Shwe Sai

Shwe Sai (Burmese: ရွှေဆိုင်း), is a retired Burmese Lethwei fighter and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion.[2]

Shwe Sai
Born	Karen State, Myanmar
Other names	ရွှေဆိုင်း
Nationality	Burmese
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Myanmar
Children	Sai Maung Maung (son)[1]

Personal life

Shwe Sai is born in the Karen state and has a son named Sai Maung Maung, who also competes in Lethwei and who is signed to the World Lethwei Championship.[2]

Lethwei career

On 10 and 11 July 2004, Shwe Sai and teammates Aye Bo Sein, Naing Wan Lay and Win Tun competed in a Lethwei tournament at Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar.[3] The Burmese fighters were matched against four Japanese fighters: Tamura, Yoshitaro Niimi, Takaharu Yamamoto and Seiji Wakasugi.[4][5]

During his reign, Shwe Sai faced Zaw Win Tun, 1996 Golden Belt Champion, with Shwe Sai having the upper hand having won one fight while the other was a draw.[6] On 2 August 2019, Shwe Sai's son Sai Maung Maung, was supposed to continue the rivalry and face the son of his past rival Saw Win Tun at WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs, but the fight was cancelled due to medical reason.[1]

In 2006, Shwe Sai was stripped of the Openweight Lethwei World title for failure to defend the title. Former Openweight champion Shwe War Tun was selected to faced number one contender Lone Chaw to crown a new champion. Lone Chaw was victorious and became the new Openweight Champion. Shwe Sai and Lone Chaw eventually met in 2009 and Lone Chaw won the match by KO.

Championships and accomplishments

Championships

• Lethwei World Champion
  • Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt

Lethwei record

Professional Lethwei record

0 fights, 0 wins (0 (KO/TKO's), 0 losses, 0 draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2019-11-25 Draw Saw Nga Man Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights, Myaing Gyi Ngu Hpa-an, Myanmar Draw 2 3:00 2011 Draw Yan Gyi Aung Challenge Fight [7] Myanmar Draw 5 3:00 2011 Draw Phoe Kay Challenge Fight [8] Myanmar Draw 5 3:00 2009-04-05 Loss Lone Chaw Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Final Yangon, Myanmar KO 5 0:18 Special 5 round challenge fight, outside of Aung Lan bracket 2009-02-28 Loss Yan Gyi Aung Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Semi-final Yangon, Myanmar Decision 5 2008-04-27 Draw Yan Gyi Aung Challenge Fights, Aung San National Indoor Stadium Yangon, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00 2005-10-16 Draw Lone Chaw 2nd City F.M Aung Lan Tournament, M.C.C. Yangon, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00 2004-07-11 Draw Yoshitaro Niimi Myanmar vs. Japan Challenge Fights Yangon, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00 2004-06-13 Win Wan Chai Challenge Fights, Thuwunna Gymnasium Yangon, Myanmar TKO 3 2:52 2004 Win Shan Lay Thway Challenge Fight 2004 Yangon, Myanmar Wins Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

References

1. Mark Schroeder. "Reviewing the 64th Karen State Day Lethwei Event". The Fight Site. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. "SONS OF LETHWEI LEGENDS TO MEET IN THE RING AT WLC: KING OF NINE". Asia Persuasian MMA. 22 June 2019.
3. "Akitoshi Tamura (Japan) and Aye Bo Sein (Myanmar) in action in 67 kg division" (PDF). The New Light of Myanmar. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
4. "မြန်မာ-ဂျပန် မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့ပြိုင်ပွဲအကြို ရှင်းလင်းပွဲကျင်းပ" (PDF). The Mirror Daily. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
5. "နိုငံတကာမြန်မာ့ရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့စိန်ခေါ်ပွဲကျင်းပ၊ နိုင်းဝမ်းလေးက ယာမာမိုတိုကို အလဲထိုးဖြင့်နိုင်" (PDF). The Mirror Daily. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
6. Gerald Ng (23 June 2019). "WLC KING OF NINE LIMBS: FIGHTING FAMILIES". Fight Mag.
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kon1tKtWrLE
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W93RoHVugo

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Shan Lay Thway	Golden Belt – Openweight Lethwei World Champion 2004 – May 21, 2006	Succeeded by Lone Chaw