Kem Sitsongpeenong

Kem Sitsongpeenong, born Surasak Pakkhothakang on 16 December 1984 in Maha Sarakham Province in the Isan region of Thailand, is a retired Thai Muay Thai fighter and professional kickboxer. He had his first fight at the age of 13 in 1997 and later won the WBC Muaythai World Super Welterweight title in 2012. He took bronze at the 2012 IFMA World Muaythai Championships after losing the final to Vitaly Gurkov, who also beat him for the WBC title in January 2014. He lost to Andy Souwer at the quarter-final stage of the 2012 Shoot Boxing World Tournament in Tokyo and was knocked out by his former stablemate Yodsaenklai Fairtex in Pattaya in December 2012.