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    Demolished in 1st round


    Yi Long (left) (Banchamek Gym/Facebook)
    Wu Lin Feng 2018 Results: Saiyok Demolishes Long in First Round
    Zach Aittama June 2, 2018

    On Saturday, June 2, Wu Lin Feng held an event from Chongqing, China.

    In the night’s main event, popular Chinese fight Yi Long took on former Lumpinee stadium champion Saiyok Pumpanmuang.

    The event aired live at 9:15 a.m. ET on Henan TV (China). Check back for the full results.
    KO at 3:49 on this vid - 42 s into Round 1.

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    Ouch. What gives with 'Shaolin' ring fights?

    Video: Shaolin Monk Drops Hong Man Choi With Vicious Low Blow
    By Mike Straus - Nov 12, 2018



    Hong Man Choi stepped back into the ring after a two-year absence to take on actual monk Yi Long on Saturday at MAS Fight in Macao.

    Shaolin Monk Yi Long landed a brutal low blow via spinning kick that sent the big man hobbling off in obvious pain.

    Watch here:

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    uhhh, Yi Long with some undesirable success

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    Where did Yi Long get $5M?

    Yi Long wouldn't stand a chance against McGregor.

    REPORT: Conor McGregor Offered $5 Million to Fight Chinese ‘Monk’
    By Dazzler


    ‘The Notorious Has Been Offered a Cool $5 Million Dollars to Fight Chinese Kickboxer Yi Long…

    Conor McGregor is a very rich man, so you can guarantee that every day his agents and representatives receive many ludicrous offers for a potential fight or change in career path. He’s been linked to Hollywood roles, a move to the WWE, as well as multiple boxing matches.

    The Irishman is currently coming off the back of a two-fight losing streak, to Floyd Mayweather and Khabib Nurmagamedov. He needs to pick his next opponent very carefully so that he can potentially get back on the winning train and remind the world why his rise was beyond anything the MMA world had ever seen before.

    While a fight with Donald Cerrone is on the cards, John Kavanagh – McGregor’s head coach – has confirmed that the team have received a wild but genuine offer from China. Is it likely to happen? No. But it just goes to show that there are some crazy options out there for the enigmatic Irishman.


    Conor McGregor. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara, USA TODAY Sports.

    Crazy

    Kavanagh was recently a guest on The True Geordie Podcast, while he was in London. He revealed that they get loads of ridiculous offers every day – but now and again you get something legitimate that is so insane, you won’t believe it.

    “I had a guy message me just a few days ago — a Chinese kickboxer who wanted to do three rounds with Conor for $5 million,” Kavanagh said “And he was going to put it in escrow. It wasn’t like he was just joking. Because again, I get a million messages like that a day, but you just don’t pay attention to them. But this guy was connected and it was a legitimate offer. But I know he (McGregor) wouldn’t do it.”


    Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports.

    Lucrative

    McGregor is a cash cow, it’s that simple. Although Khabib has stolen his thunder by being a genuine Russian, it’s well documented how ‘The Notorious’ was wildly popular in the Eastern powerhouse, and was offered citizenship and wealth beyond his dreams if he fought there. Kavanagh explained:

    “You get the odd funny message like that. And like I said, it was a genuine [offer],” Kavanagh continued. “I know the boxing promoter well and he’s very well known. So he wasn’t going to come with an offer that wasn’t legitimate.”



    Money

    It’s all about the money. The Chinese kickboxer is believed to be Yi Long who is also being linked to a potential fight with Lethwei sensation Dave Leduc, who has himself confirmed he’s open to the fight. Yi Long is marketed as a ‘Shaolin Monk’ and is very popular in China. He’s fought the likes of Buakaw twice in his career and has a solid kickboxing record.

    Yi Long mostly fights for the wacky promotion MasFight. It uses kickboxing rules, but only has one round of 9 minutes. You can only win by KO, which comes via a referee’s stoppage or after three knockdowns. If the fight goes the full 9 minutes, it’s ruled a draw. MasFight is a very entertaining addition to combat sports.

    It’s highly unlikely that we’ll see McGregor in any kind of exhibition match like this in the near future. For a start, $5 million isn’t going to be enough to get him interested. Then you’ve got the fact that the UFC tie their fighters up tightly with their contracts. Who knows what the future will hold for ‘The Notorious?’
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    Yi Long vs Leduc



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    Shaolin Monk Yi Long To Take Part In A Knockout Only Fight
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    Conor McGregor and Tenshin Nasukawa aren't the only ones that can move sports. Shaolin Monk Yi Long is set to face a Lethwei fighter named 'the most dangerous man in combat sports.'

    Changing sports is all the rage these days with kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa set to drop his kicking prowess in order to face Floyd Mayweather in the ring following on from Conor McGregor's own move into boxing and Usain Bolt's attempt at becoming a footballer.

    However that's nothing compared to one kickboxer Yi Long. The Shaolin Monk's most recent kickboxing fight came against 7ft-2 super heavyweight Hong Man Choi, Long is a 5ft-10 middleweight, but resulted in the smaller man coming out on top.

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    As if that wasn't enough he is now set to face 'the most dangerous man in combat sports,' Dave Leduc.

    Leduc is known by his impressive moniker for taking part in the Lethwei discipline, where Leduc is the king of the brutal sport.

    Lethwei is known as the world's most brutal sport because the only way to win is by knockout and headbutts are allowed and there's no gloves. You either win by KOing your opponent inside five rounds or it's a draw.

    Leduc is set to fight in his sport on December 9th but could next move to MAS to take on The Shaolin Monk, according to Muay Thai Authority.

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    All these crossover fights are hardly anything new. Muhammad Ali travelled to Japan to take on Antonio Inoki in a hybrid fight in the 1976.

    Back in 1976 Ali travelled to Japan to face wrestler Antonio Inoki in a 'special rules' match that was essentially the beginning of MMA as a thing.

    The pair fought in a 15 round fight that Ali initially thought was a professional wrestling style 'worked' match but soon found out was a legit contest.

    Everyone will be hoping that whatever the rules of the Mayweather vs Nasukawa fight are it'll be a more interesting one than Ali and Inoki's match up, with the Japan Times describing it as, "The 15-round contest was pretty much a bore from start to finish. Ending in a draw, it proved once again that when an apple fights an orange, the results can only be a fruit salad."


    Inoki lands another kick on Muhammad Ali. Image: PA Images

    The fight has become infamous for the image of the Japanese man lying on the ground and aiming kicks at the former Olympic champion whilst Ali, then the WBC and WBA heavyweight boxing champion, was only able to land six punches.

    Inoki led the scorecards by three points, which seems very a small lead considering how much his opponent was actually able to do, but was docked three points during the fight so it ended a tie.



    The kicks that landed to Ali's leg led to bleeding and became infected, nearly leading to the American to have his leg amputated.

    At the end of the fight fans were so unimpressed that the Nippon Budokan was littered with rubbish that the crowd had thrown towards the ring.
    Had to cut this up to get all the vids in.

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    It's one of those 'special' Shaolin techniques that are banned in the ring.

    More on Yi Long v. Hong Man Choi



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    The Moment 5ft10 Monk Destroys 7ft2 Giant With Spinning Kick To The Groin
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    Ladies and gentlemen meet 7ft-2 super heavyweight Hong Man Choi and 5ft-10 welterweight Yi Long. two men who actually went toe-to-toe in one of the most bizarre fights of all time.

    The experienced pair did battle on the MAS kickboxing circuit, with the bout containing a very specific set of rules.

    In this extrodinary match-up, there was a single nine-minute round and the fight could only be won by KO.

    It didn't take long for the knockout to happen and to be honest, it's just plain funny as Yi Long planted a spinning kick to the giant's abdomen.

    No seriously this actually happened.

    South Korean fighter Choi, who made his debut in 2006, has experience in MMA and Kickboxing, while Yi Long is a former Guangdong Foshan International Wing Chun champion, winning 61 of his 74 fights.

    Perhaps his most famous bout came in 2008 at the Dream Dynamite event when he came up against legendary kickboxer Mirko Cro Cop - one of the most feared strikers in MMA history.

    Unfortunately for all those banking on the giant, Cro Cop defeated the 350-pound Choi with a devastating leg kick to floor the 7-foot-2 monster.


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    Choi is a household name in his homeland, making a name for himself outside of the combat world by becoming a professional singer and appearing on Korean TV shows - not to mention the fact he's the face of an Ice Cream brand.

    Yi Long, on the other hand, has stuck to the kickboxing scene and in turn, has been a huge success in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.

    The "Shaolin Monk" made his name in the Wu Lin Feng competition down the years, with the 'fight of the century' against Buakaw Banchamek from Thailand being a stand out moment, picking up 19 million view on YouTube.

    Any serious MMA promotion would never make a match like the one we just witnessed, but it certainly made for an interesting bout.


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    Have you seriously seen anything like it?
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    Conor McGregor would not only destroy Yi Long, but it would be humiliatingly one-sided and brief. I wonder if the Chinese gov't would even allow Yi Long to do it.

    As far as the Hong Man Choi fight, IMO it looks like an exploitation/novelty exhibition match. 'Giants' may be cast as destructive monsters in WWE/pro wrestling, but for the most part, 7' or 7'+ giants do poorly in actual matches. As for the spinning back kick to the 'groin', it clearly hit him in the abdomen near Hong Man Choi's belly button area, and nowhere near his cup (see @ 1:38 in the vid below). Unless the force of the kick somehow caused the edge of Choi's cup down below to push up and into his 'boys', or unless Yi Long's foot scraped Choi's 'Johnson' as his foot dropped right after the kick.

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    Xu Xiaodong v. Yi Long

    Column by Nicolas Atkin
    Xu Xiaodong could next face Yi Long – but this ‘fake Shaolin monk’ can actually fight
    Chinese MMA fighter will need to take Yi Long a lot more seriously than usual martial arts frauds
    Yi Long is self-trained in Shaolin kung fu but has serious kick-boxing pedigree
    PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 January, 2019, 5:18pm
    UPDATED : Wednesday, 16 January, 2019, 5:45pm
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    Xu Xiaodong’s return to fighting was such a stroll he even pretended to fall asleep in the corner of the ring at one point. But he could be caught napping if he takes his next opponent so lightly.

    The Chinese MMA fighter bludgeoned a 56-year-old kung fu “master” last weekend, breaking Tian Ye’s nose in a matter of seconds before toying with and mocking his then-heavily bandaged opponent, so pathetic were the blows being aimed his way.

    And after another quick TKO victory, reports in Chinese media suggest the 40-year-old “Mad Dog” will next face Yi Long, the “fake Shaolin monk”.

    But unlike the other traditional martial arts frauds Xu has pulverised on his mission to expose “fake kung fu”, Yi Long can actually fight.

    Xu Xiaodong bludgeons another kung fu ‘master’ as Chinese MMA fighter leaves 56-year-old looking like he’s trying Bird Box challenge


    Xu Xiaodong pretends to sleep while his opponent is bandaged up. Photo: YouTube

    Competing in yellow trousers with a shaved head, he has previously billed himself as the “No 1 Shaolin kung fu monk”.

    But a Shaolin Temple spokesman said in December 2010 that he “is neither a kung fu monk of Shaolin Temple, nor could he be named as the No 1 Shaolin kung fu monk at all”.

    Still, he is no joke. Yi Long is a Chinese Wushu and Sanshou kick-boxer who is self-trained in Shaolin kung fu, with a kick-boxing record of 61-12-1.

    Xu Xiaodong, the Chinese MMA fighter who pummels martial arts masters, vows to expose kung fu ‘fakery’


    Yi Long is self-trained in Shaolin kung fu. Photo: Instagram

    “Shaolin kung fu and Muay Thai have many things in common,” he has said. “Muay Thai is good at steel knees, iron elbows and iron legs, those who master Muay Thai have strong defences.

    “It’s the same in Shaolin kung fu. In Shaolin we have iron fists, iron legs and iron cloth,” he added, meaning the body is hard enough to defend any attack.

    Many observers have been saying Xu will get his comeuppance one day when he stops fighting such feeble opposition, and Yi Long could be the man to provide a challenge by combining the strengths of kung fu with more modern fighting practices.


    Tian Ye is interviewed after being bludgeoned by Xu Xiaodong. Photo: YouTube

    Despite being just 1.76-metres tall and weighing 76 kilograms, he got a TKO win against the 2.2-metres tall Korean super-heavyweight Choi Hong-man at knockout-only promotion MAS Fight’s debut event in Macau last November with a brutal spinning back kick to the body.

    Chinese media reported that MAS Fight would like to book a fight between Yi Long and Xu, though said a deal hasn’t been completed yet and they are trying to confirm the news soon.


    Yi Long in action for MAS Fight. Photo: Instagram

    Yi Long has previously called out Xu, writing on his microblog in 2017 he would not tolerate Xu’s belittling of traditional martial arts, and called him a “shameless fraud”.

    If the details can be ironed out, Xu is in for a much stiffer challenge – Yi Long has held his own against Buakaw Banchamek, fighting the Muay Thai legend twice with one win apiece.


    He is also thought to be the unnamed Chinese kick-boxer that MMA coach John Kavanagh said had offered UFC star Conor McGregor US$5 million for a fight last month.

    “He would absolutely massacre Xu Xiaodong,” was the verdict of another observer of Xu’s embarrassingly one-sided fight against Tian on YouTube.

    “Yi Long is going to crush Xu Xiaodong,” another wrote. “Xiaodong has never come across as particularly adroit or athletic; it’s what makes his easy wins over traditional Chinese martial arts guys so notable.

    “Yi Long, on the other hand, is a very good professional fighter who is in peak shape.”


    Xu Xiaodong lands an elbow on Tian Ye. Photo: YouTube

    It would certainly be a tougher challenge than most of Xu’s fights – he usually takes on opponents smaller and older than him, who have little to no fight training.

    It’s not his fault, of course, that these fools masquerading as “masters” in traditional martial arts choose to challenge him.

    Still, a video of Tian slowly limping through the airport has surfaced online, showing just how brutal Xu’s kicks, elbows and punches can be.



    Tian Ye can console himself with the 3 million yuan he earned just for fighting – a Chinese tycoon promised him 30 million yuan if he could win, such is the anger Xu has caused among some in the traditional martial arts community – but Yi Long is not some bum picked off the street.

    “I just hope that Xu Xiaodong takes his match with Yi Long more seriously than he did this one,” a commenter said.

    Xu Xiadong mocks his opponent. Photo: YouTube
    Indeed, Xu has some legitimate skill and experience and can hold his own – he puts in the hours training in his Beijing gym – but he can’t afford to drop his hands to his waist and showboat here.

    If he can put together a proper defensive strategy, it could lead to an interesting fight. Either way, it will certainly be more competitive that his mauling of poor old Tian Ye.
    At least Yi Long has some ring experience, unlike the rest of Xu Xiaodong's opponents.
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    Yi Long vs. Buakaw - KO ONLY

    There's an embedded facebook promo vid.

    Buakaw Is Fighting Shaolin Monk In “Knockout Only” Fight
    By MTA Team - March 8, 2019
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    Their first two fights were big draws.

    Buakaw and Yi Long have had two very entertaining fights in their careers. They have been some of the biggest Kickboxing fights in China.

    Their first fight was called by many the “fight of the century”. Buakaw defeated the man billed as the Shaolin Monk by decision. The two had a rematch a year later and Yi Long walked away with a decision. The second fight was controversial, however, as many people thought Buakaw had won the fight. The pair is now set to fight for the third time but the stakes have been raised.

    Their trilogy fight will take place on MAS Fight, a Chinese promotion that has a unique set of rules. They use 5-ounce gloves, there is only one round that lasts nine minutes, and the only way to win is by knock out. Punches, kicks, elbows, and knees are all legal strikes. There are no judges if no one ends the fight with a knock out it is ruled a draw.

    It will be Buakaw’s first time fighting under this set of rules while Yi Long has competed under them one time. He scored a knockout over Hong-man Choi under MAS Fight rules this past November.


    This is going to be the biggest fight to hit China in quite some time.

    All the details of the event have not been revealed, but a press conference is being held on March 11 to announce the details. It would be surprising if the fight takes place anywhere other than China.

    Buakaw will enter the fight on a five-fight win streak. He was upset by Jonay Risco on Enfusion and since then has only fought for his promotion, All-Star Fight. Among those five wins are victories over Victor Nagbe and Niclas Larsen. Easily the most popular Muay Thai fighter and Kickboxer of all time, Buakaw has expanded his brand tremendously since leaving Por Pramuk gym. It will be very interesting to see how aggressive he fights knowing the only way to win is by KO. He has been criticized for coasting during fights he is winning.

    Yi Long is China’s most popular fighter. He has been criticized by many for being a gimmick as he is not a real Shaolin Monk but billed as one for marketing purposes. No matter what you think about his persona you can’t deny that the man is a fighter. He has stepped into the ring with some of the best in the world. Sometimes he has own sometimes he has lost, but he has always shown up to fight. Before his last fight against Choi, he had dropped back to back losses to Saiyok and Sitthichai, both by KO.

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    This fight will be huge!
    MAS Fight is definitely a unique fight. It is a more tamed down version of Burmese Bare Knuckle Boxing where you can only win KO, although headbutts are legal. In MAS Fight headbutts are not legal, and also in Burmese Bare Knuckle Boxing, no gloves are worn as the name would indicate. It is also known by the name Lethwei.
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    Xu Xiaodong v 'cosplayer' Yuichiro Nagashima

    Hey, Xu actually fought someone with some ring experience...

    Wait...cosplayer?

    Chinese MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong knocks out Japanese cosplayer; wants ‘fake Shaolin monk’ Yi Long
    Xu gets second-round TKO against former kick-boxing champion Yuichiro Nagashima in Bangkok
    ‘Mad Dog’ now hopes to fight Yi Long, whom he accused of rigging fights against Nagashima
    Nick Atkin
    Published: 12:56pm, 23 Nov, 2019


    Xu Xiaodong fighting Yuichiro Nagashima in Bangkok, Thailand. Photos: YouTube/Fight Commentary Breakdowns

    Chinese MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong returned to the ring on Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, but this time it wasn’t a kung fu “fraud” he pulverised – it was a famous Japanese cosplayer instead.
    Yuichiro Nagashima, a former kick-boxing champion who is also trained in karate, had fought several times against the “fake Shaolin Monk” Yi Long, and “Mad Dog” Xu had claimed the fights were rigged.
    Xu wanted to prove he could easily beat Nagashima, so that Yi Long would have no excuses for evading a fight with him.
    The first round was contested under kick-boxing rules, the second under MMA rules. Xu won by TKO in the second round, the referee stepping in as he delivered some heavy ground and pound.



    It was a different story to Xu’s usual fights – the 41-year-old has made a name for himself by demolishing traditional martial artists in China on what he deems as his mission to expose “kung fu fakery”.
    But Nagashima has fighting technique, unlike the hapless wing chun and tai chi practitioners Xu has knocked out in devastating fashion over the past three years. Nagashima was K1Max 70kg champion in 2010, although he has not won a fight since 2014.
    Xu looked sharp in the first round, throwing some smart combinations, but Nagashima caught him on the chin with his jab a couple of times early on.
    The fight was then briefly stopped after a low blow by Xu.
    Xu’s power was clearly superior and his plan was evident as he looked to counter. It worked to perfection, Xu distracting his opponent with a low kick before going high and knocking down Nagashima with a hard right hook.


    Xu Xiaodong walks off after the referee steps in.

    Nagashima looked weary heading into the second round, and for good reason – he was entering Xu’s territory now.
    Within seconds, Xu dropped Nagashima again and quickly proceeded to full mount, raining down blows before the referee stepped in.
    Ironically, it is the first time Xu has actually been able to take things to the ground in one of his fights, and he showed off his skills in ruthless fashion.


    Xu Xiaodong backstage after his win in Bangkok.

    Over to you, Yi Long. The Shaolin Temple has made a statement that Yi is not a trained monk, but he models his appearance on traditional Shaolin monks in his fights, with a shaved head and traditional clothing.
    “The fake Shaolin monk is not exactly a pushover. Xu may have a real fight on his hands,” one commenter said on a video of Xu’s fight, which was posted on YouTube channel Fight Commentary Breakdowns.
    “Let it be said if Xu fights Yi Long in a kick-boxing match he’s getting knocked out,” another user wrote.
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    Yi Long on Wing Chun



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    Yi Long Background

    I had an instructor while living in China that was a direct disciple of Shi De Yang. He mentioned that Yi Long Spent three years training either in Deng Feng or Shaolin compound learning iron body skills. I can't clearly remember which. Now it is said he is self-trained. I believe the current Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin is responsible for this information. One reason could be he feels like when Yi long lost, he would affect the Temple business. And it very much has become a business. Anyone else have any actual insight to where he trained?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wiz cool c View Post
    I had an instructor while living in China that was a direct disciple of Shi De Yang. He mentioned that Yi Long Spent three years training either in Deng Feng or Shaolin compound learning iron body skills. I can't clearly remember which. Now it is said he is self-trained. I believe the current Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin is responsible for this information. One reason could be he feels like when Yi long lost, he would affect the Temple business. And it very much has become a business. Anyone else have any actual insight to where he trained?
    Doing a quick "google search", everything that I saw said that he was trained in wushu/San Shou (San Da) and was "self-taught" Shaolin Kung Fu. Nothing about him ever actually training as a Shaolin Monk and the temple did make an official statement that he was not a Shaolin Monk.

    They have supported other legitimate Shaolin Monks who have lost in fighting competitions before, so I think they just want to be honest about his background.
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