Sean "Caestus" Wright is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 kickboxer, fighting out of Lanna Muay Thai Gym in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. He is a current WMC Intercontinental Muay Thai champion and a semi finalist on the reality show The Contender Asia

The Contender Asia

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...

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Biography and career

Sean Wright was born on February 12, 1981 in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. He grew up in the south of Spain

Spain

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 and returned to Glasgow with his family in 1990. Wright began martial arts training at the age of 14, trying out several forms such as Ninjitsu and Wing Chun

Wing Chun

Wing Chun , also romanised as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, ; ; is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat.The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also...

 until he found Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

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In 2005 he fought and won both fights at the major Muay Thai stadiums in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, the Lumpinee and Rajadamnern

Rajadamnern Stadium

Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium or, in Thai, Sanam Muay Rajadamnern , is an indoor sporting arena located in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with Lumpinee Stadium, the Rajadamnern is one of the two main stadiums for modern Muay Thai...

, making him the first Scot ever to do so. He also took part in the S1 World championships.

The Contender Asia

In 2007 Sean Wright was featured on the reality show The Contender Asia

The Contender Asia

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...

, where he was stopped in Episode 13 by Yodsaenklai Fairtex.

Titles

• 2008 The Contender Asia Season 1 Semi-finalist
• 2007 WMC Intercontinental Title at 72 kg
• 2003 SMTC Welterweight British champion
• 2002 IMTC Super Welterweight British champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
Legend:

Mixed martial arts record

|-
| Loss
|align=center| 3–1
|  France Mamour Fall
| TKO (leg injury)
| On Top 3
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:13
|Glasgow, Scotland
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 3–0
|  United States Richard Edwards
| KO (knee)
| On Top 2
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:05
|Glasgow, Scotland
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 2–0
|  Scotland Kyle Cassidy
| TKO (punches)
| On Top 1
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:44
|Glasgow, Scotland
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 1–0
|  England Dave Straghton
| TKO (punches)
| Strike and Submit 16
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:39
|Gateshead, England
|