{"id":111791,"date":"2025-12-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=111791"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:09:44","slug":"solace-muay-thai-to-host-first-professional-fight-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/news\/solace-muay-thai-to-host-first-professional-fight-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Solace Muay Thai to host first professional fight night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOLACE Muay Thai will host its first professional fight night at the Ballina RSL Club.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held on Saturday, December 6 with an amateur series to run earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Coby Waldock and Corey-Sia Townes will represent the Ballina Muay Thai gym on the main card.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone marks years of work by Solace Muay Thai coach and owner Spiro Darzanos.<\/p>\n<p>He has been working to bring professional fight cards to the region for several years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be a proper professional fight night with a bit of extra glitz and glamour,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a lot of hard work to get to this point; we wouldn&#8217;t be here without our sponsors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The council have been really supportive and people supporting the event financially have come to our amateur shows and have seen what we&#8217;re all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fighters will compete in full contact with stand-up striking, sweeps and various clinching techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Darzanos has trained more than 100 fighters at his gym since 2019 and looks forward to hosting five professional bouts at a home event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The boys have been training hard for this one and they&#8217;re ready to go,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of these guys have fought overseas and Corey will get to take on a star fighter from Thailand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A female professional fight over five rounds between Jane Koo and Kalia Zylstra will also feature on the card.<\/p>\n<p>The amateur show starts at 2pm with professional fights from 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/ballinarsl.com.au\/event\/muay-thai-amateur-series-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballinarsl.com.au\/event\/muay-thai-amateur-series-4\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLACE Muay Thai will host its first professional fight night at the Ballina RSL Club. 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