Umar Semata

Umar Semata
Umar Semata
Born	May 20, 1987; Uganda, Africa
Other names	The Pain
Nationality	Ugandan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Division	Welterweight; Middleweight ; Super Middleweight
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Phuket, Thailand
Team	Muay Thai Plaza (2010–2012) ; Lion Muay Thai (2012–2013) ; Tiger Muay Thai (2014–present)
Trainer	Satawut Intapun; Yodkunsup Por Pongsawang
Years active	9 (2006–present)

Umar Semata (born May 20, 1987) is a Ugandan middleweight and super middleweight Muay Thai fighter and the former World Boxing Council Muay Thai Interim Super Middleweight Champion, a title he has held since 14 June 2013.[1]

Biography

Early career

After winning numerous events in boxing, he was spotted by Shala Golola who immediately recognized his talents and convinced him to swap to Muay Thai.[2] Semata was selected at the age of 18 to represent the Ugandan national Muay Thai team to compete in Thailand.

Muay Thai

In an event organized by the World Professional Muaythai Federation Semata lost by point to Saenchai on 20 July 2012 in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand.[3][4]

Sub-Saharan African Muay Thai International Champion

On June 14, 2013, Semata faced Australian fighter Rhys Karakyriacos and won on points the World Boxing Council Muay Thai Interim Super Middleweight Champion. The fight took place in Semata's hometown of Kampala, Uganda.[1][5]

Lethwei

In 2017, Semata agreed to terms with the World Lethwei Championship[6][7] and on 4 November, Semata made his Lethwei debut against veteran Soe Lin Oo at WLC 3: Legendary Champions in Yangon, Myanmar inside the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium. Semata lost by knockout in the second round.[8]

Lethwei record

Professional Lethwei record

0 wins (0 (T)KOs), 1 losses, 0 draws

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2017-04-11	Loss	Soe Lin Oo	WLC 3: Legendary Champions	Yangon, Myanmar	KO (Right Cross)	2

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Muay Thai record

Professional Kickboxing Record

41 Wins (16 (T)KO's), 15 Losses, 2 Draw, No Contest

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2016-06-05	Loss	Kem Sitsongpeenong	Emei Legend 9	China	Decision	3	3:00
2016-04-02	Win	Wang Pengfei	EM Lgend 7	Xichang, China	Decision	3	3:00
2014-12-10	Win	Khankhan Wongtrakol	Kunlun Fight 6 World title Super Welterweight	Hong Kong, China	Decision	3	3:00
2014-05-03	Win	Abdallah Hussein	WKF AFRICA Champion in Super Welterweight	Kampala, Uganda	Decision	5	3:00
2014-02-19	Loss	Imwiset Pornarai	Yokkao 7	Pattaya, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2014-01-25	Loss	Andrei Kulebin	Kunlun Fight 1. Semi Finals	Pattaya, Thailand	Decision	3	3:00
2013-06-14	Win	Rhys Karakyriacos	WBC Muay thai International Super Middleweight Champion	Kampala, Uganda	Decision	5	3:00
2012-11-29	Loss	Superbon Lookjaomaesaivaree	Muay Thai Warriors	Thailand	Decision	5	3:00
2012-07-20	Loss	Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym	WPMF Super Welterweight title Muaythai Gala – TV 11	Ratchaburi Province, Thailand	Decision	5	3:00
2011-11-02	Loss	Jomhod Kiatadisak	Bangla Stadium	Phuket, Thailand, Thailand	Decision	5	3:00

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Rhys Karakyriacos	World Boxing Council Muay Thai Interim Super Middleweight Champion June 14, 2013 –	Succeeded by N/A

References

"WBC MUAYTHAI Championships come to continental Africa". WBC Muay Thai. July 9, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
"Semata has Golola to thank". Daily Monitor. May 19, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
"World Professional MuayThai Federation". WPMF Ranking Committee. July 27, 2015.
"Ugandan Umar Semata fighting Saketdao Petchpayathai". Guy Lazarus. March 20, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". Liverkick.comm. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
"World Lethwei championship to be held in Myanmar". Sport 360. 16 February 2017.
"၂၀၁၇ တြင္ က်င္းပမည့္ ျမန္မာ့႐ိုးရာ လက္ေ၀ွ႔ပြဲတြင္ ထိုးသတ္ရန္ ႏိုင္ငံျခားသားႏွစ္ဦးႏွင့္ စာခ်ဳပ္". DVB.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
"開始間近！判定有り、タイム無しラウェイ！～『WLC（World Lethwei Championship）-3 "LEGENDARY CHAMPIONS"』ミャンマー・ヤンゴン大会！！". Miruhon. Miruhon. 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-03-06.

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[wbc_Africa-1] "WBC MUAYTHAI Championships come to continental Africa". WBC Muay Thai. July 9, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

[2] "Semata has Golola to thank". Daily Monitor. May 19, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

[3] "World Professional MuayThai Federation". WPMF Ranking Committee. July 27, 2015.

[4] "Ugandan Umar Semata fighting Saketdao Petchpayathai". Guy Lazarus. March 20, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

[5] Dave Walsh. "LiverKick - LiverKick". Liverkick.comm. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

[one_championship-6] "World Lethwei championship to be held in Myanmar". Sport 360. 16 February 2017.

[DVB.com-7] "၂၀၁၇ တြင္ က်င္းပမည့္ ျမန္မာ့႐ိုးရာ လက္ေ၀ွ႔ပြဲတြင္ ထိုးသတ္ရန္ ႏိုင္ငံျခားသားႏွစ္ဦးႏွင့္ စာခ်ဳပ္". DVB.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[8] "開始間近！判定有り、タイム無しラウェイ！～『WLC（World Lethwei Championship）-3 "LEGENDARY CHAMPIONS"』ミャンマー・ヤンゴン大会！！". Miruhon. Miruhon. 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-03-06.