“THE ERA OF MUAY YING” THE ERA OF MUAY YING. These were the words in the promotional video from Lui Muay Thai, the media company responsible for promoting and marketing Super Champ and Muay Hardcore. Followed by this were clips of women that have competed on the aforementioned shows, of them getting ready before the fights, with their game faces on, and of action clips from the bouts themselves. The video captured the grit, spirit, and heart that exist in women fighters that make their bouts all that more exciting. The entire video was voiced over from an interview with Angela Chang (the owner of muay-ying.com), with a bit that said, “It would be nice if, in the future, they [Super Champ and Muay Hardcore] put at least 30 percent, or maybe, even one day, 50 percent [women on the fight card]”. So what was the big deal? What’s the fuss with all the women? Why the promotional video? Don’t they usually put women on the shows every week anyway? That weekend, December 12 and 13, they weren’t just having one bout featuring women. And not two. Each card, with seven bouts a day, was to have three women’s bouts […]