Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-09-16, close fight with some good exchanges: Andy Souwer vs Hinata Watanabe 2 gets three stars.The 2005 and 2007 K-1 World MAX champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 156-17-1 (97 KOs) and he is ranked as the No.8 super welterweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Jonay Risco (one of the best kickboxing fights of the year, Souwer vs Risco).
His opponent, Hinata Watanabe, has an official record of 33-15-1 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2014 when he faced Samo Petje but after this bout he came back to win beating Yuichiro Nagashima and Roman Mailov. In their first fight Souwer defeated Hinata in just one round (September 18, 2010); this second bout is the main event of Rebels 38. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: Rebels 38
Date: 2015-09-16
Where: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Division: super welterweight (154 lbs, 69.9 kg)
Souwer’s previous fight: Andy Souwer vs Jonay Risco
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Hinata does have a very ornothodox style of fighting he makes me think of Fujiwara&Kobayashi (he was one of the first non Thai fighter who fight in Lumpinee and other Thai stadiums very skilled and hard punchers a shame we dont see this kind of fighting level anymore in these events they even dont get invited to the glory or other events because there are some very tough warriors in Japan