The Contender Asia
TV Show| Title | The Contender Asia |
| User score | 7 |
| Release date | Jan 16, 2008 |
| Release date of last episode | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Genre | |
| Director | Mark Burnett |
| Production country | SG |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 15 |
| Run time | 60 min. |
The Contender Asia was a reality-based television series that follows 16 aspiring Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they compete in a series of outdoor challenges and sanctioned matches. The series is a deviation from the original Contender series, which involved boxing. The winner received US$150,000 and bragging rights as "The Contender Champion". The program was hosted by Vice President of World Muay Thai Council and former World Champion Stephen Fox and Jaymee Ong. The second season has been announced on its official website. Production will begin in late September 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 16 fighters vying for the title and a bigger cash prize, which the producers say as "the highest prize money ever to be paid out in the sport of Muay Thai."
Latest episodes
List of episodesS1.E15 ∙ Finale
Apr 23, 2008
S1.E14 ∙ ...And Then There Were Two
Apr 16, 2008
S1.E13 ∙ Muaythai Force of Four
Apr 9, 2008
S1.E12 ∙ Sacred Sport With Huge Consequences
Apr 2, 2008
S1.E11 ∙ Careful What You Wish For
Mar 26, 2008
S1.E10 ∙ Is It All In the Cards?
Mar 19, 2008
S1.E9 ∙ Not Happy
Mar 12, 2008
S1.E8 ∙ This Is a Competition... Not a Holiday
Mar 5, 2008
S1.E7 ∙ Friends & Brothers
Feb 27, 2008
S1.E6 ∙ A Battle of Heart
Feb 20, 2008
S1.E5 ∙ Captain Killers
Feb 13, 2008
S1.E4 ∙ Big Guns
Feb 6, 2008
S1.E3 ∙ Boiling Point
Jan 30, 2008
S1.E2 ∙ It's Just Soft Tissue Damage
Jan 23, 2008
S1.E1 ∙ No Going Back
Jan 16, 2008
