Rambaa Somdet

Rambaa Somdet (; born August 30, 1974) is a retired Thai mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter who has fought for K-1, Shooto, DEEP and Palace Fighting Championship. He competed in the flyweight and strawweight divisions. Somdet is a former Shooto World Flyweight (114 lb) Champion. He is considered by some to be the greatest strawweight in mixed martial arts history.

Personal life He has, since retiring, opened his own gym, the M-16 gym.

He is the nephew of the former Rajadamnern and WMC champion Tappaya Sit-Or and the cousin of the reigning Thailand and World Kickboxing Network Muaythai Welterweight world champion Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee. His second and third fights with DEEP were against Mitsuhisa Sunabe and Darren Uyenoyama, both of which he lost by way of unanimous decision. Somdet would however leave the organization on a win, defeating Takeyasu Hirono.

He would then move to Shooto, when he faced Takehiro Harusaki during Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4. He won in his debut with Shooto. In his second fight he faced Masaaki Sugawara, which he won by TKO. He was then set to fight Noboru Tahara, winning his third fight in a row. Briefly leaving Shooto he was scheduled to fight for the PFC flyweight title, but was forced to withdraw with injury. After recovering he faced Ulysses Gomez during PFC 11: All In. He won a unanimous decision.

Riding a five fight winning streak, he was given a chance to fight for the inaugural Shooto Flyweight Champion. Somdet defeated Noboru Tahara in a rematch to become the first Shooto Flyweight Champion (Shooto's Flyweight division is fought at 114 lbs.) on November 23, 2009 in Tokyo. He defended his title against Hiroyuki Abe. He was scheduled to defend his title against Junji Ito at "Shootor's Legacy 2" on March 12, 2011, however the bout has been pushed back to April 29, 2011.

On April 16, 2011, Shooto announced Somdet was vacating his title due to a partially torn left biceps.

Moving to GRABAKA he won a decision versus Takuya Eizumi. Following this win, he was signed by PXC. Is his first with PXC he faced Rabin Catalan. He won the fight with a rear naked choke, the first submission win of his career. Returning to GRABAKA he won a unanimous decision against Kenichi Sawada. His 11 fight winning streak was snapped at PXC 46, losing a close split decision to Cristiano Pitpitunge.

His last mixed martial arts fight came at Shooto - Torao 15, when he won a unanimous decision against Masayoshi Kato.

Championships and accomplishments Shooto Shooto World Flyweight (114 lb) Championship One successful title defense Undefeated in Shooto (6-0) Fight Matrix Strawweight lineal champion (One time, former) Longest serving lineal champion (2007-2014)

Mixed martial arts record Win

Masayoshi Kato Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Torao 15: Direction of the Cage

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Cristiano Pitpitunge Decision (split) PXC 46

Manila, Philippines Win

Kenichi Sawada Decision (unanimous) Grabaka Live! 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Robin Catalan Submission (rear-naked choke) PXC 38

Mangilao, Guam Win

Takuya Eizumi Decision (unanimous) Grabaka Live 2

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ryota Uozumi Decision (unanimous) Grabaka Live - 1st Cage Attack

Tokyo, Japan Win

Hiroyuki Abe TKO (doctor stoppage) Shooto: The Way of Shooto 4: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon

Tokyo, Japan Win

Noboru Tahara Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Revolutionary Exchanges 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Ulysses Gomez Decision (unanimous) PFC 11: All In

Lemoore, California, United States Win

Noboru Tahara Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Shooto Tradition 3

Tokyo, Japan Win

Masaaki Sugawara TKO (doctor stoppage) Shooto: Back To Our Roots 6

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takehiro Harusaki Decision (unanimous) Shooto: Battle Mix Tokyo 4

Tokyo, Japan Win

Takeyasu Hirono Decision (unanimous) Deep - 7th Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Darren Uyenoyama Decision (unanimous) Deep - 5th Impact

Tokyo, Japan Loss

Mitsuhisa Sunabe Decision (majority) Deep - 4th Impact

Nagoya, Japan Win

Takumi Yano Decision (unanimous) Deep - 3rd Impact

Tokyo, Japan Muay Thai record

Submission grappling record