Muay Thai Fighting + Chicks = Good Television

I don't think I've ever watched a single show on the Oh! network, also known as Oxygen, until tonight. After watching Chef Ramsey give the ol' heave ho' to K-Grease/Big Boy Keith on Fox's Hell's Kitchen, while flipping though the dial looking for my next show, I by pure chance found this great documentary called Fight Girls. This two hour program follows the lives of seven American female Muay Thai fighters selected from across the country to train and compete to be one of three representing the U.S. in an exhibition tournament in the Muay Thai capital of the world, Thailand. From the first few minutes of the show, I got the impression that these girls had too much make-up on to survive in the ring, but I was surprised to see how in shape and skilled they were at throwing knees, elbows and fists for three rounds.

If you want to impress your girlfriend or wife by suggesting a show on Oxygen that the two of you can actually watch together, here's your shot. How often does that happen? Just know that the show following it is likely either the Tyra Banks or the Ellen Degeneres Show, so you want to immediately avoid that crap and move onto ESPN as soon as the credits roll.

Encores air Aug. 13th at 3pm ET and 18th at 2pm ET.