Is Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Sumalee Boxing Gym cheaper?

Sumalee Boxing Gym, on the line most trips are booked on. A month of unlimited training is 12,000 baht there against 13,000 baht at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA, a gap of 1,000 baht. They both quote one other priced line, and Sumalee Boxing Gym 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?

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. Sumalee Boxing Gym publishes a single group session and Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA does not. 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym better for a beginner?

Both. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Sumalee Boxing Gym 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?

Sumalee Boxing Gym only. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA says it has no rooms, which is a checked no rather than a blank. Neither nightly rate is published, so the room line stays blank rather than get estimated off camps elsewhere that do print one. 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?

About 8.8 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.

Camp against camp

Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Sumalee Boxing Gym

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

From the camp's own site,2026-09-02

Sumalee Boxing Gym

From the camp's own site,2026-09-02

The short version

A week of unlimited training is 4,000 THB at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and 3,500 THB at Sumalee Boxing Gym. They line up on 4 of the lines both camps publish.

Side by side

Everything either camp publishes

4 lines both of them quote

Field	Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA	Sumalee Boxing Gym
One group session	Not verified yet	500 THB
A week, unlimited	4,000 THB	3,500 THB
A month, unlimited	13,000 THB	12,000 THB
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.

Sumalee Boxing Gym

The month is unlimited group training and expires 28 days from purchase; once a day is 8,000. Under-16s train at half price. Rooms on site include both daily group classes but are quoted on enquiry rather than published, and private sessions are not on the rates page.

Against the country

Each line runs from the cheapest figure listed camps print for that rate to the dearest, with Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA marked above the line, Sumalee Boxing Gym below it and the stretch between them inked. In baht, Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA first, then Sumalee Boxing Gym: a week, unlimited at 4,000 and 3,500, 500 apart inside a run of 3,700 that 21 of 44 listed camps print; a month, unlimited at 13,000 and 12,000, 1,000 apart inside a run of 14,001 that 26 of 44 listed camps print. Rates only one of the two publishes are left out, because a line carrying one mark says nothing about two camps.

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.

One private
Room, per night
Sessions a day
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 & MMA

Sumalee Boxing Gym

Smaller camp in the quieter north of Phuket, away from the Rawai and Chalong concentration. Being out of the tourist strip is the point: fewer distractions, smaller groups, more trainer attention. Less convenient if you want nightlife or a big social scene.

The full record for Sumalee Boxing Gym

5 answers

What people ask about Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Sumalee Boxing Gym

Every figure below is read off the two records at build time rather than written by hand, so a question neither camp has published anything behind is left out instead of answered softly.

Is Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA or Sumalee Boxing Gym cheaper?: Sumalee Boxing Gym, on the line most trips are booked on. A month of unlimited training is 12,000 baht there against 13,000 baht at Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA, a gap of 1,000 baht. They both quote one other priced line, and Sumalee Boxing Gym 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?: 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. Sumalee Boxing Gym publishes a single group session and Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA does not. 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym better for a beginner?: Both. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA and Sumalee Boxing Gym 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?: Sumalee Boxing Gym only. Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA says it has no rooms, which is a checked no rather than a blank. Neither nightly rate is published, so the room line stays blank rather than get estimated off camps elsewhere that do print one. 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 Sumalee Boxing Gym?: About 8.8 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 on 2026-09-02. 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.

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