Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-23, nice and tough kickboxing match: Buakaw Banchamek vs Minoru Kimura gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Kickboxing Fights of 2024).Philip Kimura vs Buakaw is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 23rd, at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe (Japan), in a 3-round catchweight (164 lbs, 74 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Roberto Satoshi Souza vs Keita Nakamura – Rizin Landmark 9. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Buakaw Banchamek record
The two time K-1 World MAX champion Buakaw Banchamek entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 242-24-14 (73 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super welterweight in the world.
He was defeated by Jonay Risco in 2018 (Buakaw Banchamek vs Jonay Risco), but since then he has collected one draw, with Rukiya Anpo (Buakaw Banchamek vs Rukiya Anpo), two no-contest and ten victories, beating Saenchai (special bare knuckle thai rules, Buakaw Banchamek vs Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym) and Nayanesh Ayman in his last two (match ranked in the top 10 Users’ kickboxing Fights of the Year 2023, Buakaw Banchamek vs Nayanesh Ayman 2).
But if you want to watch Buakaw’s best fights, here are three bouts ranked in the top 10 Users’ muay thai Fights of the Year 2015 and 2017:
- Buakaw Banchamek vs Khayal Dzhaniev, also rated with four stars,
- Buakaw Banchamek vs Azize Hlali,
- Buakaw vs Marouan Toutouh.
Buakaw’s next fight: Buakaw Banchamek vs Stoyan Koprivlenski
Minoru Kimura record
His opponent, the former K-1 World GP and former Krush champ Minoru ‘Philip’ Kimura, has an official record of 36-10-1 (29 KOs=80%).
The last time he won a fight was against Abiral Himalayan Cheetah in 2020, since then he has collected one defeat, with Hiromi Wajima, and two no-contest, with Kuntap Charoenchai and Daryl Lokoku.
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the Rizin Landmark 9 pre-fight press conference video, featuring Minoru Kimura and Buakaw Banchamek, from the official RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of Rizin Landmark 9: Buakaw vs Philip Kimura weigh-in from the official RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Buakaw Banchamek vs Minoru Kimura as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Result
Who won Buakaw vs Philip Kimura fight?
Buakaw Banchamek defeated Minoru Kimura via KO at 1:19, round 2.
