How the f*ck did Buakaw dominated k1 with barely no punches

[the big marmot]

Maybe Verhoeven, Sergey Kulyaba, Dmitry Varets.

verhoeven never throws a kick before a punch combination to it

 

[Tayski]

Buakaw didn't have an "alien style", he just managed to adapt and use Muay Thai to great efficiency in Kickboxing using what they do best; teeping, roundhouses and clinching. A big factor to why he was so dominant as well is that compared to his Western and Japanese opponents who all had about 50 fights or less at the time, he was already on about 200 fights.

He might have been using less punches than the others, but he's actually a pretty solid puncher and has a lot of punch KO's, and his defence might seem unorthodox but it's definitely underrated when it comes to blocking and dodging punches.

Around 2007-2008 his style started to be figured out in Kickboxing though and some adapted to counter it. Masato for instance in 2007 was the first who really seemed to have put in place a good strategy to counter Buakaw's style using better boxing, while Sato managed to KO him with punches in 2008. Same with Albert Kraus who outboxed him in 2008, and then there was the Dida scare in 2009 where he nearly got finished with punches too. So his style wasn't unbeatable and those years 2007-2009 were a bit bumpy for him.

However I'm a big fan of his style and he opened up the eyes of many when he first appeared in K-1 Max, especially during his 2004 run for the world title.

 

[Tayski]

ok, witch european champion uses more kicks than punches?

Semmy Schilt would be a good example unless you mean still active.

 

[thunder and fury]

Semmy Schilt would be a good example unless you mean still active.

Rob Kaman and Rike Roufus used lots of kicks too .

 

[Tayski]

Rob Kaman and Rike Roufus used lots of kicks too .

I mean if we go old school, we can also name all the Kyokushin guys like Glaube Feitosa, Andy Hug and Francisco Filho.

 

[BRASCO]

ok, witch european champion uses more kicks than punches?

I don't think you understand how some kickboxers uses punches and kicks. In a lot of kickboxing gyms in Europe and especially in the Netherlands, kickboxers use the punches to set up the power kicks.
In the 80's, 90's and 2000 til 2010 that style was very popular in the Netherlands (Ernesto Hoost, Rob Kaman, Peter Aerts, Ryan Simson, Badr Hari, Andy Souwer, Ramon Dekkers ...etc and now Robin van Roosmalen). It became more popular and now you see it all over the world.

So i was rewatching buakaw's k1 max fights and it shocked me how much he dominated the sport with such an alien style

It's not an alien style, it's called Muay Thai.

The dutch style guys must have been embarrassed back them on how such a different guy dominated them.

No they don't felt embarrassed. There is a big history of Dutch fighters fighting Muay Thai fighters from Thailand and it started in the 70's. So the Dutch fighters where already familiar with the Thai style. Dutch fighters learned a lot from Muay Thai and had a lot of respect for the Thai style. It's no shame for them, to lose against a Thai fighter.