I think you're right about him being cocky sometimes, but i've only seen that against inferior fighters like Shinobu, he usually stays very serious against top fighters like Souwer and Masato etc.
I think his technique is very good actually, he just seemed like he didnt have any gameplan or any solid way to approach that fight, which i think might have come with a belief that he could deal with anything on the night, and you cant do that against someone like Masato, i defiantely dont think Masato is a superior strikers to Buakaw, in fact i think Buakaw has more weapons in his arsenal than Masato that work better, which include his throwing/clinching techniques, which are very strong.
But as i said Masato is a top fighter and i think Buakaw got thrown off a little after the knockdown early in the fight, hey he's only human lol, he came back pretty good a few times with the low kick, but i think Masato had already sensed victory and was going to go all out to get revenge for the loss, and he did, so congrats to him, Buakaw is a great striker though and still ranked 2/3 so he'll be back very hungry next year.
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