This is funny.
Did you not read the article in the post by Gene that says he "taught himself MMA"?! He's never even had a proper fight himself either.
If you want to talk about someone qualified for the title of "father of MMA in China", look at someone like Silas Maynard who has been managing China's #1 fight team (Fighters Unite) that has been co-promoting, matchmaking, or involved in 3-8 fighting events each week.
He's been in this for the past 11 years over here and says he's never even heard of this Xu Xiaodong guy.
It sounds like this fight of the century between the new and old is actually fake vs fake! lol Nothing out of the ordinary for China though...