No according to the clip he is undefeated for whatever that's worth.
It could have been worse. His back kicks sucked but he had a couple good round kicks that would have been better if he set em up with something.Originally Posted by pazman
He just seemed out of place. Didn't look like he knew how to handle a boxer, particularly one with better reach. Didn't do well with circling out and that got him crowded a lot. Didn't do anything in the clinch. Hands were too low and too rigid. Which as agile and quick as he shows he can be is disappointing. Looked like he just spent too many years doing forms and got some bad habits. Too flat footed, no head movement, chin not tucked, hands too low and too rigid. Kinda reminded me of what's his face when he went into WEC and started trying to do karate blocking and got knocked out by Torres.
I don't remember hearing them say his record. I mean he could have been worse but I kinda have to wonder who exactly he was fighting before. He looked way amateur.
someone put up another link this one doesn't work
I live in henan china 10 months of the year. THe TV show Wulinfeng is very popular in Henan. They will pretty much let anyone fight, I even did it myself once a long time ago.
Towards the end of last year a friend of mine was fighting and i went to see it. The same night they had Yilongs first fight. He was embarrassing. Knew nothing. But his opponant was worse. But because he had some character the show kept him coming back week after week and they would train him during the week. So he has had a year to sharpen his skills. The show has AMatuer fighters and proffessional fighters. He was in the amateur section. He fights against the amateurs in the show, not against the proffessionals.
Its important to understand that although he is (or was) a monk He was NOT at shaolin and is NOT a shaolin monk. Just some buddhist monk who knew a half reasonable version of qixing quan.
I've been training in Shaolin for nearly 15 years now and though it has given me a great foundation I recognize that I need to train in other disciplines such as Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling and BJJ. When I started competing in MMA 2 years ago I had a BJ Penn attitude in that I was relying just on my natural talents. I did well in the stand up but ended up losing when the fight went to to ground.
As far as this fight I don't understand the shock, both guys were undefeated, one was going home with a loss. Yi Long has a great base but needs to tighten up his boxing skills. He keeps his hands low and open, throws too many hooks, too many spinning kicks, doesn't look good in the clinch and his straights are azz in a hand basket. Even in kickboxing a fighter needs to take from other arts.
his loss is a warning to me and inspire me to train hard
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... the lack of a generation name was telling. If you can't even score a generation name, how could you be the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk? Heck, I have a generation name. How hard can it be to get one?
Shaolin Temple: Monk KO'd by American not one of us
16:56, December 28, 2010
On Dec. 14, a spokesman of the Shaolin Temple claimed through his micro-blog: "Yi Long, who was billed as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk, is neither a Kung Fu monk of Shaolin Temple, nor could he be named as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk at all." He also told reporters that all the Shaolin monks can be identified on their official website, reported by Henan Commercial News.
A Kung Fu fighting program named "Wu Lin Feng" in Chinese, which was put on by Henan Province of China, went to Las Vegas, America last month. A featured fight between so-called "Shaolin Kung Fu monk" Yi Long and American police officer Adrien Grotte was held in Nov. 13 at Harrah's Las Vegas Casino and Hotel.
The fight was supposed to be canceled because no one dared to fight the mysterious Shaolln Kung Fu master who claimed to be the "No.1 Shaolin martial arts monk," until one American police officer, also an ex-member of the U.S. Marine Corps, answered the challenge.
Before the fighting started, almost everyone predicted that Yi Long would win. However, just 44 seconds into the second round, Yi Long was suddenly punched in his head by the American player and lay on the ground for quite a while. Finally, the referee announced that Adrien Grotte won the game.
A piece of footage was uploaded to the Internet and named "American Police officer K.O.'s No. 1 Shaolin martial arts monk." Afterward, the peace and quiet was broken suddenly among Chinese netizens. People kept asking "Why is Shaolin Kung Fu so weak?" and "Is Shaolin Kung Fu dying?"
Some netizens said "don't let those Shaolin monks embarrass China" and some question about the existence of the so-called "No.1 Shaolin martial arts monk" and even the credibility of Shaolin Kung Fu.
Regarding all the gossip about this Yi Long and the questions about Shaolin Kung Fu, a person in charge of Shaolin Temple's public communication updated his micro-blog on Dec. 24 and claimed that Yi Long is absolutely not a Shaolin monk and certainly not the "No. 1 Shaolin martial arts monk."
He also told Henan Commercial News that it is hard to judge whether Yi Long is a secular disciple of the Shaolin Temple because of the easy procedure of becoming such a member and the huge number of the Shaolin Temple's secular disciples.
Action: Shaolin Kung Fu should be protected
Qiao Fengjie, a professor from Henan University, said it did not make any sense to connect the personal failure with the rise and fall of Chinese martial arts.
Qiao believes that currently martial arts are divided into two parts. One is competitive martial arts under some rules, and the other is the traditional Chinese martial arts. The competitive martial arts have changed essentially, although there is still some relation with traditional martial arts.
He also said the real masters would never go public for games but hide themselves for self-practice against loneliness, and that was the real essence of Chinese martial arts.
However, the traditional Chinese martial arts are in an embarrassing situation just like traditional Chinese medicine, Qiao said, and they need to be protected by the compilation of books and spreading the knowledge from generation to generation.
By Wang Hanlu, People's Daily Online
Gene Ching
Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
Author of Shaolin Trips
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Wow, you mean the word "shaolin" and outlandish PR stunts associated together! Who would have thought that could ever happen
You mean that the Chinese may have tried to engage in something not quite right in a fight and then suffered from not being to careful? NEVER!
(the pic is just for Gene, has nothing to do with the article)
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