KAOKLAI KAENNORSING
Thailand / Ihara Dojo / Muay-Thai
COUNTRY : Thailand
DATE OF BIRTH : September 13, 1983
HEIGHT : 5 feet 11 inch
WEIGHT : 173 lbs
*TITLES*
Rajadamnern Stadium Muay Thai Super Welter Weight Champion
K-1 WORLD GP 2004 in Seoul Champion
K-1 WORLD GP 2004 3rd Place
K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in Seoul Finalist
Source: http://www.so-net.ne.jp
Panom Yeerum (read: Pa-nom Yee-rum, Thai: พนม ยีรัมย์) (born on February 5, 1976), better known in the West as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Panom, is a Thai martial arts actor and choreographer. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong.
Biography
Since he started his fighting career at the young age of 8, he has fought over 300 times, starting in his home province of Surin, in the northeast of Thailand and then in Bangkok after he moved to Por. Pramuk gym at the age of 15.
He has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. First he won the Omnoi Stadium featherweight title, after that he took the featherweight champion of Thailand title. Buakaw won another Omnoi Stadium title belt, this time at lightweight. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpini Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the final. This was a tournament similar to the K-1 set up with 3 round fights and no elbows allowed until the final. In July of 2004 Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato all on the same night. In 2005 he nearly repeated as tournament champion but lost a controversial extra rounds decision to Andy Souwer in the finals.
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