That fight against Kohiruimaki was brutal. Thanks for sharing. Somehow seeing Buakaw chop him down like a banana tree was very satisfying…I don’t know why. The local Joe Rogan made it all the more fun with his hiza! hiza! hiza! (knee! knee! knee!) and obasan shimpai!!! (the lady is worried!!! - maybe Kohi’s mom??).
Do you have any good fights from Namsaknoi? He wasn’t in K1 but was really big in Thailand and fought a little overseas. I trained with him years ago and he was still a beast but I never really got to watch him in his heyday.
Yeah after that dirty move of holding Buakaw's leg and low kicking him hard several times while holding his leg walking forward (which is completely illigal in K-1 rules), it was really fun to see Buakaw's face as he got up as in to say "okay you want to play like that, I'm gonna fuck you up", and then how he proceed to chop him down with series of mega hard low kicks on both sides of his legs including shin on shin + then all the dumps and throws like he's nothing and the series of knees. Indeed very satisfying.
Interesting that you trained with Namsaknoi. I actually trained at his gym in Koh Phangan (while he still had it there) and one of my main coaches here in Stockholm was one of his direct students (also from Koh Phangan).
There aren't too many of Namsaknoi's fights available on youtube but if you want to see a prime Namsaknoi against top elite competition at Lumpinee one of my favourite fights of Namsaknoi is his fight vs Kochasan which was fucking nuts, both guys going back and forth like crazy. It was a mad fight and the crowd was going mental:
Namsaknoi was 20 then, and this was the golden years of Muay Thai at Lumpinee. A must watch.
Otherwise if you want to watch one of his fights with a finish then I'd recommend this fight vs Lamnammoon who's also an amazing fighter:
Or this fight vs Baiphet which had some bad blood in it and a sick finish:
Otherwise for a highly technical fight watch Namsaknoi vs Saenchai:
If you understand Muay Thai this is basically watching 2 Muay Thai geniuses equally matched going at it. Just beautiful. And Namsaknoi had the perfect game plan; clinch up Saenchai and just use knees and throws to overwhelm him and not let him use his typical evasive and slick style.
Perhaps we should continue this discussion in PM by the way, before we annoy some of the UFC dudes here.