MICHAEL BADATO

Biography

Australian Muay Thai champion who fell in love with Lethwei during a training trip to Myanmar and never looked back. Has become the sport's primary ambassador in the Oceania region, promoting Lethwei through seminars and events across Australia. His well-rounded game translates effectively to bare-knuckle rules.

Fighting style

Signature technique

→ Elbow off the catch

Titles & honours

• WLC Middleweight contender
• Australian Muay Thai Champion

Reading this record

Michael Badato is recorded at 9–3–1, with 5 of those 9 wins ending by knockout. Modern-era figures are the more dependable ones on this site: WLC and MTLF cards are sanctioned and their results published, so these numbers can be checked against event results rather than oral history.

56% of those wins came inside the distance, which ranks 13th of the 29 profiled fighters with a documented record. That sits in the middle band of the roster — a fighter who finishes when the opening appears but is equally accustomed to going the full distance.

Michael Badato is one of 6 fighters profiled at middleweight, and fights orthodox, as 28 of the 32 profiled fighters do.

Michael Badato is listed as active, so this record is a snapshot rather than a final tally.