As part of a plan to promote tourism to Koh Samui, it will be home to a festival of Muay Thai fights. The fights start on September 7, 2017 and end on September 10, 2017, giving fans four days of fights.
On June 8, 2017, Bangkok Thonburi University was home to the Women’s Fight Muay Thai World Championships, an all-female fight card. Originally scheduled to be in Pattaya, they moved the bout over to Bangkok about a week before the fights.