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Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu (born 3 November 1983) is an American professional Muay Thai fighter. Living and competing in Thailand, where she holds the most recorded number of fights by a foreigner in the country, Duuglas-Ittu is a two-times International Professional Combat Council (IPCC) World Champion and the 2023 WBC Minimumweight Muay Thai World Champion. As of June 16, 2023, she is ranked No. 1 and No. 10 respectively in the World Muay thai Organization (WMO) Mini flyweight and the IFMA Pinweight Muay Thai rankings.
Biography
Von Duuglas-Ittu was born on 3 November 1983. Duuglas-Ittu discovered Muay Thai in Boulder, Colorado, before started training under veteran fighter Kumron Vaitayanon (Master K) in New Jersey. On 27 June 2009 she had her first amateur fight in Richmond, Virginia. After receiving a Liberal Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, she moved permanently to Thailand in 2012 to train and fight.
In May 2019 and in 2020, on two separate occasions, she won the International Professional Combat Council (IPCC) World 108 lbs title. In March 2021 she was ranked No. 2 in Mini flyweight by the WBC MuayThai. In November 2022 Duuglas-Ittu held the most recorded number of fights by a foreigner in Thailand with 270 fights. In December 2022 she was ranked No. 2 in Minimumweight by the WBC MuayThai.
On 4 February 2023, in Hua Hin, Thailand, she became WBC Muay Thai Minimumweight World Champion after defeating Elisabetta Solinas of Italy. In June 2023, Von Duuglas-Ittu was ranked No. 1 at Mini flyweight by the World Muaythai Organization (WMO), and No. 10 at Pinweight by the International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA).
Duuglas-Ittu is a freelance journalist and runs a popular Muay Thai blog called 8limbsus.com. She also runs a vlog and documentary YouTube channel where she documents her fighting career as well as the careers old Muay Thai legends.
Titles and accomplishments
Muay Thai
2014 Queen's Cup -46 kilograms (101 lb) Champion
2014 Chonburi Buffalo Race Festival (Chua Kraow Stadium) -47 kilograms (104 lb) Champion
2014 Sriracha -50 kilograms (110 lb) Champion
2014 Thepprasit Stadium -47 kilograms (104 lb) Champion
2015 Chonburi Buffalo Race Festival (Chua Kraow Stadium) -48 kilograms (106 lb) Champion
2015 Sattahip Loi Krathong Festival -52 kilograms (115 lb) Champion
2016 Muay Siam -105 pounds (48 kg) Northern Thailand Champion
2017 Thepprasit Stadium -45 kilograms (99 lb) Champion
2019 IPCC World -49 kilograms (108 lb) Champion
2020 IPCC World -51 kilograms (112 lb) Champion
2022 Western Region (Thailand) -47.5 kilograms (105 lb) Champion
2023 WBC Minimumweight Muay Thai World Champion
Awards
Awakening Magazine Female Muay Thai Fighter of the Year (2015/2017)
Awakening Magazine Journalist of the Year (2014)