It is not the first and not the last instance when they will change the rules. Both (and with them, all) the fighters diserve the credit for fighting. There is an almost obvious thing that there's no real interest in pointing to "one and absolute" winner in the circuit, this would spoil too much interest by part of the fans. There are many "triangles" alike in the K-1 (like Hoost beating Mirko, Mirko beating Sapp and Sapp beating Hoost) in the past, there will be for sure some coming in the future, and the greater the incertitude, the bigger the audience one can expect for any match coming. Instead, just building a "one-and-only" champion would just turn the show into a regular sports contest. It proved not cost-effective. In all due respect - a question. Does WMC allow title matches with Thais who are a bit worn-out to allow Europeans a decent win ? I reckon there are examples. No disrespect (I really mean it !) for WMC. But even them are sometimes pushed into not featuring the best Thais in Europe. No sponsor and no matchmaker would put support into a contest which results either in a Thai-only game or at the best case into the need of bringing a decent contender from God knows how many miles away. As for Buakaw : it is sad that they do tricky stuff to limit his arsenal. But on the other hand, let's look at the figures of the purses. I reckon a full-honest-tough match in his homeland brings 2 zero-s less. Or maybe I am too cynical... :(