It is with great pleasure I announce the main event bout for Last Man Standing & Super Fights on Saturday the 25th April, at The Al Miraj Banqueting Suites, in Birmingham:

Andy “The Punisher” Howson (Bad Company/Black Widow/England) VS Thanit “Boom” Watthanaya (Thailand)

This amazing rematch is already scheduled to be one of the biggest International fights to hit UK shores in many years. These two fighters originally faced off in early December 2012 on the epic Muay Thai In America event and was voted the best fight in North America that year.

Defined by Muaythaiauthority.com as “In what can simply be described as a back and forth barn burner of a fight Andy Howson and Thanit Watthanaya showed nothing but heart in their bout”. After a steady start from both fighters in the opening round of the bout, both fighters established a firm start to the bout with the pace quickening in the second round where Watthanaya scored a knockdown against Howson, with a perfectly timed vicious right hand.

Howson fought back aggressively in the third round and was able to score a knock down against Boom with a strong punch combination sending Watthanaya to the canvas. Once Boom returned to his feet he appeared dazed and Howson in typical “Punisher” style pounced in to finish the fight and both fighters continued to exchange great shots in a very exciting, fast paced round.

In the fourth round Howson again started dominant over his opponent with vicious punch and kick combinations and again scored with another knock down against Watthanaya and at this point was ahead on the judges score cards and comfortably in control of the bout. This again proved to be a great round with both fighters engaging and exchanging leather throughout.

In the fifth round Watthanaya connected with a violent right hand which sent Howson hurtling to the canvas. Howson tried to get up immediately but it was clear to see he was hurt as he wobbled, trying to regain his balance and composure, but the damage was done and the referee was forced to stop the fight. This was a huge victory for Watthanaya who was overcome with emotion after the fight, this proved to be a very exciting fight.

The rematch has all the makings of being nothing but a war, both fighters have the upmost respect for one another’s ability to KO the other and will bring all the have to the ring on Saturday the 25th of April to capture the highly prestigious ISKA World Title at 53.5KG.

The show will also feature our flagship event Last Man Standing £3000 KO Tournament, featuring the very best fighters in the UK at 61KG, all contesting under Full Thai Rules for the prize money and the title of Last Man Standing 2015! Tournament entrants already include highly rated Jose Valera (Team Tieu), Ross George (Kaang Raang), Alex Bublea (Knowlesy Academy), Martin Avery (Lumpini Muay Thai), Cathel McDermott (Shin Kick), Luca Roma (De Gym), Mike Bateman (Super Gym), Luke Bennett (Masda), Paul Barber (Banfleet/Double K), Steven John (Eagles) & Anthony Ferguson (Renegade) Reserves included.

Our Super Fights on the night will also include Nathan Bendon (Corefit), Prathet Sor Thanikul (8 Limbs), Leko Wright (Black Widow), Joe Newton (Evolution), Corey Robbins (Black Widow), Luke Greenshields (Black Widow) and Naqqash Khan (Black Widow). The show will also have an additional supporting card of preliminary bouts featuring the best up and coming talent in the Midlands taking on contenders from around the UK, this promises to be a sell-out event and the atmosphere will be electric, get your tickets early for this one!