Buakaw Por.Pramuk

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**Buakaw Por. Pramuk**
Statistics

Realname	Sombat Banchamek
Nickname	Buakaw
Weight	Middleweight (WMC)
Nationality	Thai
Birth date	May 8, 1982
Birth place	Thailand, Buriram Province
Style	Muay Thai
Kickboxing Record
Total fights	407
Wins	357
Wins by KO	unknown
Losses	45
Draws	5

Buakaw Por. Pramuk (Thai บัวขาว ป. ประมุข, born May 8, 1982 - ) is a Thai kickboxer (Muay Thai).

1 Biography
2 Titles
3 Record
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Since he started his fighting career at the young age of 8, Buakaw has fought over 400 fights, starting in his home province of Surin in the northeast of Thailand, and then moving onto Bangkok after he moved to Por. Pramuk gym at the age of 15.

Buakaw has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. The Omnoy 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 Omnoy Stadium title belt, this time at in lightweight division. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpini Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the final. The competition was a tournament similar to the K-1 set up, with 3 round fights and no elbows allowed until the final.

In July of 2004 Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato, all on the same night. In 2005 he nearly repeated his run for tournament champion but lost a controversial extra rounds decision to Dutch kickboxer, 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 KO with a flurry of punches, thereby winning his second K-1 MAX Grand Prix title and becoming the first man to win that title twice.

[edit] Titles

Omnoy Stadium Featherweight Championship
Muay Thai Authority of Thailand Featherweight Championship
Omnoy Stadium Lightweight Champion
Lumpinee Stadium Lightweight 2nd place
Toyota Muay Thai marathon tournament 140 lb. class winner
KOMA GP Lightweight Champion
K-1 WORLD MAX 2004 Champion
S1 Superwelterweight World Champion
WMC Middleweight World Champion
K-1 WORLD MAX 2006 Champion

[edit] Record

Kickboxing and K-1:

Date	Outcome	Details	Opponent	Nationality	Notes
March 21, 2004	Win	Decision	Fuji Chalmsak	Thailand	NJKF
April 4, 2004	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Jordan Tai	New Zealand	K-1 MAX 2004 Opening
July 8, 2004	Win	Decision (Extended Round 2-1)	John Wayne Parr	Australia	K-1 MAX Quarter-Final
July 8, 2004	Win	KO (2R :42)	Takayuki Kohiruimaki	Japan	K-1 MAX Semi-Final
July 8, 2004	Win	Decision (Extended 2R 3-0)	Masato	Japan	K-1 MAX Final
October 13, 2004	Win	Decision {3-0)	Kozo Takeda	Japan	K-1 MAX
November 6, 2004	Win	TKO (2R 1:26)	Maita "Yoneda" Katsumori	Japan	NJKF Titans 1st
February 23, 2005	Loss	Decision (Extended Round 2-1)	Albert Kraus	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Japan
May 4, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Vasily Shish	Belarus	K-1 MAX
July 20, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 2-0)	Jadamba Narantungalag	Mongolia	K-1 MAX Quarter-Final
July 20, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Albert Kraus	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Semi-Final
July 20, 2005	Loss	Decision (Extended 2R 2-1)	Andy Souwer	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Final
November 5, 2005	Win	TKO (1R)	Youssef Akhnikh	Netherlands	Trieste, Italy
February 4, 2006	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Mike Zambidis	Greece	K-1 MAX Japan
March 19, 2006	Win	Decision (5R 3-0)	Marco Pique	Holland	Holland vs. Thailand
February 18, 2006	Win	TKO Round 2	Jomhod Kiatadisak	Thailand	WMC Championship Sweden
April 5, 2006	Win	Decision (Ext. 4R 2-1)	Virgil Kalakoda	South Africa	K-1 MAX Elimination
May 26, 2006	Draw	Round 5	Morad Sari	France	Le Grand Tournoi Paris
June 30, 2006	Win	KO R2	Yoshihiro Sato	Japan	K-1 World MAX Final 2006
June 30, 2006	Win	Decision (3-0)	Gago Drago	Armenia	K-1 World MAX Final 2006
June 30, 2006	Win	KO R2	Andy Souwer	Holland	K-1 World MAX Final 2006
September 4, 2006	Win	KO (0,15 R1)	Hiroki Shishido	Japan	K-1 MAX Champions' Challenge 2006