Camp against camp
Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Tiger Muay Thai
Two camps in Phuket, set against each other on what each one publishes about itself. Nothing below is our opinion of either.
Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA
Tiger Muay Thai
The short version
A week of unlimited training is 4,000 THB at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and 5,500 THB at Tiger Muay Thai. They line up on 4 of the lines both camps publish.
Side by side
Everything either camp publishes
| Field | Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA | Tiger Muay Thai |
|---|---|---|
| One group session | Not verified yet | 500 THB |
| A week, unlimited | 4,000 THB | 5,500 THB |
| A month, unlimited | 13,000 THB | 16,800 THB |
| One private | Not verified yet | 800 THB |
| Room, per night | Not verified yet | 1,000 THB |
| Sessions a day | Not verified yet | 2 |
| Rooms on site | No | Yes |
| Takes beginners | Yes | Yes |
Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA
Rates are the Muay Thai package; three months is 34,000. Adding every martial art is 4,500 and 15,000, and the all-access tier 5,000 and 16,500. There is no single-session rate, only a 900 day pass covering every class. Private sessions and rooms are arranged by email and not priced on the site, and the rooms are near the gym rather than on it.
Tiger Muay Thai
Tiger adds 7 percent VAT on top of every figure here, so budget above these numbers. The week and month are the all-inclusive option covering any class in the camp. Muay Thai only is cheaper at 4,400 a week and 13,500 a month. The single session, and a full day pass at 1,000, are drop-ins sold at the camp only. The room is the cheapest standard room and a month is counted as 30 days.
Against the country
They quote the same figure on one line: takes beginners.
Not settled here
What we cannot tell you yet
Neither camp has been confirmed on the lines below, so this page does not compare them. They are named rather than left off, because a comparison that only shows the fields it happens to hold is the shape of a page pretending to be complete.
- Sparring
- English spoken
- Women's programme
In their own words
What each camp is
Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA
Based on the north-west coast near Bang Tao beach rather than in the southern camp cluster, which changes the whole trip: quieter beaches, more of a resort setting, longer drive to the Chalong and Rawai scene.
The full record for Bangtao Muay Thai & MMATiger Muay Thai
The largest and best-known training complex in Thailand, running Muay Thai alongside a full MMA and BJJ programme. Big enough that you can always find training partners at your level, and structured enough that a total beginner is never left guessing. The trade-off is scale: it feels like a fitness resort rather than a Thai gym, and it is priced accordingly.
The full record for Tiger Muay Thai5 answers
What people ask about Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Tiger Muay Thai
- Is Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Tiger Muay Thai cheaper?
- Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA, on the line most trips are booked on. A month of unlimited training is 13,000 baht there against 16,800 baht at Tiger Muay Thai, a gap of 3,800 baht. They both quote one other priced line, and Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA is lower on one. A cheaper month is not a cheaper trip. Food, a room where the camp has none and the flight home all sit outside these figures, and a camp that is 2,000 baht dearer a month is the cheaper of the two the moment it saves you a daily taxi.
- What is the difference between Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Tiger Muay Thai?
- 3 of the 4 lines both camps publish come out different: a week of unlimited training, a month of unlimited training and whether there are rooms on site. They match on whether beginners are taken. Tiger Muay Thai publishes a single group session, a private session, a nightly room rate and how many sessions a day run. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA publishes none of those. What separates two camps on the mats is the trainer you get put with, and no camp publishes that. Use the lines above to cut the list down, then ask both.
- Is Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Tiger Muay Thai better for a beginner?
- Both. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Tiger Muay Thai each read as a room somebody who has never trained can walk into. That is a call made at a desk from what each camp publishes about who it trains, not a verdict from the mats. A gym built around a fight team will take a beginner's money and leave them holding pads at the back for a month, so ask both how a first session actually runs before you book either.
- Can you stay at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Tiger Muay Thai?
- Tiger Muay Thai only. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA says it has no rooms, which is a checked no rather than a blank. Tiger Muay Thai prints a nightly rate at 1,000 baht. Staying in means the commute stops being a decision you make twice a day at five in the morning, which matters more than the saving on most trips shorter than a month.
- How far apart are Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Tiger Muay Thai?
- About 17 km in a straight line, measured between the two pins rather than along a road, so a motorbike covers more ground than that and traffic decides the rest. Both camps sit in Phuket. That is a ride rather than a walk, so trying both in one trip means picking a base and paying to cross, or splitting the stay in two.
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Every figure on this page came off a camp’s own website. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA was read on 2026-09-02 and Tiger Muay Thai on 2026-10-14. Camps change prices without changing the page the price is printed on. If one of these is wrong, or if you know a line neither camp publishes, tell us and we will date the change.