Other names The Preacher Stance Orthodox Weight 70 kg Nationality Australia Team Corporate Box Gym Wins by knockout 32 | Division Middleweight Name Bruce Macfie Draws 3 Style Muay Thai Height 1.8 m | |
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Born Bruce Macfie
6 July 1978 (age 45)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( 1978-07-06 ) | ||
John wayne parr vs bruce macfie muay thai grudge match
Bruce "The Preacher" Macfie (born 6 July 1978) is an Australian middleweight kickboxer from Brisbane, Queensland. He is current Intercontinental and Commonwealth World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Muay Thai Middleweight champion. In 2007 he took part of the reality based television series The Contender Asia.
Contents
- John wayne parr vs bruce macfie muay thai grudge match
- Saiyok Pumphanmuang VS Bruce Macfie
- Biography and career
- The Contender Asia
- Titles
- References
Saiyok Pumphanmuang VS Bruce Macfie
Biography and career
Bruce Macfie started training Muay Thai in 1995 at Street Heat Muay Thai gym in Noosa, Australia. While training and fighting out of the Street Heat Muay Thai Gym bruce Travelled with master trainer Glen "Pops" Triming father of Kristian Sting Triming and Jamie Peake also fighting out of the street heat gym to far north Queensland to Blackwater Rockhampton for the Mauy Thai Show "The Bar room Brawlers" show as a part of the Sunshine coast team versus the North Queensland team. Bruce knocked hi opponent out early in the second round with a knee to the face. On the return trip bruce talked of his love for god and his family history with his faith. Pops then gave Bruce his fighting name: Bruce "The Preacher" Macfie. and fought He is now one of the most experienced professional Muay Thai fighters in Australia. Preacher has fought many fighters such as John Wayne Parr, Yodsaenklai Fairtex, Saiyok Pumpanmuang, Soren Monkongtong, Daniel Dawson, Lamsongkram Chuwattana, and Warren Elson.
A regular feature on Fox Sports popular Muay Thai broadcasts, MacFie appears on Australia's largest Muay Thai broadcast fight cards including events such as Xplosion and Evolution. A three-time WMC Intercontinental champion, six-time Australian champion and current WMC interim world title holder, MacFie's fights have been broadcast around Australia and the world on such networks as: Fox Sports, AXN Asia, EuroSports, ESPN and ITV4 UK.
In addition to his television exposure, MacFie is a favourite of print media, having appeared in magazines and newspapers and on the cover of International Kickboxer Magazine the world's leading kickboxing and Muay Thai publication.
The Contender Asia
In 2007 Bruce Macfie was featured in The Contender Asia reality show alongside of other Australian fighters John Wayne Parr and Soren Monkongtong.