The institutional global home of the world's oldest nine-limb striking discipline.
A thousand-year-old bare-knuckle, headbutt-permissive combat sport with an audience already in the millions — and no institutional global promoter. Until now.
The Opportunity
A consolidated industry. One unclaimed category.
Global combat sports has consolidated around four institutional platforms. Each owns a distinct discipline. Lethwei is the unclaimed category — a thousand-year-old striking art with millions of existing fans and no institutional global promoter. LFC is building that platform.
- UFCMixed Martial Arts · TKO Group
- ONE ChampionshipPan-Asian Martial Arts · Singapore-based
- PFLMMA · Sovereign-backed scale challenger
- BKFCBare-Knuckle Boxing · US-led
- LFCLethwei — nine-limb, bare-knuckle, headbutt-permitted · The unclaimed white space
Each of the four major platforms took a discipline that already had cultural and competitive legitimacy and built the institutional infrastructure around it. None of them promotes Lethwei.
The investment is in the platform that captures the audience — not in creating it.
The Sport
A thousand years of warrior code, distilled into nine points of contact.
Lethwei is the traditional martial art of Myanmar, with origins in the Pyu kingdoms over a thousand years ago. It is recognised today by the Myanmar government as the national sport, carrying cultural weight comparable to sumo in Japan or Muay Thai in Thailand.
Two fists. Two elbows. Two knees. Two shins. And the head. Bare-knuckled. Bound only by traditional cotton and gauze. The only major regulated combat sport that permits headbutts.
- 9Points of contact
- 1,000+Years of unbroken practice
- 8.4MExisting addressable fans
- 0Institutional global promoters
Two fists. Two elbows. Two knees. Two shins. And the head.
The only major regulated combat sport that permits headbutts.
Strategic Assets
What's already in place.
LFC is not a category-creation play. The discipline exists, the audience exists, the rights are held. Capital scales the operation.
Exclusive Promotional Rights
International rights via the Myanmar Lethwei Federation; sanctioned operating jurisdiction in Thailand at flagship scale.
8.4M Combined Reach
Across owned channels, fighter ambassadors and federation platforms — including LethweiWorld.com, MLF, WLF and partners.
Anchor Athletes Signed
Dave Leduc (multi-time world champion), Aung La Nsang (Myanmar's most recognised global fighter), and a US alliance with actor-producer Frank Grillo.
VPlayed DTC App
Direct-to-consumer streaming on iOS, Android and web — live, PPV and subscription from launch. No broadcaster intermediation.
Phased Execution
Three phases. Each milestone unlocks the next.
Capital is deployed in tranches matched to operating progress, not calendar dates. The plan reaches EBITDA break-even in FY2028 — without further dilution.
Launch Phase
FY20266 events (4 studio + 2 flagship). Validate the production model, secure first sponsors, ship the DTC app.
Elevation Phase
FY20278 events. Monthly cadence emerges. First international broadcast deals. Audience scales 4× to 66K.
Platform Scaling
FY2028 — FY203010 → 12 events annually. EBITDA break-even FY2028, 35% margin by FY2030. Self-funded thereafter.
Five-Year Trajectory
~60% revenue CAGR. EBITDA break-even FY2028.
A bottom-up financial plan built across seven revenue streams, with the capital sized to fund the business through profitability — no further dilution required.
FY2030 projection represents only 6.6% penetration of the existing 8.4M addressable audience.
The Ask
A disciplined entry into the unclaimed category.
US$2.5M for 20% at a US$10M pre-money valuation. Three tranches matched to operating milestones. The raise fully funds the business through EBITDA break-even.
Closes 31 May 2026. Investors committing now may subscribe via SAFE — US$6M cap, 25% discount, MFN, pro-rata, and a 10% first-mover bonus on the first US$500K. ~2.08× equity per dollar versus the priced round.
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LFC is not a start-up in a crowded category. It is the first institutional promoter of a sport that has existed for a thousand years, whose audience already numbers in the millions, and whose cultural and competitive legitimacy is not in question.