Sean Clancy (born 30 December 1988) is an
Irish
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** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
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 characterise ...
kickboxer and the reigning
WBC Muaythai Super Lightweight World Champion.
He is the former WBC Muaythai Super Lightweight International champion, the former Cage Muaythai Super Lightweight champion and
ISKA
The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the Unite ...
Irish Welterweight champion. He was the 2019 WBC Muaythai "Male Fighter of the Year".
He is currently signed with
ONE Championship
ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixe ...
and will compete in their
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is .
The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...
Muaythai division.
Muay Thai career
Fighting in the renowned
Lumpini Stadium
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( th, สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี) is a sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The stadium is named after Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern ...
, Clancy took on Matt Sheady. He won the fight by a second round TKO, after a series of knees and elbows.
During Cage Kings' inaugural event, Clancy fought against his fellow Irish Nak Muay Paul Budden. Clancy won the fight by a unanimous decision.
Clancy stepped in as a late notice replacement to face the multi divisional
Lumpini Stadium
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( th, สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี) is a sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The stadium is named after Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern ...
champion
Saenchai
Suphachai "Saenchai" Saepong (born July 30, 1980), formerly known as Saenchai Sor. Kingstar ( th, แสนชัย ส.คิงสตาร์), is a Muay Thai fighter of Khon Isan descent. Saenchai won the Lumpinee Stadium title, which is ...
during THAI FIGHT Samui 2016. Clancy lost in the third round, by TKO.
Clancy fought for the Caged Muaythai Super Lightweight tile against Matthew Bune during CMT 10. Cage Muaythai differed from the usual muaythai fights in that the competitors fought in the 4 oz gloves, typically used in
mixed martial arts
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, instead of the larger boxing gloves. Clancy won the fight by a fourth round TKO.
In 2018 Clancy participated in the
K-1
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Super Lightweight Tournament, being scheduled to face Jun Nakazawa in the
tournament quarter finals. Clancy lost the quarter-final bout, losing by TKO in the very first round of the fight.
Sean Clancy fought against Roy Willis for the International Super Lightweight WBC Muaythai title during Lion Fight 52. Clancy won the fight by split decision, with two judges scoring in his favor (48-47, 49-48) and one judge scoring the fight for Willis (50-45).
Following his capture of the WBC Muaythai International title, Clancy was given an opportunity to fight for the World Super Lightweight title as well. He was scheduled to face Alessandro Sara at the Neptune Stadium in
Cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
. Clancy won the fight through a unanimous decision.
He afterwards fought during Lion Fight 60 against Ramesh Habib for the Lion Fight World Super Lightweight title. He was unable to mount a comeback after being dropped in the first round, and lost a unanimous decision.
Clancy's first fight in
ONE Championship
ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixe ...
was against
Pongsiri P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym
Pongsiri P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym ( th, พงษ์ศิริ พี.เค.แสนชัยมวยไทยยิม), is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer.
Muay Thai career
He fought Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy for the inaugural ONE Feath ...
, during
ONE Championship: A New Breed 2. Clancy lost a unanimous decision.
Clancy faced
Tawanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym
Tawanchai P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym ( th, ตะวันฉาย พี.เค.แสนชัยมวยไทยยิม; born April 7, 1999) is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. As of December 2021 he is the number 2 pound-for-pound Muay Thai figh ...
at
ONE Championship: Dangal on 15 May 2021. He lost the bout via head kick knockout at the beginning of the third round.
Championships and accomplishments
*
International Sport Karate Association
The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the Unite ...
**ISKA Irish Welterweight Muay Thai Championship
***Two successful title defenses
*Cage Kings
**CK World Super Lightweight Championship
*Caged Muay Thai
**CMT World Super Lightweight Championship
*World Boxing Council Muaythai
**WBC Muaythai International Super Lightweight Championship
**WBC Muaythai World Super Lightweight Championship
**2019 Male Fighter of the Year
Muay thai record
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Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang
Saeksan Or. Kwanmuang (เสกสรร อ.ขวัญเมือง) is a Thai Muay Thai fighter, originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat in the South of Thailand.
Saeksan started to train Muay Thai in a camp near of his home at the age of 9. ...
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ONE Friday Fights 14
The year 2023 is the 13th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing, Muay Thai and submission grappling promotion based in Singapore.
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Scheduled events
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ONE ...
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Lumpinee Stadium
Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( th, สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี) is a sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The stadium is named after Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern ...
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Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...
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Thailand
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Tawanchai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym
Tawanchai P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym ( th, ตะวันฉาย พี.เค.แสนชัยมวยไทยยิม; born April 7, 1999) is a Thai Muay Thai fighter. As of December 2021 he is the number 2 pound-for-pound Muay Thai figh ...
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Kallang
Kallang is a planning area and residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore. Kallang Planning Area is bounded by Toa Payoh in the n ...
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Pongsiri P.K.Saenchaimuaythaigym
Pongsiri P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym ( th, พงษ์ศิริ พี.เค.แสนชัยมวยไทยยิม), is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer.
Muay Thai career
He fought Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy for the inaugural ONE Feath ...
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ONE Championship: A New Breed 2 , ,
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Dublin, Ireland
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Saitama, Japan
is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lyin ...
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Baghdad, Iraq
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Ko Samui, Thailand
Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui; th, เกาะสมุย, ) is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago, it is part of Surat Thani Province, though as of 2012, Ko ...
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Crestmead, Queensland
Crestmead is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Crestmead had a population of 12,153 people.
History
In 1885, a number of Swedish immigrants from the ship ''Chyebassa'' established farms in the area. Early crops inc ...
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Kongsak P.K. Saenchai Muaythaigym
Kongsak P.K. Saenchai Muaythai Gym ( th, ก้องศักดิ์ พี.เค.แสนชัยมวยไทยยิม), also known as ''Kongsak Sitboonmee'', is a Thai Muay Thai fighter, originally from Buriram, in the northeast of ...
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Ko Samui, Thailand
Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui; th, เกาะสมุย, ) is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago, it is part of Surat Thani Province, though as of 2012, Ko ...
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Pattaya, Thailand
Pattaya ( th, พัทยา, , ) is a city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Bang Lamung district in the province of Chonburi province, Chonburi. Pattaya City ( ...
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Saenchai
Suphachai "Saenchai" Saepong (born July 30, 1980), formerly known as Saenchai Sor. Kingstar ( th, แสนชัย ส.คิงสตาร์), is a Muay Thai fighter of Khon Isan descent. Saenchai won the Lumpinee Stadium title, which is ...
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Ko Samui, Thailand
Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui; th, เกาะสมุย, ) is an island off the east coast of Thailand. Geographically in the Chumphon Archipelago, it is part of Surat Thani Province, though as of 2012, Ko ...
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Crestmead, Queensland
Crestmead is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Crestmead had a population of 12,153 people.
History
In 1885, a number of Swedish immigrants from the ship ''Chyebassa'' established farms in the area. Early crops inc ...
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Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...
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Birmingham
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United Kingdom
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Birmingham
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United Kingdom
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See also
*
List of male kickboxers
This is a list of notable male professional kickboxers.
A
* Donegi Abena
* Lukas Achterberg
* Thomas Adamandopoulos
* Serhiy Adamchuk
* Romie Adanza
* Armando González
* Benjamin Adegbuyi
* Israel Adesanya
* Peter Aerts
* Ryo Aitak ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clancy, Sean
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cork (city)
Irish Muay Thai practitioners
ONE Championship kickboxers