Biography and career
Born as Sombat Banchamek in Surin, Thailand, Buakaw started his fighting career at the age of eight in his home province of Surin in the northeastern Thailand, before moving to Por. Pramuk gym at the age of 10. His first fight name was Damtamin Kiat-anan.Buakaw has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. The Omnoi Stadium featherweight title was his first belt, after that he would go on to take the featherweight champion of Thailand title. Buakaw then proceeded to win another Omnoi Stadium title belt, this time at in lightweight division. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the final.
In July 2004 Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato in the finals. In 2005 he nearly repeated his run for tournament champion, but lost the extra round decision to Dutch shoot-boxer, Andy Souwer in the finals. In the 2006 K-1 MAX World Grand Prix, Buakaw again faced Andy Souwer in the finals, but this time defeated Souwer by TKO with a flurry of punches, thereby winning his second K-1 World MAX title and becoming the first man to win that title twice.
Buakaw lost to Masato by unanimous decision at the K-1 World MAX 2007 quarterfinals. Despite Buakaw being able to land vicious leg kicks throughout the match, Masato scored a knockdown in the first round and continued to land numerous punch combinations throughout the fight which earned Masato a unanimous decision victory.
On 7 July 2008 at K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 8, Buakaw suffered his first KO loss in K-1 MAX career against Yoshihiro Sato.
Buakaw recently co-starred in the martial arts movie, "Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya" based on the true story of Yamada Nagamasa, a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in Thailand at the beginning of the 17th century and became the governor of the Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand.
Even though being the semi finalist of the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final Buakaw did not compete in the K-1 World MAX 2010 in Seoul World Championship Tournament Final 16. Instead he entered the Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 along with the former three time tournament champion Andy Souwer. However Toby Imada defeated Souwer in the semi finals to face Buakaw in the final. Buakaw defeated Imada via TKO in the second round to become the new 2010 Shoot Boxing S-Cup World champion.
Titles
- 2010 Shoot Boxing S-Cup World champion
- 2009 WMC/MAD Muaythai World champion
- 2006 K-1 World MAX champion
- 2006 WMC Super-Welterweight World champion
- 2005 S-1 Super-Welterweight World champion
- 2005 K-1 World MAX 2005 Finalist
- M.T.A World Muay Thai Champion
- 2004 K-1 World MAX champion
- 2003 KOMA GP Lightweight champion
- 2002 Toyota Muay Thai marathon tournament 140 lb. class winner
- Omnoi Stadium Lightweight champion
- 2001 Professional Boxing Association of Thailand Featherweight champion
- Omnoi Stadium Featherweight champion
| Kickboxing record | |
|---|---|
| Total | 227 |
| Wins | 194 |
| By knockout | 48 |
| Losses | 21 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Draws | 12 |
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