Changpuek and Rick Roufus, Las Vegas 1988
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A non-title fight in Las Vegas between Changpuek Kiatsongrit, a 70kg Thai who could not get matched at home, and Rick Roufus, the K.I.C.K. world…
The fights
Single nights that changed what the sport was allowed to be.
1980s–1990s — the golden era
Since 2000 — television, tourism and the global circuit
Buakaw at K-1 Max, 2004
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Buakaw Banchamek won the K-1 World Max tournament in Japan in 2004, beating John Wayne Parr and Masato, and won it again in 2006.