Thai Fight Results: Buakaw, Singmanee, Kulebin and Gurkov all advance

The Thai Fight semi-finals took place this weekend in Khorat, Thailand and the finals are now set. In the 154lb (70kg) tournament Buakaw and Vitaly Gurkov are now set to meet in the tournament final. Buakaw out pointed Nishikawa Tomoyuki en route to a decision victory, while Gurkov out pointed Antero Hynynen for a decision.

In the 147lb (67kg) tournament Singmanee Kaewsamrit and Andrei Kulebin will now meet in the tournament final. Singmanee secured a decision victory over Mehdi Zatout, while Kulebin defeated Adaylton Pereira de Freitas by decision.

In the night’s super fights Sudsakorn Sor. Klinmee scored an elbow knockout over Mohammad Hossein Doroudian and Ikuysang Kor. Rungthankeat defeated Simone Cecchini by decision. 

Results:

154lb (70kg) Tournament Semi-final Matches

Buakaw def. Nishikawa Tomoyuki via Decision

Vitaly Gurkov def. Antero Hynynen via Decision

147lb (67kg) Tournament Semi-final Matches

Singmanee Kaewsamrit def. Mehdi Zatout via Decision

Andrei Kulebin def. Adaylton Pereira de Freitas via Decision

Super Fights

Sudsakorn Sor. Klinmee def. Mohammad Hossein Doroudian via KO (Elbow) in Round 2

Ikuysang Kor. Rungthanakeat def. Simone Cecchini via Decision

Results and Recap: Thai Fight Quarterfinals

Thai Fight was back last night with King of Muay Thai 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Buakaw once again headlined the event as he took on Italian fighter Mauro Serra in the quarter finals of the 154lb (70kg) tournament. As always the crowd was going crazy for Buakaw, but Serra came out ready to fight and was willing to engage with Buakaw. The fight was fairly event until the closing moments of the first round when Buakaw unleashed a flurry of punches that ended with a right hand that dropped Serra before the bell rang. In the second round Buakaw came out knowing he had Serra hurt and immediately began to attack, despite easily taking over that round Serra made it to see the third round, but just as soon as it began it was over. First Buakaw connected with a left hook that dropped Serra, after Serra was able to get back to his feet Buakaw attacked him like a mad man looking to finish the fight eventually connecting with a knee to the midsection that dropped Serra and forced the end of the bout. Dominant performance by Buakaw who is now on an 18 fight win streak and has not lost since a 2009 decision to Andy Souwer.

Thai Fight 2nd round results

The second round of the very anticipated Thai Fight tournament is now complete and four more fighters have advanced. Although not everything went of as planned.

Liam Harrison won via KO against Soishiro Miyakoshi, but due to the fact that he weighed in above the limit he has been removed from the tournament and Miyakoshi will take his place in the final four.

Joining Miyakoshi in the second round will be Fabio Pinca who defeated Rafi Zouheir via decision, Petchmunkong Petchfocus who defeated Vitaly Gurkov via decision, and Youssef Boughanem who defeated Anthony Kane.

Four countries are still being represnted in the tournament; France (Pinca), Thailand (Petchfocus), Japan (Miyakoshi), and Belgium (Boughanem). Matches for the final four have not been determined yet.

Thai Fight second round match-ups announced

The first round of the Thai Fight tournament has come and gone, and the fights were very entertaining. Of the eight fights four ended in a knockout, while the other four went the distance. Fabio Pinca, Liam Harrison, Petchmonkong Petchfocus, and Vitaly Gurkov all ended their fight and did not allow it to go the distance.

The match-ups for the second round of the Thai Fight tournament will be as follows:

Soishiro Miyakoshi (JAPAN) vs. Liam Harrison (ENGLAND)
Rafi Zouheir (SPAIN) vs. Fabio Pinca (FRANCE)
Petchmonkong Petchfocus (THAILAND) vs. Vitaly Gurkov (RUSSIA)
Anthony Kane (NEDERLAND) vs. Youssef Boughanem (BELGIUM)

The second round is set to take place October 25th.