Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-24, fight not so exciting between Kaew Fairtex and Ilias Bulaid: it gets two stars.The former Lumpinee, Wbc and Wpmf world champion Kaew Fairtex (also known as Kaew Weerasakreck) entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 135-31-4 (42 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world while his opponent, the Enfusion world champion Ilias Bulaid, has an official record of 148-6-2 (49 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. Kaew lost to Minoru Kimura at the beginning of 2015 (by majority decision), but then he won five consecutive fights taking revenge on Kimura (=Kaew vs Kimura 2) and beating Massaro Glunder in his last bout (=Kaew vs Glunder). Kaew vs Bulaid is on the undercard of Takeru vs Yoadsenchai Sor Sopitthe – K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Event: K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg Japan Tournament
Date: 2016-04-24
Where: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Division: catchweight (143.3 lbs, 65 kg)
Kaew’s previous fight: Kaew Fairtex vs Massaro Glunder
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Official video:
This fight easily deserves the 3 starts due to the exhibition of very nice kicking techniques displayed by both fighters as well as the efforts they placed during the whole fight. It was really a close one difficult to judge but I believe the final decision was right since the Thai was performing slightly better. The referee did a good job controlling the Thai fighter since he was using from time to time some techniques (like elbows) not permitted in this fight.