Muaythai fighter and Olympic champion boxer Somluck Kamsing will fight international martial artist star Jean-Claude Van Damme in Las Vegas on October 18 this year.

The earlier report of possible match of the 38-year-old Athens Games Olympic gold medalist and the 49-year-old Hollywood star has been confirmed as the two fighters signed a contract on December 29 in a Bangkok hotel.

The match will be using muaythai format, although elbows will be disallowed. Somluck will be paid about 3.4 million Baht, excluding the income from broadcasting.

“I said I wasn’t lying,” said Somluck, referring to his earlier comments about the possibility of this match. The Thai fighter is well known for his tendency to exaggerate things.