Originally Posted by
dave_tf
Check out Lumpini Stadium adjacent to Lumpini Park in Bangkok. I believe this is the best known Muay Thai facility in Bangkok and where most of the televised fights take place. Info on dates and times can surely be found in the English language press.
Join the regular queue to the ticket window and avoid any other ticket sellers. Ringside seats are not horribly expensive, but you actually get a better view of the ring from 1st tier or above, and I recommend those, or cheaper.
The above is 'the real deal'...although I am sure there are smaller venues staging actual contests and not 'show-fights- for tourists.
As for Pattaya...one might be tempted to see the 'bar-fights' as staged, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are. I've doctored a few bruises that were real enough in years past.