Having just watched the fight and applying MuayThai scoring criteria, Buakow won very clearly indeed. However, I acknowledge as a MuayThai judge it is difficult for me not to be influenced by MuayThai scoring. Since the fight was not judged by MuayThai criteria but K1 criteria, which I don’t know that much about, I have to accept the decision. I can only assume, but I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong, that kicks and knees don’t score too heavily but that the number of punches thrown counts significantly.

As far as Pete’s fight against Kohi goes, I was in Pete’s corner and it is true Kohi was winning quite clearly going into the last round, having capitalised on Pete’s uncharacteristic negativity in the early rounds. Kohi had punished Pete with very hard low kicks as he tried to punch and had dropped him with a kick to the face. However, after a dressing down from me in the corner, Pete went out in the fifth like a true champion and attacked from the bell knocking out Kohi. I can only speculate how the fight would have gone if he had done that from round one.

I wasn’t in Pete’s corner against Sato, although I have watched Sato fight and he is very strong and has good technique. I do know that before the fight Pete was silly enough to have to sweat 5kgs on the day of to make the weight. This was his own fault but it did have had an impact on his performance in the fight. A fully fit Pete v Sato fight would be interesting. I think it is unfortunate that all the best fighters don’t get a chance to fight for big money, Japanese, Thai, European etc.; although personally I would prefer it to be under MuayThai rules