Monika Chochlíková

Chochlíková started learning karate when she was six years old, and began practicing Muay Thai ten years later.

In 2016, Chochlíková was nominated for the first time to Slovakia's national kickboxing team to attend the European Championship WAKO in K1 in Maribor, Slovenia. She won the gold medal after three wins and became the first Slovak K1 fighter who won gold at a European championship.^[1]

In 2017, Chochlíková attended the World Games in Kraków and won the silver medal in the K1 discipline; for non-Olympic Slovakia sports, this was the best achievement at the competition.^[2]

In 2018, Chochlíková represented the national Slovak Muay Thai team as a draftee at the European Championship IFMA in Prague. After winning three rounds of fights, she became the European Muay Thai Champion IFMA as well as the first Slovak Muay Thai fighter. She was also awarded the "Rising Female Star" by the International Federation of Muay Thai Associations.^[3] Later that year, Chochlíková defended her gold medal at the European Championship WAKO in K1 in Bratislava.^[4]

In 2019, Chochlíková became World Champion K1 WAKO after 4 wins.^[5]

In 2020, Chochlíková became a professional soldier under Army Sports Center Banská Bystrica.^[6]

In 2021, Chochlíková beat in 5.round by TKO Turkish champion Funda Alkayis and became WMC World Champion in Muaythai in 51 kg.^[7]

In December 2021 after 4 wins Chochlíkova won gold on IFMA Muaythai World Championship in Bangkok in ELITE Female division -51 kg as first Slovak fighter ever.^[8]

In July 2022 Chochlíková was fighting on The World Games where she won Muaythai IFMA tournament and win gold after 3 wins for Slovakia. It was gold medal after 13 years on The World Games for Slovakia and became most successful sportsman of this country on this event.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2023 she was put in the TOP 10 Female Muaythai fighter P4P according WMO - World Muaythai Organisation and became number 1 in Rajadamnern female bantamweight ranking.

On October 1, 2020, Chochlíková made her professional MMA debut in Bellator MMA as the first female fighter from Slovakia.^[9] She defeated Jade Jorand via the unorthodox "scorpion crunch" submission in the second round.^[10][11]

Chochlíková faced Giulia Chinello at OKTAGON 25 on June 19, 2021. She won the fight by unanimous decision.^[12]

Chochlíková faced Alessandra Pajuelo at OKTAGON 32 on April 8, 2022. She won the fight by unanimous decision.^[13]

Chochlíková faced Sonia Dinh at PML 9 on April 13, 2024. She won the fight by unanimous decision.^[14]

Professional

• World Muaythai Council
  • 2021 – WMC World Flyweight (51 kg) Champion
    • One successful title defense
  • 2023 – WMC Intercontinental Bantamweight (54 kg) Champion
  • 2025 – WMC World Bantamweight (54 kg) Champion

Amateur

• World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
  • 2016 – W.A.K.O. European Championship in Maribor, Slovenia 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2017 – W.A.K.O. World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2017 – W.A.K.O. World Cup in Rimini, Italy 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2017 – W.A.K.O. European Cup in Prague, the Czech Republic 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2018 – W.A.K.O. European Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2019 – W.A.K.O. World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.place🥇–52 kg (K1)
  • 2021 – W.A.K.O. World Championships in Lido Di Jesolo, Italy 2.place🥈–52 kg (K1)
• International Federation of Muaythai Associations
  • 2018 – I.F.M.A. European Championships in Prague, the Czech Republic 1.place🥇–51 kg
  • 2019 – I.F.M.A. World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand 3.place🥉–51 kg
  • 2021 – I.F.M.A World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand 1.place🥇–51 kg (MT)
• The World Games
  • 2017 – The World Games 2017 K1 –52 kg 🥈
  • 2022 – I.F.M.A The World Games Muay Thai –51 kg 🥇
  • 2025 - World Games Muay Thai –54 kg 🥇^[15]
• World Combat Games
  • 2019 – EUSA Combat Games K-1 –56 kg 🥇
  • 2023 – I.F.M.A World Combat Games Muay Thai –51 kg 🥇

Awards

• 3x Best Female Fighter of Slovak Kickboxing Union (2017, 2018, 2020)
• 5x Best Non Olympic Sportsman of Ministry of Defence Slovakia (MT, K1) (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)^{[16][17][18][19]}
• 2017 2.place as Best Non-Olympic Sportsman of Slovakia (K1)
• 2x – Best Female fighter of Slovakia by website svetmma.sk (2017, 2018)^[20][21]
• 2018 – Rising Female Star of I.F.M.A European Championship in Prague^[22]
• 4x Best Female Fighter of Slovak Muaythai Association (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)^[23]
• 2022 – The World Games Athlete of the Year 2022 first runner-up ^[24]
• 2023 2.place as Best Non-Olympic Sportsman of Slovakia (Muaythai)
• 2023 TOP 10 ranking P4P best female Muaythai fighters by WMO (World Muaythai Organisation)
• 2023 Number 1 in Rajadamnern stadium ranking in bantamweight (118lbs)

Professional record breakdown

4 matches	3 wins	1 loss
By knockout	0	0
By submission	1	0
By decision	2	1

Professional record breakdown

2 matches	1 win	1 loss
By decision	1	1

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