Muay Martial Arts
What martial arts do you think could match up with muay thai? ?
Full Contact, one on one, opponents of equal skill. What styles could face off against muay thai? Also consider muay thai's nasty knee and elbow strikes.
ANY. Basically the long answer is the standard "its the person, not the style" thing. The biggest factor is the attitude towards teaching at each school. If the focus is for tourny fighting, tourny fighters is what you get. If you teach your students that all fights go to the ground, then that is what they will think. And, to get back on point, if you know that most styles have nasty knees and elbows, the knee and elbows from muay thai are just like other styles. If you end up in a school that teaches solid techniques and application, you should be able to hold your own against anyone of the same skill.
Muay Thai doesn't hold the patent on dishing out hurt.