Buakaw Por.Pramuk
Biography
Since he started his fighting career at the young age of 8, he has fought over 300 times, starting in his home province of Surin, in the northeast of Thailand and then in Bangkok after he moved to Por. Pramuk gym at the age of 15.
He has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. First he won the Omnoi Stadium featherweight title, after that he took the featherweight champion of Thailand title. Buakaw won another Omnoi Stadium title belt, this time at lightweight. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpini Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the final. This was a tournament similar to the K-1 set up with 3 round fights and no elbows allowed until the final. In July of 2004 Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato all on the same night. In 2005 he nearly repeated as tournament champion but lost a controversial extra rounds decision to Andy Souwer in the finals.
Statistics
Nationality Thai
Realname Sombat Banchamek
Nickname Buakaw
Weight Middleweight (WMC)
Birth date May 8 1982
Birth place Thailand, Buriram Province
Style Muay Thai
Record
Total fights 407
Wins 357
Wins by KO unknown
Loses 45
Draws 5
Titles
Omnoi Stadium Featherweight Champion
Muay Thai Authority of Thailand Featherweight Champion
Omnoi Stadium Lightweight Champion
Toyota Muay Thai marathon tournament 140 lb. class winner
K-1 WORLD MAX 2004 Champion
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Comments
this is a REAL FIGHTER!!!....amazing warrior, im a No.1 fan in Mexico of Buakaw.
Greetings to all community and congratulations to the crew of MuayThaiStuff for this new page!!.....
Posted by: Al Victoria | August 9, 2006 01:14 AM
i agree, he is a REAL MUAY THAI FIGHTER! a true warrior and ring assassin. excellent form, skills, and natural killer instincts. i hope he continues his success at the K-1 in september. good luck Buakaw!!!
Posted by: Buakaw Fan | August 24, 2006 09:55 PM
he is a compleet fighter.
that's what i like!
i hope i see him in holland
in Almere.greetings from holland
Posted by: spirit | August 27, 2006 08:12 AM
buakaw....is....my purpose in this sport...I won't quit kickboxing and muay thai untill i manage to beat buakaw in either k1 max rules or OLD THAI rules...
he's 6 years older than me. and has lots more xp than me.
He is a REAL WARRIOR, born for this and the BEST at it.
Respect Buakaw c ya in some years from now :p
Posted by: Anonymous | September 20, 2006 09:51 PM
buakaw is the best fighter i ever seen... my dream is to fight him in the K-1 max, it dosent mather if i beat him or not i just want to fight my idol.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 3, 2006 10:55 PM
THIS GUY IS A MACHINE!!!
Posted by: IRON ALEX | November 10, 2006 02:09 PM
Buakaw es el mejor luchador de muay thay que he visto tiene todo lo que un luchador quisiera tener es joven y pelea bien si sigue asi seguro que llegara lejos en su carrera ( Buakaw eres el mejor)
Posted by: paco | June 5, 2007 01:24 PM