So let me start of by saying, if it’s a K-1 event or a major Muay Thai event I will be covering it. This is a blog not a forum, I don’t have a team of folks at MMT, shit gets up when I can get to it. So if Buakaw is fighting you can bet your ass I’m going to be blogging it. So if you don’t see it here be patient, I’ll get it up. If you think I’ve missed something or I might not know about it shoot me an email or leave a comment, but stop posting spoilers.
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On to buisness. I’m waiting for someone to post the whole fight; fights that aren’t part of the tournament aren’t always shown in their entirety.
I’m really interested in the earlier rounds. It’s interesting, for as many fights as Buakaw has had, he just seems to me really immature and at times undisciplined. Before you guys jump down my throat… hear me out.
It seems to me when things are going his way and he’s controlling the situation he stays very much in check. As soon as the plan deviates he’s like a deer in headlights, it seems whatever ring strategy he had gets tossed out. We saw it with Masato, he get’s rattled and just swings for the fences. No kicks, just straight head hunting.
I’ve got to give Sato that dude can take a fucking punch. Are you kidding me? He looked like a bobble head getting abused, but he just kept at him.
He got that nice punch in on Buakaw, you could tell he was rocked because he smiled…
Big thanks to the Panamanian for the sharing.
I’ve got some more footage from the tournament so don’t mention any spoilers!
63 responses so far ↓
1 KoolGuy // Feb 5, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Yo!! im the first!!! ok….when you put stop spoiling, you are referring it to me lol i wont spoil anymore i promise. Thanks for finding a divx video for this match.
2 KoolGuy // Feb 5, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Man, Sato couldve made history, the first to really rock Buakaw and almost drop him to the canvas. Good fight tho.
3 davidlau_2002 // Feb 5, 2008 at 3:06 pm
wow. they looked tired from the get go. i think buakaw had little juice and since sato felt buakaw couldn’t hurt him, he stayed in the pocket to let buakaw tire himself out? i’m armchair quarterbacking right now so lay the right way if i’m wrong. where’d the kicks go?
4 SLAYER // Feb 5, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Whether Buakaw deviated from the plan or not, there’s no way Sato should’ve gotten a vote from one judge in that overtime. He completely dominated the first 2:50 of that final round. One shot that rocks someone a bit doesn’t nearly make up for that.
5 colargol // Feb 5, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Oh boy… I completely disagree ..about everything Nopstar said! How many times have we seen Buakaw ‘like a deer in the headlights’? ..and what does that have to do with this fight with Sato? As far as I could tell from rds 3 and 4, Buakaw was in control. In the extra round, Sato was completely spent and getting owned! Word from those who saw the fight is that Buakaw was running the show in the first two rounds as well. I think it’s trendy to knock Buakaw off his pedestal since the loss to Masato…
6 colargol // Feb 5, 2008 at 5:15 pm
BTW, the reason why Buakaw was headhunting vs Masato should be obvious: the judges attempted to rob him in 2004 despite a display of utter dominance. Based on that incident and his losses to Kraus and Souwer, he knew that lows, middles and knees might very well be ignored. Can you really blame him?
Notice the difference between the Buakaw that suffered a KD vs Kraus and the Buakaw that suffered a KD vs Masato. Buakaw knows how to deal with pressure and adversity, he just doesn’t know how to deal with K-1 judges.
7 Tong Po // Feb 5, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I think ever since Buakaw found his new powers of pugalism, he started head hunting. When he new he was in trouble against Kraus he started kicking like crazy- same thing against Souwer.
8 alekos87 // Feb 5, 2008 at 6:37 pm
how come baukaw never KO with high kick???
9 frank // Feb 5, 2008 at 7:49 pm
because he’s fighting good pro fighters who keep their hands up lol
10 cap0 // Feb 5, 2008 at 8:29 pm
At first I was disappointed because the extra round probably wasn’t necessary but it def. was the best round in the fight.
11 PaulPP // Feb 5, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Wow Sato got in a crushing chin hit right at the end, the kind that would have turned the lights out on most fighters. Thats the most rocked Ive ever seen BPP. I think BPP is headed down a downward spiral like Kraus, just my opinion.
12 SLAYER // Feb 5, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Buakaw is 16-1-2 since the 2005 GP, and people were basically thinking he’s invincible heading into the 2007 GP. But gets in a couple close decisions and suddenly he’s on a downward spiral? Shit, he completely dominated 2:50 of the overtime round, wins the fight, yet somehow he sucks because he got caught with one shot. How many shots did he tag Sato with?
I hate to blame things on the judges too much, but if that were say…Masato fighting Sato, there is NO WAY it would’ve been anything but a 3-0 decision in overtime. I’m not quite ready to say Buakaw is over the hill.
13 Gusnark // Feb 5, 2008 at 11:12 pm
PaulPP I disagree.
Downward spiral cannot be based by the lost fight against Masato. Is there some another fight I’m missing?
Even if he has some personal problems or injury or whatever, there’s absolutely not even a slice indicator of a downward spiral.
Sombat immature… I don’t know, but his new techniques (punches) made him more exposed. It looks like it made him more vulnerable. At the end, he was throwing only punches, that’s obvious since judges called it DRAW. Cannot blame him. Sorry Buakaw for not being japanese.
And when it comes to judging in K-1… I think we all agree on this, Sato absorbed like 30 shots and gave 3 and got 1 vote? Btw, did you see Buakaw laughing in the end, when judges maid it 2:1? Heh, enough said.
14 Dreago // Feb 5, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I think he was happy that he got the decision, he looked pissed after getting rocked when the match ended, I think he thought that the judges were going to give it to Sato based on being Japanese…
15 PaulPP // Feb 6, 2008 at 12:02 am
lol yea Dreago, BPP stomped his foot like his ankle hurt or he slid on the ring, to make it seem less like he got rocked by Sato or he was just pissed Sato rocked him like ive never seen him rocked before. Not so invincible now BPP. I got a feeling BPP didn’t want people to know he had a vulnerable chin.
16 strong-boy // Feb 6, 2008 at 12:28 am
what make you say he has a vunerable chin?
He ate a monster shot din’t go down and made sato miss the next 2 shots.
I would be carefull about sa tuff like that.
buakaw has an iron jaw take another look at that shot it was monster . buakw also took really hard shot form masato he did not go down.
so I am not sure what our talking about.
when he gets knocked out a few times then we can talk.
But until then you oint is kind of premature.
17 Peter Moon // Feb 6, 2008 at 12:31 am
wow, i am getting more and more disappointed at buakaw, ever since last years fight with masato, ive questioned his “indestructability”….man, i thought he’d walk right thru Sato. This was WAY too close.
and i totally agree with Nop about how reckless and stupidly he fights once his gameplan gets f****’d over.
I’m still a Buakaw nut hugger, but im barely hangin’ on
18 Hellraiser // Feb 6, 2008 at 1:14 am
I wish BPP would stick more to his muay thai ways. he has probably the best kicks in max and at times were faster than his oppents hands. He has been relying to heavily on his hands and i barely saw him throw any knees. He needs to use to legs to get his opponents to thinking about them and then use the hands. just my 2 cents
19 Anonymous // Feb 6, 2008 at 6:39 am
Wasnt their last fight pretty close until Buakaw kneed him in the head pretty hard?
20 Rob // Feb 6, 2008 at 7:14 am
buakaw has amazing hands for a thai boxer and I have no problem with him using them. Yes I do think he plays his opponent’s game some times…his last fight with Masato is a great example of that. But nobody seems to want to applaud his versatility.
21 Deimian // Feb 6, 2008 at 8:42 am
peter moon your are virtually an idiot i am sorry no offense
22 nae // Feb 6, 2008 at 9:34 am
it’s true that buakaw is not the young and driven fighter he was in 2004, but he’s still the best fighter in this league.
if you think buakaw is going downhill after losing ONE fight the you need to ask yourself this, “am I a bandwagoner?”
BPP’s last two fights were against two japaese, in japan, that he has beaten and humiliated infront of their home town crowd. Masato and Sato had a BIG reason to win, BPP didn’t.
23 Gusnark // Feb 6, 2008 at 10:43 am
I soooo agree with nae.
Buakaw is the best fighter in MAX.
I watched fight again and in 3th round was clearly Buakaw’s. The judges were probably blind or watched a different fight to score a draw. Heh, they wanted Sato to win so badly.
Try to imagine that, Buakaw is so good, that he needs a down against Japanese fighter or retarded judges will score a draw.
Nop,
I still don’t know what immaturity and indiscipline you’re talking about. It’s clearly seen he was toying with Sato.
24 matt // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:24 am
yeah he was the obvious winner for me in the fight….and i agree with those who say he’s not the ‘awe inspiring’ fighter he was 4 years ago. But c’mon, any professional sportsman in any sport, cannott be ‘amazing’ for thier entire career. Buakaw is still great and will be challenging if not winning for at least a couple of years yet, but like Mike Tyson in boxing and Ronaldinho in football…..’the special ones’ who rock up and shake their sport to its foundations because no-one else can touch them and who are ’soo good’ that the whole world knows thier name,(even ppl who don’t follow that particular sport), they inevitably tale off eventually…doesn’t mean that they are still not the best in the world though….;
25 colargol // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:50 am
OMG Buakaw drew with Petrosyan, lost a decision vs Masato and couldn’t put Sato away! …Maybe a little reality-check is in order for all these fairweather fans.
26 Deimian // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:52 am
matt i love you
27 matt // Feb 6, 2008 at 1:05 pm
colargol
Ive just likened Buakaw in his sport to the (arguably) the worlds best ever boxer and (arguably) the worlds best footballer, then finished off by saying he is probably still the best in the world……
but youre right maybe i have been too critical !!!!!!
(I retract what i said, here is my new comment…BUAKAW RULES - and anyone who doesn’t think so can’t be in my gang!!) IoI
Deimian
wow..thanks for that…….thats one person at least!!
28 spydaman // Feb 6, 2008 at 2:45 pm
#1…Buakaw never claimed to be invincible.
#2…Buakaw’s original style is the same style he has been learning since he was 8 years old…MUAY THAI……Those kicks and knees are really all he ever needed to beat anyone in the ring until rules started changing “knee rules” and point systems magically transformed. Morale of this point is, don’t blame Buakaw for the way he is fighting now, blame K1 for the way they are forcing him to fight.
#3 I have to give it to Sato taking all the punches buakaw was blasting him with was above normal human capabilities. However, keep in mind the main words of my prior sentence..”Buakaw” “was” “Blasting” “Sato”….so that Judge can kiss my ass
#4 Oh yea…I am a Buakaw nutthugger so all ur haters can kiss my ass too.
#5 All it takes is one loss to seperate a “Fan” from a “Bandwagon jumper”…they’re a lil hard to tell apart during the victories though…so scroll back up and read all of those posts and have a ball pointing them out like I have.
#6 Alekso, Buakaw has 300+ fight in his record….I’m sure u haven’t seen the majority of them so let’s not assume he never KO’ed anyone by high kick!
#7 PaulPP said “I think BPP is headed down a downward spiral like Kraus, just my opinion.” keywords are “just my opinion” and he is entitled to it. Now had those words not been part of that sentence, then I would too have jumped on his throat…lol.
#8 PaulPP….Here’s where I must jump on ur throat….”Buakaw has a vulnerable chin????” Read that statement again…think about it for 5 minutes….whatch all of the fights u can find of him on youtube….think about it for 5 more minutes…then I’ll be ready to accept ur apology for that pretty ignorant comment. Having a hard chin doesn’t mean that u can’t get KOed…it means that it takes a lot to KO u.
#9 Peter Moon, read Deimian’s response to ur comment…I strongly agree wit him, I just don’t want to be the mean one, so I’m glad he said it.
#10 Colargol “OMG Buakaw drew with Petrosyan, lost a decision vs Masato and couldn’t put Sato away! …Maybe a little reality-check is in order for all these fairweather fans.”…That was the most ignorant comment I have read throughout this whole post…I don’t even know how to respond to that so I’ll just leave at “WTF??”
#11 Nae and Matt yall the MAN!!!
#12 NOP and Panamanian, thanx for the vid.
29 spydaman // Feb 6, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Sorry for the long post!
30 KoolGuy // Feb 6, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Wtf is yah talking about???? Buakaw still and always be 1 of the best, i sed 1 of the best alrite.
He still can beat da crap out of any normal person so hes still dangerous even if he is 60 yrs old lol
if buakaw and Yod were ever able to fight, i have to go with Yod.
Buakaw could KO ppl, its jus that da ppl he fought are pros, they have good defences.
Can sumone upload Episode 4 or give me a DL link.
31 Stack // Feb 6, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Oh yeah Buakaw - the most white friendly Thai in the universe. I completely forgot about him.
32 cap0 // Feb 6, 2008 at 8:05 pm
its ok guys, they’ll be back on his nuts
33 PaulPP // Feb 6, 2008 at 8:25 pm
OK im officially off the (boxer)BPP bandwagon lol. That is until he starts using his legs again. Screw BPP!, Souwer FTW!.
34 Peter Moon // Feb 6, 2008 at 10:21 pm
hahahaha….no need to feel bad for stating one’s opinions.
Deimian, is that you?! from Boxing Works???
35 nate // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:13 pm
bla bla bla
36 nate // Feb 6, 2008 at 11:13 pm
BUAKAW RULES!
37 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2008 at 12:23 am
Thiose judges are obviouisly biased against non-japanese. But buakaw won any way. Buakaw was winning on points the whole way(if they judged it right).
38 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2008 at 12:28 am
BTW i think that buakaw and souwer have forced all the other K1 fighters to get better. Sato is getting better becuase he has to compete with these guys. So all the fighters are closer now in terms of skill. Sato still ain’t as good as BPP or Souwer though.
39 greg // Feb 7, 2008 at 12:55 am
hey guys, new here. this is a great site, i’ve always like watching k1 and muay thai but here in the philippines we don’t get any tv coverage of either, even if we’re so close to thailand. god bless the internet.
anyway, just watched the vid on youtube. he tooled sato for the most part, especially in the extra round where sato was either hurt or gassed.
i prefer seeing buakaw kicking because i think he will win most of his fights even against top elite fighters (like souwer, and definitely over masato) if he uses his best weapons. his hands are good and heavy, but not the best. in the extra round he threw only 1 or 2 kicks!!!
one judge was plain blind, though. how could you give that round to sato? seriously. btw, isn’t buakaw popular in japan? i am primarily a fan of mma, and in mma decisions i never notice a bias for japanese fighters. why is k1 different?
40 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2008 at 1:10 am
Becuz K1 organization is Japanese. The fan base it’s owners care about is the Japanese audience. So it’s no surprise the judges are rpo-japanese.
41 Soup // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:29 am
Has anyone else noticed more Japanese fighters wearing Prajioud (armbands)? I saw Hayato had one, and I know Masato wears them too (and oddly enough they’re adorned with the thai flag too if you look close enough).
42 KoolGuy // Feb 7, 2008 at 12:30 pm
SOUP, Yeah, because most Japanese fighters start training in muay thai now like Masato, to show respect to the sport, they wear an armband or whatever. Especially that kid Hiroya, that kid aint no joke, could possibly be a future Buakaw.
43 Stack // Feb 7, 2008 at 2:13 pm
In a real Muay Thai rules fight I’d pick Sato to run over everyone in there but Buakaw. Which is why I hate K-1 rules and the shortened rounds.
44 colargol // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:29 pm
matt: I wasn’t railing at you man
45 colargol // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:36 pm
spydaman: I was mocking the fairweather fans who think Buakaw is falling off because of these three results and you totally blasted me :(. I’m expecting a flower bouquet from you…
BTW, if you want to see a Buakaw high-kick KO, see it here at 1:58 into the vid: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1u7q4_lumpini-hardcore-muay-thai-kos-remi_sport
The guy wasn’t just KOed - he left on a stretcher…
46 spydaman // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:41 pm
ooooooooh, my bad. I completely misunderstood wut u were sayin, man. U’re right….A bouquet is in order for u….hope u like sunflowers…cuz u ain’t gettin’ no roses from me…..lol. Still friends????
47 colargol // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Sunflowers are ok between MT warriors LOL Peace man. And check out that vid to see Buakaw shishido-ing a hapless nakmuay!
48 Gusnark // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:48 pm
“Buakaw high-kick KO, see it here at 1:58 into the vid”
That was a nice shot… and a nice video, tnx.
49 spydaman // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Yup….seen it…..at 1:58….High kick KO…by Sombat himself. Thanx for that Colargol.
50 Gusnark // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Lumpini Hardcore Muay Thai KOs:
at 2:27… was that young Yod? i think so.
51 colargol // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I think so. Hard to tell with the angle and brutal compression but he moves just like Yod.
52 alekos87 // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:29 pm
1 ko with hk out of 400 fights errRRRRRRR!?????????????? thats all u can find ERrrrrrRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!?
53 Buakawas // Feb 7, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I think you guys are not respecting Buakaw’s decision to use his fists instead of his kicks against Sato. In his previous fight Sato, Buakaw himself said that Sato had a great height/length advantage, and also, Sato is a great kicker/knee attacker. In their first bout, Buakaw was able to plummet through Sato because Sato was not expecting the punches - easy win when your opponent was hit by a complete surprise. Their second bout was difference, Sato was somewhat prepared for the punches, although Sato is not a very good puncher himself (In my eyes, Buakaw is still not a great puncher). This fight was supposed to be Sato VS. Kohi - so it seems that Buakaw was a bit ill-prepared. In the end, i would have to agree with everyone that the decision of 2-1 was total BS - but i gotta admit, he got rocked pretty hard.
54 Buakawas // Feb 7, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Oh, in case everyone missed it, that knock down from Masato was actually Buakaw’s mistake….look closely…about half a second before Masato threw that straight and innocent punch…Buakaw uses his famous defense (in which he missed!!) - the leg kick. In order to throw a straight, powerful, and accurate punch, and deliver it to your opponent, your front footing must be perfect and you must put a lot of weight on it. Buakaw usually trips up his opponent by kicking that front leg (watch his 2006 Souwer fight and some other ones) to throw his footing off so that the punch would be thrown off or the power is lost. So yeah…it was actually his fault for missing that leg kick……just to clarify - : )
55 Buakawas // Feb 7, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Actually, it was either he missed it, or that punch came a bit too fast…but anyhow, his guard was lowered because he wanted to kick Masato’s front leg to throw him off.
56 Shadyeskimo // Feb 8, 2008 at 9:25 am
I have seen a video copilation of thai highkick knockouts and Buakaw is at the end of it let me just get it, http://youtube.com/watch?v=lEX4bSAQ-kM Yes buakaw did it, and he clearly won against Sato who apparently can take more punches than a danish crack whore. Damn a rocker at the end, and had it been a bit earlyier anything could have happened, and i agree that K1 is Making Buakaw change his style, and it is a pussy Japanese move to change the rules in favor of Masato. I say no rules exept no grappeling.
57 Shadyeskimo // Feb 8, 2008 at 9:30 am
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dj2Rbqx6VJM Sorry wrong Vid here is the real one and yes it is mentioned above by Colargol
58 Kamatari // Feb 8, 2008 at 9:54 am
Stack is right, Sato would crush everyone in MAX under full Thai rules, except Buakaw of course. These rules don’t help him out either, so people need to shut the hell up with their “the Japanese” comments - I’m just saying in general. I don’t see dishonorable judging and refeering in AJKF, NJKF etc.
There have been fights before in MAX where ONE punch decided the fight - see: multiple Kraus fights. It’s ridiculous, but that one judge voting for Sato shows that mindset is still alive.
It’s a shame to watch Buakaw and Sato fight like that IMO. Great contest under MAX rules, but they’re starting to look just like everyone else.
“Thiose judges are obviouisly biased against non-japanese. But buakaw won any way. Buakaw was winning on points the whole way(if they judged it right).”
They’re biased towards anyone that brings them money, in this case they were simply morons seeing as Buakaw is in fact more popular than Sato right now. This fight, as a matter of fact, raised Sato’s stock. One punch, I know, but one punch that made BPP look mortal.
“SOUP, Yeah, because most Japanese fighters start training in muay thai now like Masato, to show respect to the sport, they wear an armband or whatever. Especially that kid Hiroya, that kid aint no joke, could possibly be a future Buakaw.”
Actually no, most Japanese fighters come from a MT background. There are significant differences between Japanese Muay Thai and regular Muay Thai, but when you’re not fighting in K-1 MAX as a Japanese fighter you’re fighting under Thai rules.
Masato started out as a boxer and in his second fight got mauled by Kohi in the clinch. Shortly afterwards he made his name in AJKF and they fight with elbows. He’s been with his Thai trainer since 2000. They brought another Thai trainer into their camp to emulate Buakaw. Fortunately for him it worked.
As for HAYATO he was ranked at Rajadamnern back in 2004. Ironically, he trained with WBC champion Daisuke Naito for this fight and it showed in his improved boxing. That didn’t stop Ryuji from baiting him into a slugfest though.
59 Stack // Feb 8, 2008 at 10:07 am
At last someone else who knows about Sato and Muay Thai. Thank God for this guy Kamatari!
Being in Japan and Japanese judging didn’t prevent Sato from crushing his opponents with elbows, outstanding clinch and an A+ Muay Thai game in Muay Thai. Have no doubt in your minds that the Japanese are among the top foreigners in the world doing Muay Thai. Always have been and likely always will be.
It’s funny reading these summary judgements on Japan and the Japanese so casually handed out like many of you know what you’re talking about and clearly don’t.
To further add to this the fight was close imo Buakaw did enough to win over the course of 2 over times, both of which in my opinion were fair calls.
60 Stack // Feb 8, 2008 at 10:08 am
Oh and K-1 MAX in no way determines where any given competitor is at Muay Thai because it’s barely watered down Muay Thai at this point.
61 Gusnark // Feb 9, 2008 at 3:36 am
Everybody knew that Buakaw would win this fight.
I mean it’s great to see Buakaw in action again, but on the other hand I regret that fight between Sato and Kohi didn’t occur. Now, that would be an interesting match. Sato would win, right now he is better than Kohi. And Kohi? Lately always injured and full of excuses, maybe it’s time for him to retire.
62 Gusnark // Feb 9, 2008 at 8:05 am
On 24th February, Buakaw will have another super fight against Joon Kim (Republic of Korea).
See K-1 ASIA MAX 2008 IN SEOUL: http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/top830.htm
63 Stack // Feb 11, 2008 at 10:17 am
“Everybody knew that Buakaw would win this fight.
I mean it’s great to see Buakaw in action again, but on the other hand I regret that fight between Sato and Kohi didn’t occur. Now, that would be an interesting match. Sato would win, right now he is better than Kohi. And Kohi? Lately always injured and full of excuses, maybe it’s time for him to retire.”
Sato was always better than Kohi and of course you know this having avidly followed both their careers pre- K-1 following AJKF and SNKA for years right? Yeah, thought not.
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