Rambaa Somdet (; born August 30, 1974) is a retired Thai

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and former

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fighter who has fought for

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and

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. He competed in the

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divisions. Somdet is a former Shooto World Flyweight (114 lb) Champion. He is considered by some to be the greatest

in mixed martial arts history.

Personal life

He has, since retiring, opened his own gym, the M-16 gym. He is the nephew of the former Rajadamnern and WMC champion

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and the cousin of the reigning Thailand and World Kickboxing Network Muaythai Welterweight world champion

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. It was his uncle that first introduced him to

Mixed martial arts career

Rambaa Somdet made his mixed martial arts debut against Takumi Yano in 2001 during Deep 3 Impact. He won a unanimous decision. His second and third fights with

were against

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, both of which he lost by way of unanimous decision. Somdet would however leave the organization on a win, defeating

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. He would then move to

, when he faced Takehiro Harusaki during Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4. He won in his debut with

. In his second fight he faced Masaaki Sugawara, which he won by TKO. He was then set to fight

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, winning his third fight in a row. Briefly leaving

he was scheduled to fight for the PFC flyweight title, but was forced to withdraw with injury. After recovering he faced

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during PFC 11: All In. He won a unanimous decision. Riding a five fight winning streak, he was given a chance to fight for the inaugural Shooto Flyweight Champion. Somdet defeated

in a rematch to become the first Shooto Flyweight Champion (Shooto's Flyweight division is fought at 114 lbs.) on November 23, 2009 in Tokyo. He defended his title against Hiroyuki Abe. He was scheduled to defend his title against

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at "Shootor's Legacy 2" on March 12, 2011, however the bout has been pushed back to April 29, 2011. On April 16, 2011, Shooto announced Somdet was vacating his title due to a partially torn left biceps. Moving to GRABAKA he won a decision versus Takuya Eizumi. Following this win, he was signed by PXC. Is his first with PXC he faced Rabin Catalan. He won the fight with a rear naked choke, the first submission win of his career. Returning to GRABAKA he won a unanimous decision against Kenichi Sawada. His 11 fight winning streak was snapped at PXC 46, losing a close split decision to Cristiano Pitpitunge. His last mixed martial arts fight came at Shooto - Torao 15, when he won a unanimous decision against Masayoshi Kato.

Championships and accomplishments

** Shooto World Flyweight (114 lb) Championship ***One successful title defense **Undefeated in

(6-0) *

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**Strawweight lineal champion (One time, former) ***Longest serving lineal champion (2007-2014)

Mixed martial arts record

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Submission grappling record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Somdet, Rambaa Living people 1974 births Flyweight kickboxers Rambaa Somdet Muay Thai trainers Strawweight mixed martial artists Flyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Rambaa Somdet Thai expatriates in Japan People from Pattaya