Mite Yine ( my, မိုက်ရိုင်း; born April 26, 1992) is a Burmese

Lethwei Lethwei ( my, လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: ) or Burmese boxing, is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts. Lethwei is considered to be one of the most brutal martial arts in the world, * * * a ...

fighter who competes in the World Lethwei Championship's Featherweight division. He is a former Lethwei Golden Belt champion, having won the title in 2015 and 2016. Yine has also represented Myanmar in

Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

at the

2013 SEA Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (, ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 to 22 Decembe ...

and competitions at the

2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games ( ko, 2013년 실내 무도 아시아 경기대회/2013년 실내 무도 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sam nyeon silnae mudo Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sam nyeon silnae mudo asian geim), officially ...

, winning the gold medal.

Lethwei career

On June 14, 2015, Mite Yine defeated Moe Hein by 3rd-round knockout to win the 2015 Lethwei Golden Belt Featherweight (57 kg) World Championship. Mite Yine defeated Nat Khat Aung by decision on July 10, 2016 to win the 2016 Lethwei Golden Belt Featherweight World Championship.

World Lethwei Championship

On November 4, 2017, Mite Yine made his World Lethwei Championship debut at WLC 3: Legendary Champions, where he defeated Pha Kyaw Hae by unanimous decision. On June 2, 2018, he lost to Antonio Faria by TKO at WLC 5: Knockout War. On September 29, 2018, Mite Yine lost to Pich Mtes Khmang via split decision at WLC 6: Heartless Tigers. In 2018, he competed as a mixed martial artist who in the Flyweight division of ONE Championship. Mite Yine would defeat Morn Samet by split decision at WLC 8: Karen Spirit. On October 11, 2019, he defeated Nguyen Thanh Trung by unanimous decision at WLC 10: Fearless Tigers.

Mixed martial arts career

ONE Championship

As part of World Lethwei Championship's partnership with ONE Championship, Mite Yine became one of many fighters shared between the two organizations. This also allowed him to participate in MMA-rules fights under the ONE Championship banner. On June 29, 2018, Mite Yine won his mixed martial arts debut in ONE Championship's Flyweight division, defeating Saw Darwait in Yangon,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

at ONE Championship: Spirit Of A Warrior. On October 26, 2018, Mite Yine lost to Ye Thway Ne by unanimous decision at ONE Championship: Pursuit of Greatness in Yangon.

Muay Thai career

Mite Yine, competing under his real name of Saw Dar Pot, was one of six ethnic Karen boxers (including Saw Nga Man) selected as a representative of

in Muay Thai at the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

held in Naypyidaw. At the SEA Games, he competed in the men's 54 kg category and defeated Phillip Delarmino of the Philippines to win the gold medal at 54 kg. In addition to the Southeast Asian Games, Mite Yine has also competed in Muay Thai at the

Titles

* 2016 Lethwei Golden Belt – Featherweight World Champion * 2015 Lethwei Golden Belt – Featherweight World Champion

Lethwei record

, - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2022-12-22 , , Draw , , align="left" , Hein Tun Aung , , Kyar Inn Challenge Fights , ,

Hlaingbwe Township Hlaingbwe Township ( Phlone ; my, လှိုင်းဘွဲ့မြို့နယ်; ksw, လူၢ်ပျဲၢ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is a township of Hpa-an District in the Kayin State of Myanmar. Hlaingbwe township is the third l ...

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2022-11-09 , , Draw , , align="left" , Thway Lin Htet , , 67th Karen State Day , ,

Hpa-an Township Hpa-an Township ( Phlone ; my, ဘားအံမြို့နယ်, ) is a township of Hpa-an District in the Kayin State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require ...

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2022-03-27 , , Loss , , align="left" , Eh Mwi, , Hlakazaing Challenge Fights , ,

, , TKO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2022-02-14 , , Loss , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , Lethwei Challenge Fight , ,

Kyain Seikgyi Township Kyainseikgyi Township ( Phlone: ; my, ကြာအင်းဆိပ်ကြီးမြို့နယ်, ) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Kayin State of Myanmar. It is the fourth-biggest township in Kayin State. The two main sub-to ...

, , TKO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2022-02-02 , , Win , , align="left" , Suphabnoi Sor.Jor.Piek-Uthai, , Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights , ,

Myawaddy Township Myawaddy Township ( ksw, ရါမတံၤကီၢ်ဆၣ်, Phlone ; my, မြဝတီမြို့နယ်) is a township of Myawaddy District in the Kayin State of Burma (Myanmar). It is the only township in Myawaddy District. The a ...

, , KO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2022-01-03 , , Win , , align="left" , Pat Kyaw Lin Naing, , Taung Ka Lay New Year Challenge Fights , ,

, , TKO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2021-11-07 , , Draw , , align="left" , Pat Kyaw Lin Naing , , 66th Karen State Day , ,

, , Draw , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2021-02-12 , , Draw , , align="left" , Pat Kyaw Lin Naing , , 74th Karen State Union Day , ,

, , Draw , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2021-01-30 , , Draw , , align="left" , Pat Kyaw Lin Naing , , 72nd Karen Revolution Day , ,

Hpapun Township Hpapun Township ( my, ဖာပွန်မြို့နယ်, MLCTS: ''hpa.pwan.mrui.nay''; kjp, ဖာပံင်ကၞင့်; ksw, ဖးဖူကီၢ်ဆၣ်; also known by the Karen people as Mutraw or Bu Tho Township) is a t ...

, , Draw , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2020-02-19 , , Draw , , align="left" , Suphabnoi Sor.Jor.Piek-Uthai , , Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights , ,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2020-02-08 , , Draw , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , (194th) Annual Lighting Festival , ,

Kyondoe Kyondoe ( my, ကျုံဒိုး) is a town located within the Kawkareik District of Kayin State, Myanmar. It is located on the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT Highway), lon ...

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2019-12-26 , , Win , , align="left" , Yodsaenchai, , Kyein Chaung Challenge Fights , ,

Payathonzu Payathonzu (; my, ဘုရားသုံးဆူမြို့ (Payathonzu Myo) is a town in the Karen State of south Myanmar, close to the border with Thailand. It is separated from the Thai border township of Nong Lu by the Three Pagodas ...

, , KO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2019-11-27 , , Draw , , align="left" , Kaophodam Sujebamekieow , , Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights , , Myaing Gyi Ngu,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2019-11-08 , , Win , , align="left" , Petchnarin Sathianmuaythai, , 64th Karen State Day , , Hpa-an,

, , KO , , 1 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2019-10-04 , , Win , , align="left" , Nguyen Thanh Trung , , WLC 10: Fearless Tigers, ,

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2019-05-05 , , Win , , align="left" , Morn Samet, , WLC 8: Karen Spirit , , Hpa-an,

, , Decision (Split) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2019-02-19 , , Draw , , align="left" , Petcheak Kiattikosin , , 193rd Annual Lighting Festival , ,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2019-02-02 , , Win , , align="left" , Suea Sor.Bankru , , Kyar-Inn village Challenge Fights , ,

, , KO , , 5 , , , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2018-09-29 , , Loss , , align="left" , Pich Mtes Khmang, , WLC 6: Heartless Tigers , , Yangon,

, , Decision (Split) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2018-06-02 , , Loss , , align="left" , Antonio Faria, , WLC 5: Knockout War , , Naypyidaw,

, , TKO , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2018-04-27 , , Draw , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , Me Sa Meik Challenge Fights , ,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2018-02-25 , , Win , , align="left" , Saw Darwait, , Thai-Myanmar Challenge Fights , ,

Kawkareik Township Kawkareik Township ( Phlone ; my, ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, ; ksw, ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kawkareik ...

, , KO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2018-01-31 , , Loss , , align="left" , Phu Thai, , International Challenge Fights , ,

Ye Township Ye Township ( my, ရေးမြို့နယ်; Mon: ပွိုၚ်ဍုၚ်ရေဝ်) is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia' ...

, , KO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2018-01-10 , , Win , , align="left" , Shukleine Min , , Win Sein Taw Ya , ,

Mudon Township Mudon Township ( my, မုဒုံမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of Myanmar. It is the birthplace of student activist Min Ko Naing. Activist, Pe Thein Zar Pe Thein Zar (8 January 1943 – 30 J ...

, , KO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2017-11-04 , , Win , , align="left" , Pha Kyaw Hae, , WLC 3: Legendary Champions , , Yangon,

, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 2 , , 2:50 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2017-10-08 , , Win , , align="left" , Yan Naing Tun , , GTG 5 Challenge Fights , ,

, , TKO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2017-06-25 , , Win , , align="left" , Tolabaev Kobilbek, , Lethwei Nation Fight , , Yangon,

, , KO , , 4 , , , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2017-04-16 , , Draw , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , Lunnya Challenge Fights , , Hpa-an,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2017-02-12 , , Draw , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Fight , ,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2016-11-27 , , Draw , , align="left" , Tun Lwin Moe, , Mandalay Rumbling Challenge Fight , , Yangon,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2016-11-09 , , Draw , , align="left" , Kaophodam Sujebamekieow , , 61st Karen State Day , , Hpa-an,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2016-10-09 , , Loss , , align="left" , Ye Thway Ni, , GTG Myanmar Lethwei Fight 2016 , , Yangon,

, , KO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2016-07-10 , , Win , , align="left" , Nat Khat Aung, , 2016 Golden Belt Lethwei Championship , ,

, , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2016-07-03 , , Win , , align="left" , Moe Hein, , 2016 Golden Belt Lethwei Championship , ,

, , TKO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#c5d2ea;" , 2016-02-23 , , Draw , , align="left" , Koun Vong Sohpoan , , Laos-Myanmar Challenge Fights , ,

, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2015-11-14 , , Win , , align="left" , Phaisithong Kiatpraphat , , (60th) Kayin State Day , , Hpa-an,

, , KO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2015-09-27 , , Win , , align="left" , Saw Hla Kyi Htoo, , Mandalay Rumbling Mega Fights , , Yangon,

, , KO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2015-06-14 , , Win , , align="left" , Moe Hein, , 2015 Golden Belt Lethwei Championship , , Yangon,

, , KO , , 3 , , , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2015-05-30 , , Win , , align="left" , Jit Too, , 2015 Golden Belt Lethwei Championship , , Yangon,

, , TKO , , 2 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2015-04-03 , , Win , , align="left" , Phaisithong Kiatpraphat , , Mon-Myanmar-Thai Challenge Fights , ,

, , KO , , 3 , , , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2014-07-06 , , Loss , , align="left" , Wanchana King of Muay Thai , , One on One Big Fight , , Yangon,

, , KO , , 1 , , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2014-03-08 , , Win , , align="left" , Nuengpetch , , Hlakazaing village Challenge Fights , ,

Kyaikmaraw Township Kyaikmaraw Township ( my, ကျိုက်မရောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions ...

, , KO , , 3 , , , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

, - , Loss , align=center, 1–1 , Ye Thway Ni , Decision (unanimous) , ONE Championship: Pursuit of Greatness , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Yangon,

, , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Saw Darwait , TKO (punches) , ONE Championship: Spirit of a Warrior , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:48 , Yangon,

References

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Living people 1992 births Burmese Lethwei practitioners Burmese male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Lethwei Burmese people of Karen descent Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Myanmar