Zhang Tie Quan - Chinese Fighter in MMA

[Scott Larson]

Zhang Tie Quan will be making his WEC debut at WEC 51: Aldo vs Gamburyan.

Here is his bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Tie_Quan

Good to see a fighter with a CMA background in a high profile US MMA promotion.

[Frost]

Zhang Tie Quan will be making his WEC debut at WEC 51: Aldo vs Gamburyan.

Here is his bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Tie_Quan

Good to see a fighter with a CMA background in a high profile US MMA promotion.

Not being an as$ but what of his styles do you consider CMA?

as far as i can see he has not studied what most people would call a CMA style, choyleefut, wing chun hung gar etc, but spent his life in the sports realm, with wrestling BJJ and sansau

He even lists his main styles as sanda and BJJ most of his wins come from his BJJ back ground

[Scott Larson]

Why wouldn't sanda be considered a Chinese style?

[Three Harmonies]

Sanda is not a "style" per se, but rather a sport with a certain rule set. A TKD guy could fight Sanda.

Zhang is mongolian anyways, so I doubt he is going to be doing much of anything Chinese.

JAB

[Scott Larson]

I guess I was just looking at it from a general perspective. I know he's not doing a classical Chinese martial art, but if he does well, I think people in the US will consider Chinese style methods to have merit.

I meant Chinese martial arts in a broad sense.

Also, I am curious to find out what type of wrestling he trained in.

[Lucas]

for the inner mongolian wrestling championship, do we know if that is style specific, in that only people trained in classic mongolian wrestling can enter? or can any wrestler enter that competition.

also where does his sanda striking background come from? at what academy did he train for his sanda striking?

he has a nice record.

[omarthefish]

I guess I was just looking at it from a general perspective. I know he's not doing a classical Chinese martial art, but if he does well, I think people in the US will consider Chinese style methods to have merit.

I meant Chinese martial arts in a broad sense.

Also, I am curious to find out what type of wrestling he trained in.

If he's Mongolian with a "Mongolian Wrestling" background then obviously he's trained in Shuai Jiao. Same for Sanda. Most Sanda competitors train in pretty classical Shuai Jiao and the Mongolians in particular are famous for it. That's what "Mongolian Wrestling" is. It's a particular style of Shuai Jiao so I'd expect this guy to have some pretty decent throws.

Edit: Just did some digging.
As expected, he started out in Shuai Jiao in the mid 90's and then in 2005 started BJJ in Beijing.

[GeneChing]

Zhang made USA Today.

Tonight's fight

Event - WEC: ALDO vs. GAMBURYAN
Date: Sep-30-2010 9:00 PM ET
Event Type: Versus - Live Event
Location: 1STBANK Center (formerly Odeum Colorado), CO

One of the sport’s pound-for-pound elite returns this fall to defend his title against one of the division’s most dangerous fighters. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, universally recognized as the number one ranked lighter weight fighter in MMA, makes the second defense of his crown against judo ace Manny Gamburyan when World Extreme Cagefighting® invades the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. on Thursday, Sept. 30.

In addition to the featherweight title fight, Denver native Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone will meet former lightweight champion Jamie Varner in a long-awaited grudge match. Plus, former bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres returns to the cage to take on the red-hot Charlie Valencia.

Tickets for WEC: Aldo vs. Gamburyan go on sale Saturday, July 31 at 10 a.m. MT and will be priced at $185, $135, $75, and $40. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to WEC newsletter subscribers on Friday, July 30 starting at 10 a.m. MT. To access this presale, users must register for the WEC newsletter through wec.tv. Tickets will be available online at www.TicketHorse.com or by phone at 866.461.6556.

Tiequan Zhang Vs. Pablo Garza

Name: Tiequan Zhang
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
Weight: 155 (70 kg)
Record: 16-0-0

Name: Pablo Garza
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight: 145 (66 kg)
Record: 9-0-0

May not be broadcast.

Tiequan Zhang "The Mongolian Wolf"

Age: 25
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
Weight: 155 lbs. (70 kg)
Overall MMA Record (W-L-D): 16-0-0

Training: Normally 10am-12pm group training and sparring, 3pm-5pm running for cardio and weights; every weekend mountain running.

Thoughts on opponent, Jason Reinhardt?
Only the best fighters can fight in WEC and UFC. I think he is a very strong wrestler and black belt, but I have my advantages as well.

When and why did you start training for fighting?
I started training Sanda at 1999, because I always like new challenges and to conquer. It's exciting.

What ranks and titles have you held?
URCC middleweight champion, UMAC welterweight champion, Legend FC "Submission of the Night" honor, Undefeated.

Do you have any heroes? Genghis Khan

What is your favorite technique? Punches

What, other than WINNING, are you using for motivation for the fight? To be lightweight champion!

[GeneChing]

Any video anywhere?

Things We Learned: WEC 51
October 2, 2010 | Author: E. Spencer Kyte
...
Tie Quan Zhang made his WEC debut a winning one on Thursday night, submitting Pablo Garza in the first round to remain unbeaten and hand the former TUF candidate his first professional loss.

[Scott Larson]

Edited because link has malware.

[meltdawn]

back in June he fought in Legend 2 and got a guillotine in 30 seconds.

Zhang Tiequan

he looked the oldest and most non-descript of all the China Top Team fighters, but in training and the ring he was calm, focused and truly an athlete.

third from the right.

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[GeneChing]

I'm changing the title of this thread from "Zhang Tie Quan - Chinese fighter in WEC" to "Zhang Tie Quan - Chinese Fighter in MMA". Syn7 also brought this up on the China MMA thread.

Sat Feb 26 08:22pm EST
China's Zhang opens UFC 127 Facebook fights with a win
By Steve Cofield


Tiequan Zhang is still a bit of a mysterious character, but there's no question about the fact that he's a pretty solid MMA competitor.

Zhang dropped to featherweight for his UFC debut and smoked Jason Reinhardt in less than a minute at UFC 127. Zhang locked on a guillotine choke (pictured below) and nearly put Reinhardt out at the 0:48 mark of the first round in Sydney, Australia.

Zhang (13-1, 1-0 UFC, 1-1 WEC) is the first fighter from China to compete in the UFC. He made his Zuffa debut in 2010.

He looked extremely comfortable in this one, as he stalked Reinhardt from the start. Zhang followed the shorter fighter around the cage looking to land something big. He closed space along the cage and when Reinhardt dropped his head a bit, Zhang went for the choke.

Reinhardt pushed forward and the fight fell to the ground where he was trapped in the nasty choke. He waited until the very last second to tap. When Zhang released the choke, Reinhardt didn't move, he was groggy and out of it.

Zhang, 32, nicknamed "The Mongolian Wolf," is a sanshou specialist. His trainer said he's also recently been elevated to a jiu-jitsu brown belt. China is an untapped MMA breeding ground internationally. With a strong martial arts background, China could be quite the source for talent over the next five years. The Chinese fight fan market is also untapped and a big reason why UFC put Zhang's fight on Facebook.

Watch UFC 127 right here on Yahoo! Sports.

Perosh crushes Blackledge in UFC 205 debut

Anthony Perosh hasn't carved out much of a reputation in the UFC, simply because he's been a card filler at heavyweight. The Aussie was overmatched against the big guys. Today, down at more comfortable weight, he was able to show off his vaunted jiu-jitsu game and blew through Tom Blackledge.

Perosh (10-6, 1-3 UFC) missed on his first two takedowns, but when he scored a third with 3:13 left in the first, Blackledge was nearly helpless off his back. Perosh softened up Blackledge by raining down punches and then settled into the Brit's half guard. He quickly passed to the mount where Blackledge bailed and spun to his stomach. That was a bad move because Perosh locked on a rear-naked choke just seconds later forcing the tap.

Perosh suffered UFC losses in 2006 to Christian Wellisch and Jeff Monson. He took a beating against Mirko Filipovic last year at UFC 110.



UFC 127 undercard results:

Curt Warburton def. Maciej Jewtuszko via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Mark Hunt def. Chris Tuchscherer via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 1:41

[Lucas]

Edit:

Thanks boss!

[Zenshiite]

Wow. That UFC debut was dope!

I haven't been paying attention to Zhang, but I'm gonna have to keep my eye out for him now.

So nice to see.

[GeneChing]

It's our July August 2011, on newsstands now.