Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy


Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy, formerly known as Phetmorakot Wor Sangprapai, is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer, originally from the Ubon Ratchathani province, Northeast of Thailand, but now fighting out of Bangkok. Phetmorakot's brand of Muay Thai is distinguished by his slicing elbows and devastating knees.
Phetmorakot was the 130 lbs. Lumpinee Stadium champion, and former 105 lbs Lumpinee Stadium champion.
Additionally, he competes for the Singapore-based organization ONE Championship in their all-striking ONE Super Series format, where he has fought in both Muay Thai and kickboxing. He is the inaugural and reigning ONE Muay Thai Featherweight World Champion.
He holds wins over fighters such as Auisiewpor Sujibamikiew, Kwankaw, Wanchai Sor Kitisak, Pokaew, Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9, Liam Harrison, and the well known Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym.

Muay Thai career

On March 25, 2011, Phetmorakot defeated Wanchai Sor Kittisak to win the Lumpinee Stadium mini flyweight title.
On April 9, 2013, he defeated Thong Puideenaidee at Lumpinee Stadium to win the Thailand super bantamweight title.
On December 3, 2013, Phetmorakot won his second Lumpinee title by defeating Auisiewpor Sujibamikiew to capture the vacant Lumpinee Stadium super featherweight title. On February 28, 2014, he defeated Kwankhaw Mor Ratanabandit to retain the Lumpinee Stadium super featherweight title. He successfully defended his Lumpinee Stadium title a third time by defeating Genji Umeno via unanimous decision in Japan on April 19, 2015.
On October 9, 2014, he defeated the legendary Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym by decision after five rounds of battle at Rajadamnern Stadium.
On December 8, 2015, Phetmorakot defeated Petchboonchu FA Group at Lumpinee Stadium to win the Thailand super lightweight title, marking his second Thai national Muay Thai title victory.
On December 25, 2015, Phetmorakot defeated future Glory Featherweight Champion Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 to win the Toyota Vigo Marathon 62kg Tournament.
On July 29, 2016, Phetmorakot later entered the one-night Toyota Hilux Revo Superchamp Tournament that took place in Tokyo, Japan. In the Quarter Finals, he defeated Masashi Hirano by second-round TKO due to a cut. He then defeated Chamuaktong Fightermuaythai in Semi Finals by decision. In the Tournament Final, he defeated Silarit Chor Sampeenong by second-round KO to win the Toyota Hilux Revo Superchamp 63.5kg Tournament.
On October 28, 2016, Phetmorakot defeated Azize Hlali by second-round KO at YOKKAO 21 in Hong Kong.
On April 28, 2018, Phetmorakot defeated Mohamed Souanane by TKO at Phoenix Fighting Championship 7 in Phuket to win the Phoenix Fight Championship 149lb title.
On October 4, 2019 at the Hilux Revo Muay Thai Marathon in Chiang Rai, Phetmorakot defeated Ali Ebrahimi by second-round KO to win the WBC Muaythai Diamond Middleweight Championship. As a result, he became the fourth fighter to win a WBC Diamond Championship belt.

ONE Championship

On June 23, 2018, Phetmorakot Petchyindee Academy made his ONE Championship debut at, where he defeated Fabrice Fairtex Delannon by TKO in the second round.
Next, on October 6, 2018, he faced Alaverdi Ramazanov at, where he lost by unanimous decision.
He would bounce back on December 7, 2018 at, where he defeated Liam Harrison by second-round knockout.
On March 8, 2019, he defeated Kenta Yamada by unanimous decision at.
Phetmorakot was later selected as a competitor in the ONE Super Series Kickboxing Featherweight World Grand Prix, which included other fighters like Yodsanklai Fairtex and Giorgio Petrosyan. His opponent in the Quarter-Finals was Giorgio Petrosyan.
On May 17, 2019, Phetmorakot faced Giorgio Petrosyan in the Kickboxing Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarter-Finals at, where he won a closely contested split decision. However, the result of the fight was overturned to a no-contest when reviews showed that Phetmorakot had used illegal clinching throughout the fight. A rematch was scheduled for July 12, 2019 at, where Phetmorakot lost by unanimous decision and was eliminated from the Kickboxing Featherweight World Grand Prix.
On November 22, 2019, Phetmorakot defeated Charlie Peters by second-round KO at.
Phetmorakot is scheduled to face Jamal Yusupov for the inaugural ONE Muay Thai Featherweight World Championship at on February 7, 2020. However, Yusupov was later forced to withdraw from the match and Phetmorakot will now face fellow Thai fighter Detrit Sathian Muay Thai for the ONE Muay Thai Featherweight Title. Detrit was later pulled from the bout and was replaced by Pongsiri P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym, who took the fight on just two days' notice. Phetmorakot would defeat Pongsiri by unanimous decision to become the first ONE Muay Thai Featherweight World Champion.
Phetmorakot will defend the ONE Muay Thai Featherweight World Championship for the first time against Muay Thai legend Yodsanklai Fairtex at on July 31, 2020.

Titles and accomplishments