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From Thai jungles to the gridiron, Tai Emery's journey toward BKFC gold is like no other

At a glance, you'd probably never think there's anything to the woman who flashed her breasts at an entire arena after delivering a devastating jab-to-uppercut first-round finish. You know what I'm talking about if you were a combat sports fan in late 2022. It was the rare bare-knuckle boxing viral moment that buzzed loud enough to reach mainstream media. But that's all it looked like: A substanceless five minutes of fame from an attention-seeking unknown. In reality, it was simply Tai Emery being Tai Emery.

She's forged her own rules for 38 years.

Emery's win over Rung-Arun Khunchai marked her debut in BKFC, prompted conversations about fines ranging in the millions of Baht (Thailand's currency) — and was altogether one hell of a way to make a first impression to the combat world.