BKFC Thailand 5 Photo Gallery

PATTAYA, THAILAND (Nov. 4, 2023) Two of the greatest combat sports athletes of all time collided in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) squared circle at BKFC Thailand 5 on Saturday, November 4 at the sold-out Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall in Pattaya, Thailand.

With the combat sports world watching, kickboxing icons Buakaw and Saenchai threw down in a first-of-its-kind special rules bare knuckle Thai fight. For the first time in BKFC history, elbows, kicks and knees were allowed in this once-in-a-lifetime “King of Siam” Championship matchup of legends.

Buakaw out struck and out landed Saenchai for all five rounds, and left Saturday’s BKFC Thailand 5 Main Event with another historic victory for his one-of-a-kind resume. The judges scored the exciting matchup 49-46, 50-46, 48-47 as Buakaw climbed to 2-0 under the BKFC banner.

“Whatever fight BKFC has for me next, I will take it,” Buakaw told the sold-out crowd in attendance in Pattaya.

Widely regarded as the Michael Jordan of Muay Thai kickboxing, Buakaw is a two-time K-1 World Kickboxing Champion with an eye-popping professional record of 240-24-14 with 70 knockouts and multiple national championships on his resume. Saenchai, meanwhile, is a six-time national champion at the famed Lumpinee Stadium in his native Thailand, the mecca of competitive kickboxing. The former World Muaythai Council champion’s record includes over 300 victories as a professional.

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