Sports and money

There's a Muay Thai club at the Night Market where you can watch a series of fights for a fee. And for free, you can watch young athletes warm up for their fights.

A large poster announces the boxers scheduled to fight on December 9th.

We showed no interest in this attraction and, shaking our heads at the strange interests of both athletes and spectators, moved on.

Or maybe it's all about big money? And gambling?

Muay Thai or Muaythai sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinching techniques. The name “Art of Eight Limbs” refers to the combined use of fists, elbows, knees and shins. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late 20th to 21st century, when (…)

Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles of the Indian cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Kun Khmer, Benjang and Tomoi.  A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay. Western practitioners in Thailand are sometimes called Nak Muay Farang, meaning "foreign boxer".

The last photo shows a familiar face to "all" Poles.