I just finished watching the fight.

"The 8 count given to Buakow was a joke, Kraus fell backwards trying to avoid a round kick then buakow chased him and followed with another kick, he missed and when he turned round Kraus tried to hit him with a haymaker when his back was turned, as he turns he slipped over, gets straight up to meet an 8 count!"

If you watch this part in slow motion you can clearly see Kraus hit Buakow in the temple with the right cross. I don't think it hurt Buakow at all, but it was still a knockdown from a punch and deserves an 8 count. Buakow dominated the rest of the round to even it out.

"Kraus even gets out boxed in this bout, getting caught with more punches than Buakow."

Kraus landed many more clean punches than Buakow.

"I am not sure what scoring is used but from what ive seen you must score big for running, backing off and throwing wild swings that miss by a mile."

Buakow was backing up the whole extra round throwing kicks into Kraus's arms. Kicks that are blocked do not score in K-1. If you don't know the scoring system, then you can't say who won the fight.

Also, Buakow was aware of the enforcment of the one knee in the clinch, yet he continued to knee more than once while clinched without receiving a yellow card. That rule had no impact on the outcome of the fight.


I don't like Kraus's style at all, he doesn't kick, and has a mullet. It was a close fight, Buakow could have won the fight if he wouldn't have backed up so much in the extra round.