The list below of Top 10 female muay thai fighters is not restricted to Thai nationals but also includes international fighters who have fought and won world titles in muay thai as well as making a name for themselves in kickboxing and MMA.
This list is only my opinion of the top female muay thai fighters who are included not only because of their titles and awards in muay thai, but also their contributions to spreading the sport of muay thai globally and inspiring and motivating women across the world.
Each of the 10 nak muay ying (female muay thai practitioners) have the heart of a fighter and truly display this in their fights as well as their efforts to make a living and a name for themselves in a world dominated by men.
1. Stamp Fairtex
Stamp Fairtex is the current ONE Championship 115 pound Muay Thai and Kickboxing Champion.
She is also a contender for the Female ONE Championship MMA Crown.
This makes her the literal ‘triple threat’ in female fighting and one of the most exciting female fighters in the world today.
Like many great muay thai fighters she comes from a family of farmers and a poor background. Stamp Fairtex has been training and competing in muay thai since she was 5 years old with an unofficial record of 80 muay thai fights at 60W-15L-5D.
Stamp Fairtex has made history in not only becoming the first ONE Championship three sport champion but also by becoming the first-ever sponsored female Thai athlete at Fairtex Training Center in Pattaya.
This was when at the age of 18 she moved from her home province of Rayong to Fairtex Gym. The world known Fairtex Gym out of Pattaya has produced the likes of muay thai greats Yodsanklai Fairtex and Jongsanan Fairtex amongst many others.
2. Chommanee Sor Taehiran
Born at the edge of Bangkok city and beginning training in muay thai at the age of 8, Chommannee is one of the most highly-decorated female fighters ever to come out of Thailand. She has competed professionally since 2013.
She is famous for winning the “One Million Baht” tournament staged by the Muay Thai Angels organization in 2015. This was the first World Muay Thai Angels tournament and featured 16 top female fighters competing in a Grand Prix format with one winner crowned at the end.
Chommanee has accomplished a lot in muay thai including representing Thailand at the IFMA World Championships.
She has also won the World Muaythai Council Women’s Featherweight Champion as well as the King Cup Tournament in the same year she won the Muay Thai Angels Tournament in 2014.
In 2018 she signed a multi-fight deal with Glory Kickboxing which is great for her in terms of salary and recognition. However she has competed less and less in muay thai more recently but still remains a top female muay thai fighter in the world.
3. Tiffany Van Soest
Tiffany Van Soost is an American muay thai fighter, kickoxer and mixed martial artist. She began her martial arts in Shorin-Ryu karate and began Muay Thai at the age of eighteen.
Tifffany Van Soest began fighting in amateur Muay Thai in 2009 and had a record of 10-1-1 as an amateur before turning pro in 2011.
She has dominated the female muay thai world in the US and is known as one of the most exciting female fighters in the world today.
She was both a state and national muay thai titlist as an amateur before turning professional in 2011. And in 2012 she won the WBC Muaythai International Super Bantamweight Championship.
She is known for her dynamic and aggressive style and has earned the nickname “Time Bomb”.
4. Joanna Jdredrecyk
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is a current UFC championship contender and former UFC Champion.
Her roots are in muay thai and her muay thai pedigree is well known.
Jedrzejczyk is a six-time world Muay Thai champion. Earning the nicknames Joanna ‘Violence’ and Joanna ‘Champion’ her style is brutal and aggressive with crisp and clean striking.
5. Loma Lookboonmee
Loma is a highly accomplished female muay thai fighter form Thailand with a dominant clinch game.
She began training at her father’s gym she was 7 years old.
The gym name Lookboonmee, translates as ‘children of Boonmee’ as indeed her family is one of muay thai fighters under her father Boonmee,
From a young age Loma traveled the countryside fighting at temple fairs and festivals. Before long she ran out of opponents and began fighting boys.
It was at a young age that Loma made a name for herself fighting boys and being a favorite among fans and gamblers.
With an unofficial record of 300 fights, she has amassed a number of muay thai awards and titles including the following world and Thai regional belts:
- 2017 – IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Championships | 48kg Gold
- 2015 – IFMA Royal World Cup | Pinweight 45kg Gold
- 2012 – S1 World Champion
- Asian Games | Gold
- Rangsit Stadium Champion
- Assawindam Stadium Champion
In October of 2017, Loma signed with Invicta Fighting Championships for MMA and she currently trains out of Tiger Muay Thai & MMA in Phuket.
6. Miriam Nakamoto
Miriam Nakamoto is considered one of the top female strikers in the world. Versatile in Muay thai, kickboxing and traditional boxing she has been professional since 2005 with a muay thai record of 16-0.
Nakamoto is an eight-time world champion in muay thai.
In the 2009 IFMA World Championships Nakamoto won gold and was awarded the Best Boxer trophy for females. No American had ever received this award, male or female.
A list of her muay thai awards and highlights is shown below:
- 2010 WBC Muaythai World Lightweight Champion (Two title defenses)
- 2010 WMC World Lightweight Champion
- 2010 TBA World Lightweight Champion
- 2007 WPMF Light Welterweight Champion
- 2009 IFMA Muaythai World Championships Gold Medalist Light Welterweight
- 2009 IFMA Muaythai World Championships Best Female Boxer
7. Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko is a Kyrgyzstani professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter. Shevchenko is the UFC women’s flyweight Champion.
She became UFC champion after beating Joanna Jedrzejczyk who she also previously beat three times in amateur Muay Thai bouts.
She is widely considered as one of the best female fighters in the world.
Shevchenko bgan muay thai training at the age of 12 after orginally training in taekwando at the age of 5. Her kickboxing career began in 2000 when, also at age 12, she knocked out a 22-year-old opponent, earning her the moniker “Bullet” from her trainer.
From 2003 to 2015, Shevchenko collectively won more than 50 amateur/pro matches in K-1, Muay Thai and kickboxing (five were won by technical knockout, three were won by knockout).
Her list of awards and achievements in muay thai is extensive and shown below:
- 2015 I.F.M.A. Royal World cup Tournament Championship
- 2014 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2013 World Combat Games, Muay Thai Gold
- 2012 WMC Muaythai Female Super Lightweight World Champion
- 2012 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2011 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2010 World Combat Games, Muay Thai Gold
- 2010 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2009 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2008 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2007 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2006 I.F.M.A. World Championship
- 2006 World Muay Thai WMF Champion, Thailand (57 kg)
- 2003 I.F.M.A. World Championship (57 kg)
8. Sawsing Sor Sopit
Sawsing Sor Sopit has been fighting in muay thai since she was 9 years old. With over 200 professional fights, she has held multiple world titles.
She won her first world title, the WMC belt in 2010 at 115 pounds.
Among her list of muay thai achievements are the following titles:
- 2013 – WPMF Female Featherweight Championship | 126 lbs
- 2013 – Sport Accord World Combat Games, Russia, Muay Thai Gold
- 2013 – Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Muay Thai Bantamweight Gold
- 2010 – WMC World Muay Thai Council Champion, Chonburi | 115 lbs
She is known for her toughness in the ring with an attacking style. While competing less recently, Sawsing Sor Sopit remains on of the top names in the female muay thai fighters world.
9. Lommanee Wor. Santai
Lommanee is a female Thai fighter in the female super flyweight division competing both in Thailand and internationally.
She began fighting at just eight years old in the impoverished region of Northeast Thailand.
She is considered by many as one of the very best pound-for-pound female fighters in the world.
Her amazing record of over 100 fights and multiple achievements speaks for itself.
She is a 8 time Thailand Champion, IFMA World Champion and WMC World Champion.
While Lommanee is not known for aggression, she is a very accurate fighter with a very high ring I.Q.
She earned the nickname ‘Killer Elbow’ after her fight at Yokkao 7 where she slashed her opponent’s face with elbows which resulted in as many as 28 stitches.
10. Sylvie Von Douglas-Ittu
The last female nak muay in this list is one who fights out of Thailand regularly and who has also taken on the mission to document and preserve many of the private lessons she has had with the living legends of muay thai in Thailand.
As she states, she is probably “the most documented fighter ever” simply because each of her fights and a lot of her training sessions and insights are captured on her vlog, YouTube channel and Patreon page.
An American national, she began muay thai in 2008 with Master K in his home gym in New Jersey before she decided to move to Thailand to train and compete full time.
Her full record is available at : https://8limbsus.com/my-complete-fight-record-sylvie-von-duuglas-ittu She has won several regional championship belts in Thailand and the IPCC World Championship, with a professional record of 156-69-9 with 82 KOs.
She has set lofty goals for herself which she is intent on achieving and no doubt will due to her work ethic and commitment.
The goal she is on track to achieve is to surpass Len Wickwar’s 470 fights.
