Female Muay Thai legend Angela "Angie" Rivera-Parr of the Boonchu Gym makes her MMA debut against Claire Haigh of Tiger Muay Thai at the Cage Wars 2 promotion. This fight was the first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion to showcase two female fighters in the history of Australia as a main event. Angie Parr, wife of Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr (JWP) is a veteran stand-up fighter with International Boxing, Muay Thai, and Kickboxing fights on her resume. Sporting an overall fight record of over 40 wins with only 7 losses she is a true legend in female combative sports.
Claire Haigh sporting a professional Muay Thai record of 14 wins and only 2 losses recently won the WPMF World Muay Thai Championship at the Queen's Cup event held in Bangkok Thailand, by beating Chantal Ughi. This event was held in honor of the Queen's birthday. Claire Haigh has spent the last year training at Tiger Muay Thai under MMA Instructor Ray Elbe and Master Muay Thai instructor Kru Pichai Maitong "Gae" Kiatsignoi. A BJJ Blue Belt previously to arriving in Thailand Claire represented Diesel Gym in London England. Claire shows great Elbows during the stand-up portion of the bout, and utilizes a vicious GNP to set up the RNC (Rear Naked Choke) victory. This fight was Claire's MMA debut as well.
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