True Life: I am a Muay Thai Fighter.
~45 mins.

I grabbed this tape from a friend of mine. Originally aired on MTV I guess as the True Life series is labeled as such. The show follows two fighters from Master Toddy's gym in Las Vegas as they prepare to fight a bare knuckle match in Thailand. Kit Cope and a fellow named Ben train hard for a great adventure.

Being an MTV production the quality and editing etc are great. This is not a homemade video. Good musical score enhances the tense fight sections etc. Overall, this is a plus for the show.

I only know about Kit from this show and his recent appearance vs Ken Florian in the UFC. The guy does come off as an asshole, really he does. However as the show goes on I really found myself liking both of the fighters. I think alot of the machismo is for show and getting himself hyped up.

I thought the training footage of Master Toddy's gym was interesting. Maybe someday I'll actually take that trip to his weeklong training camp I have been day-dreaming about. I'll have to get in better shape first, they didn't pull any stops getting ready for the trip.

The fight section was a bit of a letdown. Kit's fight was short and honestly it didn't look like his opponent was all that good. I have watched plenty of matchs from Thailand and have seen much better fighters than this guy. However maybe Kit was that good that his opponent looked bad. It could happen. I wish however they had spent some time introducing the opponents and why it was valuable to be able to beat them. As far as I know it was some guy who hadn't fought in 5 years and recently underwent hernia surgery. Probably not but the point stands.

Overall I found the show entertaining and any martial art fan should take the time to watch it. Look for the reruns.