight title for four years. He was eventually forced to retire because he ran out of opponents. Lumpinee Stadium

342-523: Is derived from or borrowed from Pali , Sanskrit , Mon and Old Khmer . It is a tonal and analytic language . Thai has a complex orthography and system of relational markers . Spoken Thai, depending on standard sociolinguistic factors such as age, gender, class, spatial proximity, and the urban/rural divide, is partly mutually intelligible with Lao , Isan , and some fellow Thai topolects . These languages are written with slightly different scripts, but are linguistically similar and effectively form

380-602: Is operated by the Army Welfare Department of the Royal Thai Army . All proceeds from the fights go towards supporting the various departments of the Thai Army. The board of directors, as of 2020 headed by Army Commander Apirat Kongsompong , consists entirely of army officers. Eleven promoters are responsible for booking boxers to fight at the stadium. The rules are the same as at Rajadamnern : boxers must weigh more than 100 lb (45.4 kg), older than 15 years, with

418-459: The Northern Thai language (also known as Phasa Mueang or Kham Mueang) have become so few, as most people in northern Thailand now invariably speak Standard Thai, so that they are now using mostly Central Thai words and only seasoning their speech with the "Kham Mueang" accent. Standard Thai is based on the register of the educated classes by Central Thai and ethnic minorities in the area along

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456-540: The ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Championship . He lost the fight by split decision. Vienot faced Niclas Larsen at ONE 162 on October 21, 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision. On March 18, 2023, in Nice, France Vienot lost to Youssef Assouik by unanimous decision during a defense of his WMC World 160 lbs title. After this defeat Vienot announced that his Muay Thai career

494-510: The Southwestern branch of Tai languages . The Tai languages are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family , which encompasses a large number of indigenous languages spoken in an arc from Hainan and Guangxi south through Laos and Northern Vietnam to the Cambodian border. Standard Thai is the principal language of education and government and spoken throughout Thailand. The standard is based on

532-598: The All Star Muay Thai one night tournament and winning a third world title against thai champion Sorgraw Petchyindee in late 2018. He also went back to amateur competition and won the IFMA European title. Vienot diversified himself during that time taking fights in kickboxing rules against top fighters like Mohamed Hendouf , Wilson Varela and signing with Glory kickboxing to face champion and title challenger Cedric Doumbe and Alim Nabiev . In April 2019 Vienot became

570-502: The French scene against top fighters like Rafi Bohic and Gaetan Dambo, Jimmy entered the July 2017 Toyota Marathon tournament where he faced thai legend Petchboonchu FA Group in the semi-final. He lost the fight but was very happy with the experience he gained. Jimmy was eliminated in the first round of the 2014 IFMA European Championship by Itay Gershon. He was asked to be in a super fight for

608-547: The Khmer system first before the Thai borrowed. Old Thai had a three-way tone distinction on "live syllables" (those not ending in a stop), with no possible distinction on "dead syllables" (those ending in a stop, i.e. either /p/, /t/, /k/ or the glottal stop that automatically closes syllables otherwise ending in a short vowel). There was a two-way voiced vs. voiceless distinction among all fricative and sonorant consonants, and up to

646-521: The Star Boxing gym of Montpellier , the city where he grew up since the age of 10. He chose Muay Thai after quitting Judo which lacked intensity to his taste. In 2012 and 2013 Jimmy became European champion in amateur competitions and established himself as one of the most promising French fighter. He should have competed in the IFMA 2014 World Championship but his trip wasn't funded because his gym didn't match

684-484: The Thai-speaking area. All voiced–voiceless pairs of consonants lost the voicing distinction: However, in the process of these mergers, the former distinction of voice was transferred into a new set of tonal distinctions. In essence, every tone in Old Thai split into two new tones, with a lower-pitched tone corresponding to a syllable that formerly began with a voiced consonant, and a higher-pitched tone corresponding to

722-605: The WBC Muaythai mini flyweight championship and Lumpinee Stadium women's mini flyweight championship, with Sanaejan winning by decision. Having long been a venue for Muay Thai, Lumpinee Stadium made history by holding its first mixed martial arts event on 16 January 2022, hosted by Fairtex Fight Promotion. The event consisted of both Muay Thai and MMA fights. In August 2022 it began hosting ONE Championship events, with nearly all fights under Muay Thai rules. Only six non-Thai athletes have become Lumpinee champions. The first winner

760-508: The belt at an event in Japan. The last non-Thai fighter to win the belt was Jimmy Vienot in 2019 at middleweight. A number of non-Thais have achieved top 10 rankings within the stadium. Ramon Dekkers was one of the most renowned foreign fighters in Lumpinee history, but he never won the Lumpinee belt. Stéphane Nikiéma would have been the second foreign Lumpinee champion, but his title fight ended in

798-482: The closing ceremony of the event, he lost a decision to hometown fighter Oskar Stazska. On November 15 Jimmy suffered the first and only knockout loss of his career when he faced thai champion Pakorn PKSaenchaimuaythaigym in the Topking World Series event. Pakorn landed a left hook that made Jimmy faceplant in the first round. After losing to Bobo Sacko in a fight at the top of the French scene, Jimmy had

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836-541: The dialect of the central Thai people, and it is written in the Thai script . Hlai languages Kam-Sui languages Kra languages Be language Northern Tai languages Central Tai languages Khamti language Tai Lue language Shan language others Northern Thai language Thai language Southern Thai language Tai Yo language Phuthai language Lao language (PDR Lao, Isan language ) Thai has undergone various historical sound changes. Some of

874-731: The federation requirements. Vienot made his professional debut during the summer of 2013 in Thailand and then in France in September where he showed he was already a force to be reckoned at 18 years old by winning a one night tournament. A month later Jimmy engaged himself in the Fight tournament and was eliminated in the semi-final by Ruslan Kushnirenko in a controversial decision. Three weeks later Vienot fought for his first world title against Singmanee Kaewsamrit , he lost by decision. After racking up wins on

912-578: The fourth non thai fighter to win the Lumpinee Stadium title, beating Talaytong Sor.Thanaphet by decision. Following that win Vienot had his biggest kickboxing rules success yet a month later by beating Vedat Hoduk for the newly created Arena Fight title. In August 2019 Vienot won the IFMA World championship and received the award for "Best athlete" of the competition. Vienot faced Yodwicha Banchamek for

950-515: The local patois as pronounced in Guangdong Ayutthaya , the old capital of Thailand from 1351 - 1767 A.D., was from the beginning a bilingual society, speaking Thai and Khmer . Bilingualism must have been strengthened and maintained for some time by the great number of Khmer-speaking captives the Thais took from Angkor Thom after their victories in 1369, 1388 and 1431. Gradually toward the end of

988-547: The most significant changes occurred during the evolution from Old Thai to modern Thai. The Thai writing system has an eight-century history and many of these changes, especially in consonants and tones, are evidenced in the modern orthography . According to a Chinese source, during the Ming dynasty , Yingya Shenglan (1405–1433), Ma Huan reported on the language of the Xiānluó (暹羅) or Ayutthaya Kingdom, saying that it somewhat resembled

1026-415: The period, a language shift took place. Khmer fell out of use. Both Thai and Khmer descendants whose great-grand parents or earlier ancestors were bilingual came to use only Thai. In the process of language shift, an abundance of Khmer elements were transferred into Thai and permeated all aspects of the language. Consequently, the Thai of the late Ayutthaya Period which later became Ratanakosin or Bangkok Thai,

1064-553: The private sector, or turning the stadium into a museum. In response to this, Lumpinee management announced their intention to re-brand and implement major changes. These changes included allowing women to fight in the stadium, begin hosting mixed martial arts bouts and ban gambling in order to attract a non-gambling audience. Traditionally reserved for male fighters, Lumpinee Stadium eventually hosted its first female fight card on 13 November 2021. The main event featured Buakaw Mor.Kor.Chor.Chaiyaphum facing Sanaejan Sor.Jor.Tongprajin for

1102-513: The ring surrounding the Metropolis . In addition to Central Thai, Thailand is home to other related Tai languages . Although most linguists classify these dialects as related but distinct languages, native speakers often identify them as regional variants or dialects of the "same" Thai language, or as "different kinds of Thai". As a dominant language in all aspects of society in Thailand, Thai initially saw gradual and later widespread adoption as

1140-484: The royal vocabulary according to their immediate environment. Thai and Pali, the latter from Theravada Buddhism, were added to the vocabulary. An investigation of the Ayutthaya Rajasap reveals that three languages, Thai, Khmer and Khmero-Indic were at work closely both in formulaic expressions and in normal discourse. In fact, Khmero-Indic may be classified in the same category as Khmer because Indic had been adapted to

1178-535: The terminology "low" reflects the lower tone variants that resulted. Modern "mid"-class consonants were voiceless unaspirated stops or affricates in Old Thai—precisely the class that triggered lowering in original tone 1 but not tones 2 or 3. Modern "high"-class consonants were the remaining voiceless consonants in Old Thai (voiceless fricatives, voiceless sonorants, voiceless aspirated stops). The three most common tone "marks" (the lack of any tone mark, as well as

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1216-433: The three tones of Old Thai were split have since merged into five in standard Thai, with the lower variant of former tone 2 merging with the higher variant of former tone 3, becoming the modern "falling" tone. หม ม หน น, ณ หญ ญ หง ง ป ผ พ, ภ บ ฏ, ต ฐ, ถ ท, ธ ฎ, ด จ ฉ ช Jimmy Vienot Jimmy started Muay Thai at 13 years old in

1254-423: The two marks termed mai ek and mai tho ) represent the three tones of Old Thai, and the complex relationship between tone mark and actual tone is due to the various tonal changes since then. Since the tone split, the tones have changed in actual representation to the point that the former relationship between lower and higher tonal variants has been completely obscured. Furthermore, the six tones that resulted after

1292-579: The vacant WMC Middleweight Championship at Empire Fight: Vikings Edition on October 2, 2021. He won by decision. In the fall of 2021, Vienot signed with the Superkombat Fighting Championship. He made his promotional debut at Superkombat Universe on November 1, 2021, against Arman Ambaryan for the world middleweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Vienot made his ONE Championship debut at ONE 157 on May 20, 2022, where he faced Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy for

1330-479: Was French-Algerian fighter Morad Sari , who claimed the super lightweight championship in 1999. French fighter Damien Alamos won the super lightweight title in 2012 and was the first foreigner to defend the belt later that year. France's Rafi Bohic , won the welterweight title in 2017 and defended the belt four times. Moroccan-Belgian Youssef Boughanem won the middleweight title in 2018. Japan's Nadaka Yoshinari became mini flyweight champion in 2019, though he won

1368-449: Was a thorough mixture of Thai and Khmer. There were more Khmer words in use than Tai cognates. Khmer grammatical rules were used actively to coin new disyllabic and polysyllabic words and phrases. Khmer expressions, sayings, and proverbs were expressed in Thai through transference. Thais borrowed both the Royal vocabulary and rules to enlarge the vocabulary from Khmer. The Thais later developed

1406-568: Was held on 8 February 2014. The stadium then moved to its new home on Ram Intra Road which can hold up to 5,000 spectators. The new stadium held the first fight on 11 February 2014 and was officially opened on 28 February 2014. General Praphas Charusathien was the driving force behind the construction of the Lumpinee Stadium, the second national stadium built in Thailand after Rajadamnern . Lumpinee opened its doors on 8 December 1956. The stadium

1444-449: Was implicated in a cluster of COVID-19 cases during the coronavirus pandemic in Thailand in 2020. Boxing matches were held on 6 March 2020 in spite of a government shutdown order issued on 3 March. Among those later stricken by COVID-19 was the chief of the Army Welfare Department, who had been at the stadium. In early 2021, it was reported that the Army was considering releasing the stadium to

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