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Petpanomrung Kiatmuu9 (เพชรพนมรุ้ง เกียรติหมู่เก้า, pronounced "Kiatmuukao"; born 26 May 1995) is a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer from Thailand. Hailing from Buriram in the northeast of Thailand, Petpanomrung is from the same Muay Thai gym of multiple Lumpinee Stadium champion Singdam Kiatmuu9. He is the reigning Glory Featherweight (-65 kg) and the former RISE Super Lightweight (-65 kg) World Champion.
As of May 2023, he is ranked as the #1 Super Featherweight (-67.5 kg) and #4 pound for pound kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick and the #1 featherweight (-66 kg) and #9 pound for pound kickboxer by Combat Press. Combat Press has ranked him as a top featherweight since April 2017 and has briefly ranked him as the #7 pound for pound kickboxer in 2021.
Martial arts career
= Glory
=Early promotional career
Petpanomrung made his Glory debut against Stanislav Reniţă at Glory 35: Nice on 5 November 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all five judges awarding him all three rounds of the bout.
Petpanomrung took part in the 2017 Glory Featherweight Contender Tournament, which was held at Glory 39: Brussels on 25 March 2017. In the semifinals, he won a unanimous decision against Aleksei Ulianov. Petpanomrung captured the tournament title with a split decision win over Serhiy Adamchuk.
Winning the Contender Tournament earned Petpanomrung a chance to fight for the vacant Glory Featherweight Championship against the #1 ranked contender Robin van Roosmalen at Glory 41: Holland on 20 May 2017. van Roosmalen won the fight majority decision to capture the title. Petpanomrung was deducted a point in the third round for excessive clinching.
After losing his next fight to Rambo PetchPTT at the Lumpini Stadium, Petpanomrung returned to Glory to fight Xie Lei at Glory 46: China on 14 October 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Petpanomrung faced Zakaria Zouggary at Glory 49: Rotterdam on 9 December 2017. He won the fight by a third-round head kick knockout. Petpanomrung was deducted a point in the third round for excessive clinching.
Petpanomrung faced Abdellah Ezbiri at Glory 53: Lille on 12 May 2018. He won the fight by a second-round head kick knockout. The knockout was later named the 2018 Glory "Knockout of the Year".
Glory Featherweight champion
Petpanomrung was expected to challenge the reigning Glory Featherweight champion Robin van Roosmalen at Glory 55: New York on 20 July 2018. Roosmalen withdrew from the bout with an injury on 6 July. Petpanomrung was rescheduled to face Kevin VanNostrand for the interim featherweight championship instead. He won the fight by split decision. Petpanomrung signed a new multi-year deal with Glory on 26 March 2019.
Petpanomrung was booked to unify the Glory Featherweight Championship with the full champion Robin van Roosmalen at Glory 59: Amsterdam on 29 September 2018. The pair previously fought a year prior, at Glory 41: Holland, with van Roosmalen winning a majority decision in their first encounter. Petpanomrung won the fight by unanimous decision, with all five judges awarding him every round of the bout.
Petpanomrung made his first title defense against the former Glory featherweight champion Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 63: Houston on 2 February 2019, in a rematch of their Glory 39 fight, which Petpanomrung won by split decision. He was more convincing in their second meeting, as he won the fight by unanimous decision, with all five judges scoring the bout 50–45 in his favor.
Petpanomrung was expected to face Sergey Kulyaba at All Star Fight on 9 March 2019. He later withdrew and was replaced by Fonluang Sitboonmee. Petpanomrung made his second title defense against Anvar Boynazarov at Glory 67: Orlando on 5 July 2019. He won the fight by another dominant unanimous decision.
Petpanomrung was expected to make his third title defense against Aleksei Ulianov at Glory 72: Chicago on 23 November 2019. Ulianov withdrew from the bout on 24 June, due to visa issues, and was replaced with Kevin VanNostrand. The rematch between the two ended in a majority decision draw.
Petpanomrung made his fourth title defense against Serhiy Adamchuk at Glory 75: Utrecht on 29 February 2020, whom he had faced and beaten on two previous occasions. He won their trilogy bout by unanimous decision, with all five judges scoring the fight 49–45 for Petpanomrung.
Glory & RISE champion
Petpanomrung was expected to face the former RISE Lightweight champion Kento Haraguchi at RISE El Dorado 2021, on 21 February 2021. He was later removed from the event as a result of being unable to Japan due to safety protocols imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The fight was rescheduled for RISE World Series 2021 Osaka 2 on 14 November 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two judges awarding Petpanomrung a 30-28 scorecard, while the third judge scoring the fight 30–29 in his favor. Petpanomrung was shown a yellow card in the second round for excessive clinching.
Petpanomrung faced Kento Haraguchi for the inaugural RISE World Super Lightweight Championship at RISE World Series Osaka 2022 on 21 August 2022. The fight was ruled a split decision draw after the first five rounds, with one judge scoring the bout 50–49 for Haraguchi, the second scoring it 49–48 for Petpanomrung and the third judge scoring it as an even 49–49 draw. Petpanomrung was awarded the unanimous decision, after an extra sixth round was contested.
Petpanomrung was booked to make his return to Glory to defend the Glory Featherweight Championship against the #5 ranked featherweight contender Abraham Vidales at Glory: Collision 4 on 8 October 2022. He retained the title by unanimous decision, with all but one judge awarding him all five rounds of the bout.
Petpanomrung faced the RISE Super Lightweight champion Kosei Yamada in a non-title bout at RISE World Series / Shootboxing-Kings on 25 December 2022. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 30-29 and one scorecard of 30–28.
Petpanomrung moved up to lightweight to challenge the Glory Lightweight titleholder Tyjani Beztati at Glory 84 on 11 March 2023. He lost the fight by a fourth-round knockout.
Petpanomrung made his sixth Glory Featherweight Championship defense against the #4 ranked Glory featherweight contender Ahmad Chikh Mousa at Glory 86 on 27 May 2023. He retained the title by unanimous decision.
Petpanomrung made his seventh title defense against promotional newcomer David Mejia at Glory 89 on 7 October 2023. He retained the title by split decision.
Petpanomrung made his first RISE Super Lightweight World title defense against RISE WORLD SERIES 2023 Final Round on 16 December 2023. He lost the fight by unanimous decision to Chadd Collins.
Glory Featherweight champion
Petpanomrung made his eighth Glory Featherweight Championship defense against Kento Haraguchi at Glory 93 on 20 July 2024. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Titles and accomplishments
= Kickboxing
=RISE
2022 RISE Super Lightweight (-65 kg) World Champion (one time; former)
Glory
2018 Year in Review - Knockout of the Year
2018 Glory Featherweight (-65 kg) Champion (one time; Current)
Eight successful title defenses
Most successful title defenses in Glory featherweight history (8)
Most consecutive title defenses in Glory featherweight history (8)
Second most consecutive title defenses in Glory history (8)
2018 interim Glory Featherweight (-65 kg) Champion
2017 Glory Featherweight (-65 kg) Contender Tournament Winner
= Muay Thai
=World Muaythai Council
2016 WMC World Lightweight Champion
Toyota Marathon
2015 Toyota Vigo Marathon Tournament Champion (64 kg)
Professional Boxing Association of Thailand (PAT)
2013 Thailand (PAT) Super Featherweight (130 lbs) Champion (one defense)
2011 Thailand (PAT) Bantamweight (118 lbs) Champion
Thailand (PAT) Mini-Flyweight (105 lbs) Champion
Fight record
See also
List of male kickboxers
References
External links
Glory profile