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Muay Thai 9 (T)KOs
Muay Thai (Amateur) 2 KOs
3 TKOs

Yolanda Schmidt fight records

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Total Fights
37-13-1
Muay Thai
24-9-0
K1
0-2-1
Boxing
1-0-0
Muay Thai (Amateur)
12-2-0

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Yolanda Schmidt personal details

First Name Yolanda
Last Name Schmidt
Nickname/s The Springbok, Landa, Yolo
Birth Name Yolanda Schmidt
Age
Date of Birth
Born Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Status Active
Nationality South African
Weight class Featherweight
Weight range 54 - 61lbs / 120 - 136kg
Preferred 120lbs / 54kg
Height 5ft 4.5in / 163.5cm
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Yolanda Schmidt martial arts details

Muay Thai Professional
World Champion
Kickboxing K1 Professional
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Boxing Professional
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MMA Former Practitioner
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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Former Practitioner

Yolanda Schmidt fight history

L Diandra Martin KO (Head Kick) Muay Thai 12/12/21 Siam2Sydney, Sydney, Australia L
3:00 R5 / 5x3 Pro 57kg
W Bianca Elmir Split Decision Boxing 03/13/21 Bridges vs. Earl, Banks town City Paceway, Condell Park, New South Wales, Australia W
2:00 R6 / 6x2 Pro 126 lbs (57.2 kg) • Main Card • Weigh-In 124.0 lbs (56.2 kgs)
W Nong Beau Thor Thepsutin KO (Elbow) Muay Thai† 12/11/18 Arafura World Games, Darwin, Australia W
..... R2 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Final • 57kg
W Jenelyn Olsim Decision Muay Thai 12/8/18 Arafura World Games, Darwin, Australia W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Semi-Finals • 54kg
L Alma Juniku Split Decision Muay Thai† 10/08/18 Agression 8, Brisbane, Australia L
3:00 R5 / 5x3 Pro WMC Austrllia Championship title • 55kg
W Albina Kulbizikova TKO Muay Thai† 12/11/18 Asian Muaythai Championships, Macau, Thailand W
..... R2 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Final • 57kg
W Sirisopa Sirisak Decision Muay Thai 12/8/18 Asian Muaythai Championships, Macau, Thailand W
..... R3 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Semi-Finals • 57kg
W Saampaeng TKO Muay Thai 10/08/18 Thailand Festival, Thailand W
..... R2 / 5x3 Pro 55kg
W Manaow TKO Muay Thai 10/03/18 Thailand Festival, Thailand W
..... R3 / 5x3 Pro 55kg
L Li Mingrui Decision Muay Thai 9/1/18 WLF (K1), China L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro 56Kg
L Lui Ling Ling Decision Muay Thai 05/19/18 WLF (K1), China L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro 56Kg
L Iman Barlow Decision Muay Thai 04/14/18 Naksoo Female Fight Tour Melbourne 3.0, Meat Market, North Melbourne, Australia L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro 54Kg
W Alma Juniku Decision Muay Thai 02/10/18 QLD on Aggression 7, Australia W
2:00 R5 / 5x2 Pro 55kg
W Chommanee Sor Taehiran Decision Muay Thai† 12/16/17 World Muay Thai Angels Tournament 2, Bangkok, Thailand W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Final • 57kg
W Natalie Morgan Decision Muay Thai 12/16/17 YT World Muay Thai Angels Tournament 2, Bangkok, Thailand W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Semi-Finals • 57kg
W Namtarn Por. Muangphet Decision Muay Thai 11/18/17 YT World Muay Thai Angels Tournament 2, Rayong Sattahip, Thailand W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro Tournament Quarter-Finals • 57kg
W Kiri Bradley TKO (Due to cut) Muay Thai 06/25/17 Dynamite Naksoo Female Fight Tour 2, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W
..... R5 / 5x2 Pro Main Event
W Nicola Callander TKO (Due to cut) Muay Thai 04/09/17 YT World Muay Thai Angels Tournament 2, Sport Authority of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand W
..... R2 / 3x3 Pro Tournament First Round • 57kg
W Saifah Sor Suparat KO (Body Punch) Muay Thai† 02/27/17 YT Thapae Boxing Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand W
..... R3 / 5x2 Pro Thapae Stadium Belt • 55kg
L Plyfah Sor Nittaya Split Decision Muay Thai 01/28/17 YT Women's Fight Muay Thai World Championships, True Arena, Hua Hin, Thailand L
3:00 R5 / 5x3 Pro 56kg
W Phetlanna Pettonphueng KO (Elbow) Muay Thai 01/17/17 Thapae Boxing Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand W
..... R4 / 5x3 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
L Daria Smith Split Decision Muay Thai 11/26/16 YT Rebellion Muay Thai XIII, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia L
2:00 R5 / 5x2 Pro 55kg
W Natasha Sky Unanimous Decision Muay Thai† 10/22/16 YT Resurrection of the Warrior, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia W
3:00 R5 / 5x3 Pro WKA Australian Bantamweight title • 55kg
W Pia Salgado Unanimous Decision Muay Thai† 09/17/16 YT Siam 2 Sydney, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia W
2:00 R5 / 5x2 Pro WMC NSW State title • 55kg
W Plyfah Sor Nittaya Decision Muay Thai 08/12/16 World Muay Thai Championships Queen's Birthday Celebrations, Thailand W
2:00 R5 / 5x2 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Alicia Pestana Unanimous Decision Muay Thai 07/09/16 YT Epic Fight Promotions 15: Pride, Perth, Western Australia, Australia W
2:00 R5 / 5x2 Pro 56kg
L Julia Berezikova Decision Muay Thai 05/26/16 YT IFMA World Championships, Jonkoping, Sweden L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament Semi-Finals • 57kg
W Alena Mishehuk Decision Muay Thai 05/23/16 YT IFMA World Championships, Jonkoping, Sweden W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament Quarter-Finals • 57kg
W Sumeyye Barbaros TKO Muay Thai 05/21/16 YT IFMA World Championships, Jonkoping, Sweden W
..... R2 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament First Round • 57kg
L Sam Brown Unanimous Decision Muay Thai† 04/09/16 YT Destiny 6, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia L
3:00 R5 / 5x3 Pro WBC Australian title • 55kg
W Rozi Komlos TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Muay Thai 10/31/15 YT Real Hero, Sydney, Australia W
..... R4 / 5x2 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Pia Salgado Points Muay Thai† 10/18/15 Australian Muay Thai National Championships, Australia W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur 54-57kg Final
L Katia Semail Points Muay Thai 08/20/15 IFMA Royal World Cup, Bangkok, Thailand L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament Semi-Finals • 57kg
W Alesia Klimavets Points Muay Thai 08/17/15 YT IFMA Royal World Cup, Bangkok, Thailand W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament Quarter-Finals • 57kg
W Chommanee Sor Taehiran Points Muay Thai 08/15/15 YT IFMA Royal World Cup, Bangkok, Thailand W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur Tournament First Round • 57kg
W Emma Graham TKO (Cut via Elbow) Muay Thai† 05/23/15 YT Kingsway Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia W
..... R3 / 5x2 Pro WKN Australian title
L Sandra Brew Points Muay Thai 04/25/15 Siam 2 Canberra, Canberra, Australia L
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Natalie Edwards KO (Elbow) Muay Thai 03/20/15 Road to Rebellion 4, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia W
..... R4 / 5x2 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W …………………… (Thai) TKO Muay Thai 03/01/15 Chombeung, Thailand W
..... R4 / 5x3 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
D Kim-Alina Baldacchino Draw K1 12/12/14 YT Kings of Kombat 14, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia D
2:00 R3 / 3x2 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Melissa Perry Points Muay Thai 10/26/14 YT Australian Muay Thai Championships, Queensland, Australia W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Kim Law Points Muay Thai 10/25/14 Australian Muay Thai Championships, Queensland, Australia W
3:00 R3 / 3x3 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Grace Allison Points Muay Thai 10/04/14 CKO Fight Night: Nations Collide, Erina, New South Wales, Australia W
2:00 R3 / 3x2 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Melissa Perry Points Muay Thai 09/27/14 Slam 2 Sydney Amateur MT Day, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia W
2:00 R3 / 3x2 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Sonia Ahmad KO Muay Thai 07/05/14 YT Road to Rebellion 3, Malvern, Victoria, Australia W
..... R2 / 3x2 Pro ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Demi McNamara Points Muay Thai 06/27/14 YT War on the North Shore 25, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia W
2:00 R3 / 3x2 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Pia Salgado Points Muay Thai 11/17/13 Slam 2 Sydney Amateur MT Day, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia W
1:30 R3 / 3x1.5 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..
W Jess Hudson TKO Muay Thai 10/11/13 The Aftermath VIII, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia W
..... R2 / 3x2 Amateur ……………………………………………………………………………………..

Yolanda tells Awakening, “I started Boxercise for fitness, training once a week in 2010. After 2 years I stopped taking dance classes at the studio and replaced it with MMA, BJJ and Kickboxing 3 nights a week. A torn shoulder led me to 7 months off training and when I returned, I found myself at a wonderful Muay Thai Gym, where I became addicted. At this point I still had NO intention of becoming a fighter. 5 months of being under the guidance of Andrew Parnham, I decided I wanted to fight. I took on my first fight on 11th of October 2013. An ankle injury on the sports field had me out of training for 7 months after my second fight, but I’m back and stronger than before, I aspire to inspire before I expire!”

Yolanda Schmidt’s Bio

Yolanda Schmidt is a female Muay Thai fighter who was born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. She currently lives and fights out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

An injury and a scare, Yolanda vs. Nong Beau

(In her own words, as told to Awakening in 2022)
"I made it to the Gold medal bout at the Arafura games in 2018, in Darwin. I wanted that gold medal more than anything and I had worked so incredibly hard in preparation for the games. In the first 5 seconds of the fight, literally the first punch I threw, I ruptured my hamstring.

I faked the jab and launched in for the cross (straight right hand), as I planted all my weight onto my lead leg (Left) to throw that cross, Nong Biew connected me with a push kick to the thigh of the left leg. I went down immediately and obviously stood up right away. However, upon placing weight onto that left leg, I was in excruciating pain. I know most people say I probably wouldnt feel much with adrenaline rushing through me and all, but feeling the pain is an indicator of how much pain that actually was. I have been trained to keen a game face and so did not wince or give anything away to my opponent or her corner that I was in pain. I had 3 seconds to analyse my options. 1: throw in the towel, 2: change to Southpaw, 3: suck it up and just continue.

I chose to continue, as I had worked too hard to get this far and go home with the Silver medal. between round 1 and 2, my coaches were made aware of the situation and asked me if I wanted to continue or throw in the towel, I refused to throw in the towel, tha hami was already gone, it couldn't get any worse and I had surrounding muscles strong enough to get me through. We changed up the game plan and chose to not stand in front of her and trade, but rather score and move and I aimed for the clinch to prevent the pressure on the leg. I'm the second round I landed 3 very clean elbows consecutively that not only knocked her out, but knocked her head gear clean off.

What followed was super scary, Nong Biew was completely out of it when she dragged herself to standing, she staggered across the canvas toward me, something very scary as there was a hazed look in her eyes. The referee jumped in to stop her from making it to me, but it was honestly a scary feeling.

With that said, I think subconsciously I was in so much pain that I just wanted to get the fight done with, and am so thankful for a stoppage in the second round.

10 days after this fight I was under the knife where they repaired my tendon, three pins were drilled into my pelvis, the hamstring tendon is shaved a little shorter to clean it up and it is now surgically reattached. The rehabilitation took almost two years and surgeons were not convinced I would make a return to the ring. This took a heap of dedication, and lots of emotion to get me back to the ring."

Personal Life

Yolanda works as a health and physical education teacher, dance instructor, and sports coach.

In 2018, Yolanda got a job working for MTA Athlete's Commission, and because the Vice President of IFMA Athlete's Commission.

She has represented South Africa at the Irish Dancing World Championships.

Achievements

Muay Thai Titles

2018 - Arafura World Games Tournament Winner | 57kg
2018 - WMC Australian Champion | 55kg
2018 - Asian Muaythai Championships Winner | 57kg
2017 - World Muay Thai Angels Tournament 2 Champion | 57kg
2017 - Thapae Stadium Muay Thai Champion | 55kg
2016 - WKA Australian Bantamweight Muay Thai Champion | 55kg
2016 - WMC New South Wales State Muay Thai Champion | 55kg
2016 - IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Championships | 57kg  Bronze
2015 - Australian National Muay Thai Championships | Amateur 54-57kg  Gold
2015 - IFMA Amateur Muay Thai World Championships | 57kg  Bronze
2015 - WKN Australian Champion | 54.9kg
2014 - Australian National Muay Thai Championships | Amateur 57kg  Gold

Muay Thai Awards

2017 - Awakening Female Muay Thai Awards | Inspirational Female Fighter of the Year  Muay-Thai-Awards-Icon
2015 - Awakening Female Muay Thai Awards | Female Newcomer of the Year Wmma-Awards-Icon
2015 - Australian Muay Thai Awards | Female Fighter of the Year

Team Details

Name Role
PTJ Muay Thai Gym Gym / Affiliations
The Performance Team (Nathan Parnham) Gym / Affiliations
Andrew Parnham Trainer / Instructor / Coach
Singpayak Trainer / Instructor / Coach
----- Management

 

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Fighter Profiles
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Written Interviews
MuayTash Mar 2015
Awakening 2015 Newcomer of the Year Feb 2016

Articles
All Yolanda Schmidt FightMag Articles
Toughest Battle was Telling Mum Apr 2016
MT Champion has Gold in Mind Jan 2016
Take on the Best Jul 2015
Home Away From Home Island Muay Thai

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