Buakaw Por. Pramuk faced Tomaki Makino at Thai Fight Japan and seemed to have no trouble implementing his attack against the taller Makino. Buakaw scored big in the second round when a right elbow cut Makino under his left eye and a left elbow that followed sent him to the canvas. Makino received a count, but came back into the fight meeting Buakaw in the center of the ring. A left by Buakaw later floored Makino again, but once again he came out looking to exchange with Buakaw after the count. After a right by Buakaw hurt Makino, he followed up with with two more punches before the referee stepped in and halted the fight. It seemed as if the stoppage might have been a bit premature, but Buakaw clearly had Makino hurt against the ropes. Buakaw looked in excellent form, despite Makino at times landed some very solid strikes of his own, Buakaw seemed unfazed by them.
