The former K-1 World Max, Iska and Wmta champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 160-21-1 (98 knockouts) but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Anthony Njokuani and Tayfun Ozcan; before these two bouts, in 2016, he had beat Miyakoshi Souichiro, Mohamed Khamal (Andy Souwer vs Mohamed Khamal) and Damian Segovia.
His opponent, the former WBC, WMC, WPMF and two-time Lumpinee Stadium champion Yodsanklai Fairtex, has an official record of 201-71-4 (78 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Artur Kyshenko in 2011 (4-stars-fight, Kyshenko vs Yodsanklai), since then he has won 30 consecutive fights beating Enriko Kehl, Chris Ngimbi, Yuan Bing and Luis Regis in 2018. In their first bout Souwer had beat Yodsanklai (March 2, 2008); this second fight is one the undercard of Eduard Folayang vs Shinya Aoki 2 – ONE FC 93. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: ONE Championship 93: A New Era
Date: 2019-03-31
Where: Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Yodsanklai’s next fight: Yodsanklai Fairtex vs Samy Sana 2
Souwer vs Yodsanklai 2 full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2gzrEHbWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTt5dAUuKM
Official video
Nice to see Andy again but very sad since he isn’t the same. Too much time out of the ring. I don’t think he can make a reasonable come back. He also looks confused when he attempted to use an MMA’s techniques on his adversary who was smiling after the fact, may be caused but the unusual ring deployed for this fight.