Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-11-04, good bare knuckle fight (muay thai modified rules): Buakaw Banchamek vs Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Saenchai vs Buakaw is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 4th, at the Exhibition and Convention Hall in Pattaya (Thailand), in a 5-round light middleweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg) bout; it is the main event of the BKFC Thailand 5 (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship). 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 240-24-14 (73 knockouts – while he has a bare knuckle record of 1-0-0) and he is ranked as the No.4 super welterweight in the world.
He lost to Jonay Risco in 2018 (Buakaw Banchamek vs Jonay Risco), but since then he has collected eight victories, the last one with Dmitry Varats in 2022 (Buakaw Banchamek vs Dmitry Varats), one draw, with Rukiya Anpo (Buakaw Banchamek vs Rukiya Anpo) and two no-contest, against Yasuhiro Kido (Buakaw Banchamek vs Yasuhiro Kido) and Wang Yanlong.
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.
In his previous bare knuckle fight he defeated Erkan Varol in 2022 (Buakaw Banchamek vs Erkan Varol).
Buakaw’s next fight: Buakaw Banchamek vs Nayanesh Ayman 2
Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym record
His opponent, the former Wbc, Wmc and Lumpinee champion in four different weight classes Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym (also known as Suphachai Saepong or Saenchai Sor. Kingstar), has an official kickboxing record of 327-49-6 (41 knockouts).
He suffered his last loss when he faced Phetmorakot Wor.Sangprapai in 2014, since then he has collected 70 victories and one draw, against Alessio Malatesta in April 2023; after this match he has beat Danilo Alves Reis and Tophik Abdullaev.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Buakaw Banchamek vs Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym 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
Alternative videos
Result
Who won Buakaw vs Saenchai fight?
Buakaw Banchamek defeated Saenchai PKSaenchaimuaythaigym via unanimous decision. Scores were 49-46, 50-46, 48-47.
Two old legends faking it for 5 easy pretend-sparring rounds… Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones level of fake, but these two are much more presentable and the public loved it.