Soren Monkongtong

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Soren Monkongtong
Full name Soren King
Nickname Monkongtong
(Long Golden Dragon)
Nationality Flag of Australia Australia
Date of birth May 31, 1980 (1980-05-31) (age 28)
Fighting out of Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (158.7 lb/11.3 st)
Style Muay Thai
Team Nugget's Thaiboxing Gym
Trainer Nugget McNaught
Years active 13 (1995-present)
Kickboxing record
Total 72
Wins 50
By knockout 31
Losses 20
Draws 2
Other information
Official site

Soren Monkongtong (born May 31, 1980) is a professional Australian middleweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Nugget's Thaiboxing Gym (NTG) in Brisbane, Australia. In 2007 he took part of the reality based television series The Contender Asia.

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[edit] Biography & career

Soren Monkongtong started training in muay thai at the age of 13 and had his first fight at 15. He is now one of the most active proffesional Muay Thai fighters in the world. At the moment Soren is training at Eminent Air Gym in Bangkok. Some of the fighters he has fought are John Wayne Parr, Ben 'Pixie' Burton, Jomhod, Orono, Eli Madigan, Bruce Macfie and Warren Elson.

[edit] The Contender Asia

In 2007 Soren Monkongtong was featured in The Contender Asia reality show. Soren was on the Tiger Kings. He fought Sean Wright, Dzhabar Askerov and Alain Sylvestre.

[edit] Titles

  • Current WMC Intercontinental champion middleweight
  • 2005 WMC Evolution champion
  • 2004 WMC Evolution champion
  • 2004 Chewang Stadium champion
  • 2002 WMC SUPA8 champion
  • 2002 WMC Intercontinental Welter weight champion

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