Kung Fu King

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/18/2009 11:37pm

Not positive but it looks like a Sanda tournament recently held in China,Here is the link for anyone who wants to watch it.
http://72.14.213.132/translate_c?hl=...RID57uzBJAP8qg

Also it looks like their is another Muay Thai vs Sanda event on 7/25 in Las Vegas.I know Aotegen Batteer is a former King of Sanda and Art of War veteran and Wang Guan also fought in Art of War besides that I don't Know much about the event but figured I would post it anyway.

http://www.kickbox.com/

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/21/2009 2:30pm

I felt the production of this tournament was good they must of put a lot of money into it and the fighters skill level seemed similar to K-1. I tried the first link I posted but it was hard to follow so I will post a better link to the fights.

Intro
http://video.sina.com.cn/sports/o/v/...44928017.shtml

Fight 1 Dewey Cooper (USA) VS Yu Jin (China)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2MTc2NDAw.html

Fight 2 Kaoklai (Thailand) VS Hessain Ojaghi (Iran)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2MTc5NTg4.html

Fight 3 Naoki Samukava (Japan) VS Sian Maofu (China)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2MTYzMzAw.html

Fight 4 Steve McKinnon (Australia) VS Salihov Muslim (Russia)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2MTg5MDQ0.html

Semi-Finals fight 1
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2NDA5MjI4.html

Semi-Finals fight 2
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2NDAyNzY0.html

championship
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2Mzk2MjI4.html

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/23/2009 10:48am

I was impressed with Muslim in the beginning of his fight with the way he was landing that spinning sidekick and the takedown where he drops the guy on his head.

The other guy I liked was hessain, It seemed like every time his opponent threw a kick he caught it and put the guy on his ass.I don't know how the judges award points but it must be hard to beat this guy in a decision.

**Lindz** · Posted On: 7/25/2009 8:57am

Originally Posted by Timrock8

The other guy I liked was hessain, It seemed like every time his opponent threw a kick he caught it and put the guy on his ass.I don't know how the judges award points but it must be hard to beat this guy in a decision.

Muay Thai, restrictive grappling rules vs SanDa very liberal grappling rules makes it pretty inevitable unless the MT guy does a lot of grappling on top of his regular training.

**Ronin.74** · Posted On: 7/25/2009 5:35pm

What I would like to find is a direct link to a website for "Kung Fu King". I have a heavyweight I would like to get into the mix.

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/26/2009 2:32am

Found a link for the prize money... http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_...84864586.shtml

But nothing on how to sign up.

**Lindz** · Posted On: 7/26/2009 6:14am

possible derail
Salihov Muslim of Russia, free combat champion of the Beijing Olympiad.

When did "free combat" become an olympic sport?

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/26/2009 1:20pm

The event Muslim won was given special approval by IOC chiefs despite not being a recognised Olympic sport. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1572826.ece

**Timrock8** · Posted On: 7/28/2009 1:06am

I was looking at the website 21wushu and found some more sanda fights from 7/26/09.
The fights are from the WMA and seem more traditional with no pads or head strikes.
Sorry I can't tell you more about the fights and the video takes awhile to load but I thought it was interesting.

Fight 1
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA4NDg1NzM2.html

Fight 2
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA4NDIwNTM2.html

Fight 3
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA4NDEwNjky.html

Fight 4
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA4NDA5MTg4.html

Fight 5
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA4Mzk4ODU2.html

**Jack Rusher** · Posted On: 7/28/2009 12:33pm

Originally Posted by Ronin.74

What I would like to find is a direct link to a website for "Kung Fu King". I have a heavyweight I would like to get into the mix.

Call Ian Lee from the United Martial Arts Training Center (UMATC) in Lubbock, Texas. He's a former Taiwan sanshou team member who won the sanda wang ('gongfu king') some years ago.