Were you inspired by this fight? Buakaw's surviving the hardest round in his career made this fight into his most inspirational fight. It was inspirational from both sides: Buakaw was the favorite to win the K-1 max tournament when he faced off an MMA fighter with 2 kickboxing fights. What happened next shocked the world and proved the warrior spirit of both fighters. Saenchai - How to Fight Giants VIP Waitlist: www.strikingacademy.com/giant
Remember this lesson friends. There are dark times ahead, but we can win if we don't give up, hold the line, and see it through til the end. It is darkest before dawn.
I think the rigorous physical & spiritual training that a Nak-Muay goes through is what stops him/her from giving up. I mean the amount of sweat & blood one has to invest in order to gather the skill teaches him/her to keep fighting till they can't fight no more & then go the distance.. When the body gives up the mind takes over.. When the mind gives up the heart carries on.
@@colinnaylor1900 bro if Lawrence himself backs what a guy says do you really think you know enough to nay say it this is incredible arrogance from you sir
Entering the ring with Buakaw waiting for you there already is heart enough. Still a tremendous achievement by Dida. Hats off. This was one of the most memorable fights ever.
How many fighters will be able to turn around to win and make the opponent tired. This is determination and a heart that never gives up. It has been the key to training and fighting since he was young.
@@evilseedsgrownaturally1588 Tell me the differences between Muay thai and Lethwei because apparently they're the same now unless you're talking about raw Lethwei which is just random street fighting without any forms and techniques.
@@iROChakri you have never been there i see. "street fighting without any forms and techniques"... dumbest shit i've ever heard. stfu if you don't know what you are talking about.
This is at least the 6th time I've watched this video and I still get goosebumps. I'm a huge Buakaw fan but huge props to Dida for the heart he showed as well. Keep the great videos coming Lawrence, I enjoy your breakdowns more than anyone else's.
K-1 was funded by the Japanese conglomerate giants. So they have to do something to prevent Buakow, a Thai fighter, from dominating the ring for very long. Even if that's mean make him lose by the controversial decision. Ironically this kind of cheating would make Buakow, and many elite MT fighters, a knockout master. As it's the only way to win an international ring without any possible rig.
I won't watch K-1 till this day after the Masato fight. That was the worst judging I've seen in my 40 years of watching combat sports. Even Masato knew he got whooped.
@@jimijumjum86 Its called evolving. If Buakaw won all the time, at time people need to change the rules so that they can see if he could adapt. Im not saying Buakaw is not good, but all these blind fanboyism need to stop lol
I think Buakaw panicked when he saw he was rocked by that flurry and his mind had a block. Maybe it was his coach that restored his confidence and made him determined to fight back. A good coach is more valuable than you nay think 😉
You can see it in his eyes, when he got back up instantly, he had it with himself and after the break, he knew what he had to do and that was to focus and not take his opponent lightly. He could have destroyed him, especially in the extra round, just watch the whole fight - he spared him several times.
Actually if you watch the fight, after Buakaw got dominated, he started to adjust at the end of first round. Using jabs against Dida, shelling up when Dida threw fake cross, lead hook combo. Buakaw already started destroying Dida from the end of first round.
Thanks for giving everyone a heart to know that you can beat an opponent with lots of hard work and this just shows if your heart have given up the fight the outcome will be downward from then on... So the biggest mistake the undertake have done and shown was when he gave up immediately you can tell by his actions and face I hope he didn't and continue on with a proper positive set in mind I bet he probably could of defeated Buakaw even though I'm a very big fan of him I just thought If this undertaker had the positive heart to continue on he probably would of won as Buakaw was shaken and he quickly tried to finished off the fight as soon as possible before he would've been shaken off again... Coz a little bit more he would've probably be K'O...
Great fight👍 The first time I watched Buakaw fight was in my Thai father in laws living room. I've followed Buakaw fights ever since. He has the heart of a lion. Exciting to watch. Dida gave him a good fight.
After watching how Buakaw dismantled Zambidis the leaping left hook was the perfect strategy to defeat the long guard used on Zambidis because it catches the lean back and gets you inside of the left switch kick. Great job by Dida to find and exploit the one weak spot.
That slow replay really shows that it hurts Buakaw. I am not sure that a lot of fighter would have been able to sustain that damage. "He was doing the chicken dance". Nice and funny way to say it lol
The intense part is when he start to smile after the knockout, but somehow i can feel that he felt a little sad and shockingly surprised coz nobody dare to fight him very much... But, that smile is something we should never ever cross...because i know, it will be more than hurt. I truly admire him...and this fighter dida, he is indeed a capable fighter..but still need to polish more of his skill..still had a lot of room to improve every single striking dida had, and what i can see, buakaw fighting style is more too taughness and impressive level of strength..this type level of fighter is so much harder to get..so dida ways to counter it is only by improving every single strike by change it too a deadly strike that can knockout the opponent. Well, even dida had, he still far to fight such wonderful fighter like buakaw. Such fighter like buakaw, he is indeed a great fighter with a strong will and beauty fighter spirits.
Love your videos you put excellent analysis in them. He didn’t deserve a win. It was a excellent performance to win the 1st round but he got dominated badly the rest of the fight.
I was shocked when I saw this match..i had never heard about this guy before and he almost just KO'd the absolute king of that era Buakaw . anyways how did he qualify for that competition (K1) i guess in some unconventional way. anyways he had a puncher's chance and went for it to go for any other strategy he would need more training a lot more,he couldn't even clinch figth and not kick very well either but he had a good stance and posture and could swing hard.. never saw him after or before this figth would be amazing to debut in k1 with knocking out Buakaw in the first round..he would become a star really fast
I still think, that he wasn't at 100 percent that day, cause he seems slow and tired, especially compared to the fights against Musashi. He took so many telegraphed shots, that he usually easy blocks and that he didn't go down is related to the years of the hardest conditioning, one can even imagine.
it's an amature who says this is buakaws toughiest fight. didas muay thai technique is horrible. k1 is an embarresment to muay boran. the west have turned the beautiful sport to something unwatchable. most western fighters are so boring.
@@Stopstalkingmenarokkurai yes. Buakaw was just fighting like he used to in muay thai; the first round in muay thai is just to study the opponent, its rare to see ko on the first round.
Well.... I had opinions for this fight ....😁 Somehow, Bwakaw knows the rival is under dog, so he wasnt do the kick(s) like the Kickboxer always did, maybe to honor or ballance the skills. Although Bwakaw realize, the opponet is to strong, so in the end, he did the kick(s), where all the Kickboxer do to win the fight.
That's the problem with fighters who fight at the level of their opponents, the opponent can take them unawares at any time. Tyron Woodley has been accused of this, he can consistently fight at a tier 1 champion level against strong opponents as well as consistently lose to a weaker one. Usually strong fighters have to tone down their game to make the match entertaining or to cater to their unskilled training partners but it becomes a bad habit. It's just like that viral BJJ instructor who acted as a white belt, he gave advice at the end to give it your best effort always otherwise toning down your game becomes a bad habit.
from my perspective of this fight, Buakaw had so many chances to knockout Dida. but he seems he won't. it was clearly that Dida gassing out. at the same time, Buakaw just wont throw any punches and kicks that hard as if they were sparring (probably Buakaw did that for scoring) I guess Buakaw didn't want to "overly hurting" Dida.. besides, Buakaw isn't the knockout type fighter and for that, Buakaw earned my respect
No offense but are we being stupid? And the first round the Tie Fighter was only feeling him out and toying with him not at all fighting at his full potential. He could have done way more work to the guy in the first round but in the second round he knew 100% what he was dealing with and he went ahead and turned up the show. The MMA fighter never had greater skill than the Tie Fighter and I doubt he even had enough power to ever actually put him out
Impressive fight. However, a little bit more of technical analysis would be appreciated. Didn't learn as much from this vid as I usually do from your striking analyses. A lion who was showing the heart of a lion is impressive but not really surprising. 😉
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Were you inspired by this fight?
Buakaw's surviving the hardest round in his career made this fight into his most inspirational fight. It was inspirational from both sides: Buakaw was the favorite to win the K-1 max tournament when he faced off an MMA fighter with 2 kickboxing fights. What happened next shocked the world and proved the warrior spirit of both fighters.
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for me Khayal was more difficult compared to this guy
@@Kzany42 oh why is that
@@LawrenceKenshin I'm not belittling anyone I just think it was harder
@H K yes love what you said brother
@@Kzany42 oh i know you're not belittling! i just want to know your reason :)
Buakaw’s heart is made of more Buakaw ;)
Hahaha nice one
Remember this lesson friends. There are dark times ahead, but we can win if we don't give up, hold the line, and see it through til the end. It is darkest before dawn.
Dark times incoming.
It’s the lightest b4 sunset 🌅
I think the rigorous physical & spiritual training that a Nak-Muay goes through is what stops him/her from giving up. I mean the amount of sweat & blood one has to invest in order to gather the skill teaches him/her to keep fighting till they can't fight no more & then go the distance.. When the body gives up the mind takes over.. When the mind gives up the heart carries on.
Yes the impossibly rigorous training, if it doesn’t break someone, makes them near unstoppable 🙏
Try doing MMA.
@@colinnaylor1900 ok keyboard warrior
@@colinnaylor1900 bro if Lawrence himself backs what a guy says do you really think you know enough to nay say it this is incredible arrogance from you sir
@@nateborden3260 This guys a gangster? His real names Lawrence
These are the moments where you see the difference between a fighter and a champion. Buakaw we love you 🖤🙏🏻
Shut up patel
I am brazilian! I like so much of your content! Thanks for this wonderful work! Sawadee Krap!
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Entering the ring with Buakaw waiting for you there already is heart enough. Still a tremendous achievement by Dida. Hats off. This was one of the most memorable fights ever.
I have watched this video earlier as well, but I wanted to watch it again. Its so good. Nice editing and commentary plus an excellent match of legend.
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I watched this fight live years ago…..never gets old! Gives me goosebumps
How many fighters will be able to turn around to win and make the opponent tired. This is determination and a heart that never gives up. It has been the key to training and fighting since he was young.
Muay thai fighters aka Nak muay ... always have something other fighters don't have. The spirit and the strength of warrior.
burmese boxers are just as tough, if not tougher.
@@evilseedsgrownaturally1588 Tell me the differences between Muay thai and Lethwei because apparently they're the same now unless you're talking about raw Lethwei which is just random street fighting without any forms and techniques.
@@evilseedsgrownaturally1588N.oob
@@iROChakri you have never been there i see. "street fighting without any forms and techniques"... dumbest shit i've ever heard. stfu if you don't know what you are talking about.
The power dida generated with that leaping left hook is insane ,💪💪.... Comparable to that of a pro boxer
Yes it was a very nice shot on a tank
This is at least the 6th time I've watched this video and I still get goosebumps. I'm a huge Buakaw fan but huge props to Dida for the heart he showed as well. Keep the great videos coming Lawrence, I enjoy your breakdowns more than anyone else's.
Man, The K1 judges and organizers really hated Buakaw's guts for some reason 😒
K-1 was funded by the Japanese conglomerate giants. So they have to do something to prevent Buakow, a Thai fighter, from dominating the ring for very long. Even if that's mean make him lose by the controversial decision.
Ironically this kind of cheating would make Buakow, and many elite MT fighters, a knockout master. As it's the only way to win an international ring without any possible rig.
I won't watch K-1 till this day after the Masato fight. That was the worst judging I've seen in my 40 years of watching combat sports. Even Masato knew he got whooped.
Ramon Dekkers was fd around like that also by thai judges
If K1 needs to change the rules so that Japanese fighters can win, it tells you alot about the sport.
K1 is very "non-compete friendly"
@@jimijumjum86 Its called evolving. If Buakaw won all the time, at time people need to change the rules so that they can see if he could adapt. Im not saying Buakaw is not good, but all these blind fanboyism need to stop lol
I think Buakaw panicked when he saw he was rocked by that flurry and his mind had a block. Maybe it was his coach that restored his confidence and made him determined to fight back. A good coach is more valuable than you nay think 😉
You can see it in his eyes, when he got back up instantly, he had it with himself and after the break, he knew what he had to do and that was to focus and not take his opponent lightly.
He could have destroyed him, especially in the extra round, just watch the whole fight - he spared him several times.
Actually if you watch the fight, after Buakaw got dominated, he started to adjust at the end of first round.
Using jabs against Dida, shelling up when Dida threw fake cross, lead hook combo.
Buakaw already started destroying Dida from the end of first round.
Thanks for giving everyone a heart to know that you can beat an opponent with lots of hard work and this just shows if your heart have given up the fight the outcome will be downward from then on... So the biggest mistake the undertake have done and shown was when he gave up immediately you can tell by his actions and face I hope he didn't and continue on with a proper positive set in mind I bet he probably could of defeated Buakaw even though I'm a very big fan of him I just thought If this undertaker had the positive heart to continue on he probably would of won as Buakaw was shaken and he quickly tried to finished off the fight as soon as possible before he would've been shaken off again... Coz a little bit more he would've probably be K'O...
cheers, yes so inspirational on both ends!
this really was a legendary fight from both sides.
buakaw unbelievable.
and dida goddamn this man has balls.
Great fight👍
The first time I watched Buakaw fight was in my Thai father in laws living room. I've followed Buakaw fights ever since. He has the heart of a lion. Exciting to watch. Dida gave him a good fight.
After watching how Buakaw dismantled Zambidis the leaping left hook was the perfect strategy to defeat the long guard used on Zambidis because it catches the lean back and gets you inside of the left switch kick. Great job by Dida to find and exploit the one weak spot.
Mr Lee never disappointed his fans...ur overview of an epic moment 1/100 underwhelming at best
Another quality video Lawrence, thank you 🙏
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But the first round on muay thai fights are just the warm up and studying the opponents.
Looks like Buakaw just playing with his prey in the first round letting his opponent hit the way he likes.
haha dangerous game to play then !
That slow replay really shows that it hurts Buakaw. I am not sure that a lot of fighter would have been able to sustain that damage.
"He was doing the chicken dance". Nice and funny way to say it lol
Buakaw said on his channel that he was dazed during the rest of the first round after the knockdown, which makes this even more impressive.
Buakaw the LEGEND
Epic fight fight for sure
Very very
The intense part is when he start to smile after the knockout, but somehow i can feel that he felt a little sad and shockingly surprised coz nobody dare to fight him very much...
But, that smile is something we should never ever cross...because i know, it will be more than hurt.
I truly admire him...and this fighter dida, he is indeed a capable fighter..but still need to polish more of his skill..still had a lot of room to improve every single striking dida had, and what i can see, buakaw fighting style is more too taughness and impressive level of strength..this type level of fighter is so much harder to get..so dida ways to counter it is only by improving every single strike by change it too a deadly strike that can knockout the opponent. Well, even dida had, he still far to fight such wonderful fighter like buakaw. Such fighter like buakaw, he is indeed a great fighter with a strong will and beauty fighter spirits.
legend
What can't kill you makes you stronger, that's the mentality and spirit of Buakaw and various Muay Thai masters.. 🙏
Bro, I got dizzy watching this. My dude got rocked and still whooped ass. Love you.
Love your videos you put excellent analysis in them.
He didn’t deserve a win.
It was a excellent performance to win the 1st round but he got dominated badly the rest of the fight.
Buakaw smiles and shakes it off.
*Dida's same shots in 2nd round didn't end in chicken dance* ... So either Dida lost too much power in 1st round or Buakaw woke up from his sleep.
Who would set this fight up to begin with? Over 300 fights to a guy with only 2 pro fights?
But what a spectacle we were blessed to witness
Japan was something else ;), dida was a finalist in k1 mma tourney tho 👍🏻
@@JHMninja89 I agree.
@@LawrenceKenshin thanks for the video !
@@StLMikie thanks for watching !
Excellent work
Yes that First round was seriously a challenge for Buakaw
Never beat buakow,only at the begining,at last.. buakow is the hero
Hey this this Dida who jumbed on Chael vs Wanderlei!!! Epic story btw.
Two are legends
The legend Buakaw❤
Experience and skillful Buakaw!!!
Buakaw is a legend
Never give up stay hopeful
"Looked ready for another fight"
Buakaw looks tired as f.
Better, but still a grin of "its over, phew"
All Legends 💯
Have you seen the Video on Buakaws channel where he rewatches this fight and talks about it ? It's really quite funny and interesting.
I was shocked when I saw this match..i had never heard about this guy before and he almost just KO'd the absolute king of that era Buakaw . anyways how did he qualify for that competition (K1) i guess in some unconventional way. anyways he had a puncher's chance and went for it to go for any other strategy he would need more training a lot more,he couldn't even clinch figth and not kick very well either but he had a good stance and posture and could swing hard.. never saw him after or before this figth would be amazing to debut in k1 with knocking out Buakaw in the first round..he would become a star really fast
That fight was badass 👍👍
👍🏻👍🏻🙏
Respect buakaw and saw chai from 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
I still think, that he wasn't at 100 percent that day, cause he seems slow and tired, especially compared to the fights against Musashi.
He took so many telegraphed shots, that he usually easy blocks and that he didn't go down is related to the years of the hardest conditioning, one can even imagine.
Is this the guy from Wands Team who took cheap shots at Chael on TUF?
Yupppp
@@LawrenceKenshin interesting that such an unheralded fighter has landed significant shots on GOATS from both kickboxing and MMA…
Buakaw jagoanku. Jian Josh tenan 👍🏼
The 2005 K-1 Max final vs. Souwer 30/30 scorecard 10/10 decision round + 1 extra dec.round *Souwer dec.!
They were both like Rocky against Drago in Rocky IV. Seth Freakin' Rollins would love this.
i thought his hardest fight was the khayal dzhaniev fight, where he actually lost the fight and beaten up pretty badly...
Avenged by superbon!
it's an amature who says this is buakaws toughiest fight. didas muay thai technique is horrible. k1 is an embarresment to muay boran. the west have turned the beautiful sport to something unwatchable. most western fighters are so boring.
@@LawrenceKenshin wow, future next video? :)
I agree with you.
@@Stopstalkingmenarokkurai yes. Buakaw was just fighting like he used to in muay thai; the first round in muay thai is just to study the opponent, its rare to see ko on the first round.
Good job sir buakaw...your still the champ..
Buakaw - GOAT!
Who would've won the much dreamed yod vs buakaw do you think Lawrence? In muay thai rules
And how the tables had turned 😂😂😂
Epic fight, epic story
Super epic!
Well.... I had opinions for this fight ....😁
Somehow, Bwakaw knows the rival is under dog, so he wasnt do the kick(s) like the Kickboxer always did, maybe to honor or ballance the skills. Although Bwakaw realize, the opponet is to strong, so in the end, he did the kick(s), where all the Kickboxer do to win the fight.
That's the problem with fighters who fight at the level of their opponents, the opponent can take them unawares at any time. Tyron Woodley has been accused of this, he can consistently fight at a tier 1 champion level against strong opponents as well as consistently lose to a weaker one. Usually strong fighters have to tone down their game to make the match entertaining or to cater to their unskilled training partners but it becomes a bad habit. It's just like that viral BJJ instructor who acted as a white belt, he gave advice at the end to give it your best effort always otherwise toning down your game becomes a bad habit.
@@neoberi2611 it's right... Never underestimate who ever the opponents is. Even noob or undergog. Just keep the fighting style.
from my perspective of this fight, Buakaw had so many chances to knockout Dida. but he seems he won't. it was clearly that Dida gassing out. at the same time, Buakaw just wont throw any punches and kicks that hard as if they were sparring (probably Buakaw did that for scoring) I guess Buakaw didn't want to "overly hurting" Dida.. besides, Buakaw isn't the knockout type fighter and for that, Buakaw earned my respect
1st round test your attacks,
2nd round test your defences,
3rd round show time.
this is buakaw
Buakaw... best timing ever
Buakaw is the best
Andre dida e um monstro no boxe,ali era briga de titãs ...
that face when buakaw fell was priceless
This is buakwaw pretended to losse😁😁
Wow! I'd love to know how much gear he was taking in that picture in the thumbnail. Anyone who says he wasn't taking gear then is just simply naive.
lol
buakaw on round 2 was like.. alright time to be semi serious.
Good fight
The fine art of the windmill punch. Lol
Can you say your top 10 muay thai fighter of all time
Saenchai and Samart top 2 :)
Vždy to nevyjde,bohužel,Andy Souwer ukázal,že na Bukawa umí.
What IS the mma fighters name?
No offense but are we being stupid? And the first round the Tie Fighter was only feeling him out and toying with him not at all fighting at his full potential. He could have done way more work to the guy in the first round but in the second round he knew 100% what he was dealing with and he went ahead and turned up the show. The MMA fighter never had greater skill than the Tie Fighter and I doubt he even had enough power to ever actually put him out
the haymaker...used n most any barfight...nvr lets u dwn....ive seen it used sooo many times while n a bar...
A little confused. If Dia was such an underdog with only 2 kickboxing matches, how'd even get a chance to fight Buakaw??
you just talked about not underestimating an underdog and then later on you say nobody will do this again?
Show Superbon VS Giorgo.
Adrenalin inner strengh , how much been taken getin harder by hit by hit
Can buakaw defeat Coner ?
It's not kick boxing, it' s MUAY THAI. The way of kicking are totally different in term of balacing technique.
Whatever it is buakaw is still the best in the world..!!! Period!!
Combate um tanto quanto estranho 🤔❓👁️
In 1st round he observe all moves of his opponent
He needs to born again to win over buakaw
Swadesi clean and powerful. yes maam'
this shows buakaw took a dive against this week japanese fighter
"Never has he been hurt like this" yeah. Apart from when some Russian turned him into a 60kg of mincemeat. THATS a real fight
peace
Thanks bro
Im from Brasil.
Salut 🙏🏼
Buakaw is a man Buakaw in the civilazation 1 % ! .
Scandal match..
Owner : buakaw this match u must🥴🤕 🤫
Buakaw : 😫🤐
has buakaw been natural all his career?
Lol
สวัสดีคับ ไทยแลนด์
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Throwing the fight to get away from his corrupt managers at that time!
Impressive fight. However, a little bit more of technical analysis would be appreciated. Didn't learn as much from this vid as I usually do from your striking analyses. A lion who was showing the heart of a lion is impressive but not really surprising. 😉
👍🏻👍🏻 this is about strategy brother !
@@LawrenceKenshin Fair enough. Personally, I prefer the nitty-gritty technical details you provide in most of your vids. 👍
Every one had a bad dreams
No! He's hardest fight was his loose to Yoshihiro Sato.