"During that time I didn't think of being an athlete at all," she said one Friday afternoon as she got ready for a training session at Sukhumvit's Bangkok Fight Lab. Now, she fights as a full-fledged professional athlete, sponsored by gyms like Bangkok Fight Lab, Buakaw's Bunchamek Gym, BASE Bangkok, and Phuket's Tiger Muay Thai Gym. Rika at Bangkok Fight Lab. "When they don't understand the sport, they'll compare it to our national sport which is muay Thai. Rika training at Bangkok Fight Lab.

Source: Bangkok Post January 20, 2018 00:45 UTC