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Is Saenchai retired? ›

He retired from serious competition in Thailand in 2014 and now solely competes in showcase fights around the world against foreign, usually bigger opponents.

271 Wins, 43 Losses, 10 Draws

Defended the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship. Defended the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship. Defended the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship.

Buakaw Por Pramuk announced his retirement from Muay Thai yesterday after talks aimed at solving a financial dispute with the Por Pramuk boxing camp broke down. Muay Thai superstar Buakaw "Por Pramuk" Banchamek tells reporters of his decision to retire.

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Who won Buakaw vs Saenchai? Buakaw beat Saenchai in bare knuckle muay thai fight in Pattaya Thailand on the 4th November. Buakaw made his BKFC debut in 2022, beating Erkan Varol by first round KO.

When the fight was initially announced, not everyone took it that seriously. After all, Saenchai and Buakaw are very good friends and people know just how close they are.

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According to Boss Net Worth, Rodtang has a net worth in 2023 of around $500,000 US Dollars. Interestingly, this is disputed by iWealthyFox, who reports that the fighter is worth around $3.2 Million US Dollars, which is quite the difference.

With all this said, there are also the one-off names that fighters are given, like rodtang and rodlek, which mean army tank and steel locomotive respectively. Athletes who have names like these are often short and stocky and love to punch and low kick.

On 12 October 2014 he lost to Kehl by forfeit in the K-1 World Max Final event in Pattaya. Buakaw lost the TopKing World Series Semifinal Tournament (TK4) against Russian fighter Khayal Dzhaniev in a controversial decision. Many Muay Thai journalists have stated that Buakaw should have won the match.

What is Buakaw doing now? ›

Since his departure from Por. Pramuk, Buakaw, in conjunction with Yokkao Boxing, created a gym of his own, Banchamek. The gym currently has two locations, one in Bangkok and a second in Buakaw's hometown of Surin. Are you are interested in hosting a seminar with Buakaw Banchamek or inviting him to fight on your show?

In December of 2010 a spokesman of the Shaolin Temple claimed that "Yi Long, who was billed as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk, is neither a Kung Fu monk of Shaolin Temple, nor could he be named as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk at all.".

Rodtang's chin is truly legendary. Proving that he deserves “The Iron Man” moniker, he loves to egg on his opponents and show them that their power has no effect on him. Moreover, the Thai phenom is all-in on his superhero identity, even walking to the Circle wearing an Iron Man helmet.

With an unyielding fighting style, this fighter nicknamed The Iron Man deserves to be called an iron man. When receiving an opponent's blow, Rodtang can only dance and challenge his opponent to launch a harder attack.

Rodtang initially trained at a small camp in his hometown of Pattalung, but soon began traveling to the famed Jitmuangnon Gym in Bangkok in pursuit of better training. He would make the move permanent in order to train full-time and pursue his dreams of becoming a World Champion.

Saenchai

With just his perfect technique alone, disregarding titles, he would still be among the top 10 best Muay Thai fighters in history. At just the age of 8, he made his professional debut in 1988 and still competes to this day.

Yes, all-time greats Saenchai and Buakaw finally met atop the ring to fight in an actual Muay Thai match. And what's great about the fight is that it actually delivered in terms of action and even a bit of drama.

Being the genius that he is Saenchai likes to use level changes in his fighting, he uses a combination of weapons attacking the legs and body to set up his signature cartwheel head kick, which has since become illegal in professional fights.

From Thai แสน (saen) meaning "very, extremely" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".