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Xu Yan
Born (1987-11-22) November 22, 1987 (age 36)
Binzhou, China
Native name徐琰
Other namesThe Chinese Tiger
Phoenix
NationalityChina Chinese
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight70.0 kg (154.3 lb; 11.02 st)
DivisionWelterweight
Middleweight
StyleSanshou
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofBeijing, China
TeamBeijing Shenghua International Fighting Club
Years active2003-present
Kickboxing record
Total49
Wins34
By knockout17
Losses15
By knockout6
Draws0
Last updated on: January 3, 2014
Xu Yan
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's Sanshou
World Sanshou Championships
Gold medal – first place Beijing 2007 -70 kg
Sanshou World Cup
Silver medal – second place Paris 2008 -70 kg

Xu Yan (Chinese: 徐琰; pinyin: Xǔ Yán; born November 22, 1987) is a Chinese Sanshou kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. A multiple time provincial and national Sanshou titlist in his home country, Xu later made the switch to Oriental rules kickboxing and gained recognition fighting internationally in promotions such as Fight Code, K-1 and Shootboxing.

Career

Xu Yan began sanshou training at an early age and rose to prominence by winning provincial titles in his native Shandong three years consecutively; he won the Shandong Province Sanshou Championships at -65 kg/143 lb in 2003 and 2004 and at -70 kg/154 lb in 2005. Staying at -70 kg/154 lb, he then won the Chinese National Sanshou Championships in 2005 and 2006, and affirmed himself as the country's top middleweight by winning a tournament held by Heroes of Legends in January 2007.[1] Fighting for the first time internationally, Xu was part of a team of sanshou fighters that challenged shoot boxing at Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 2nd in Tokyo, Japan on May 25, 2007. He lost to Kenichi Ogata via a knee to the body knockout in the third round, the first loss of his professional career.[2] In September 2007, he won the IFB International Sanda Tournament in Guangzhou, China, defeating Muay Thai stylist Akarn Sannaha by decision in the final. A month later on October 13, 2007, Xu beat Joey Pagliuso by unanimous decision in Shenzhen, China, using his height and reach advantage to outpoint the American.[3]

Xu won a second Legend of Heroes tournament in December 2008 before losing a unanimous decision to Vuyisile Colossa in the same promotion in Beijing, China on January 18, 2009. Making the foray into Oriental rules kickboxing, he debuted in K-1 on March 20, 2009 at K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 in Seoul, South Korea where he lost to Kim Se-Ki by technical knockout after being dropped twice in the second round.[4][5] On May 31, 2009, he competed in the four man middleweight tournament at The Challenger event held at The Venetian Macao in Macau. After beating Keiji Ozaki by unanimous decision in the semi-finals, he lost to Heung Pak-Wing by first round knockout in the final.[6]

Xu Yan then rebounded with a split decision win over Baxter Humby in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on August 30, 2009 before returning to K-1 to fight Yuichiro Nagashima in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final in Tokyo on October 26, 2009. Although a heavy underdog, he scored an upset win by knocking Nagashima down with a left hook inside the opening thirty seconds of the fight before finishing him with the same technique soon after.[7][8] He was then set to face Lim Chi-Bin at The Khan 2 in Seoul on November 27, 2009 but Lim was replaced by Lee Su-Hwan.[9][10] He lost to Lee by TKO in round two.

After beginning the year with wins over Ben Barwise and Lewis Corris, Xu was given the toughest test of his career in the form of Buakaw Por. Pramuk in a Wu Lin Feng promoted event at Henan Provincial Stadium in Zhengzhou, China on June 19, 2010. Xu was outfought and lost on points. He also received a controversial count by the referee in round two after going down from a low blow.[11][12][13] He fought and beat another Thai in his next outing, outpointing Malaipet Sasiprapa at Legends of Heroes: Muaythai vs. Kung Fu at the Arena of Stars in Pahang, Malaysia on October 9, 2010.[14][15] In his second appearance on US soil, Xu was scheduled to fight Raul Rodriguez at Wu Lin Feng: Battle of Las Vegas II on November 13, 2010 in Las Vegas but a change occurred as Rodriguez was replaced by Shane Oblonsky.[16] He lost via unanimous decision.[17][18] Three weeks later, Xu Yan was drafted into the 2010 edition of the King's Cup Muay Thai tournament as one of three replacement fighters.[19] Going down in Bangkok, Thailand on December 5, 2010, Xu was eliminated at the quarter-finals when he lost to Alexander Vogel on points.[20]

On March 12, 2011, Xu faced Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee on the Oktagon 2011 card in Milan, Italy. Round one was close but Sudsakorn asserted his dominance early on with a throw and only got better in the second. Xu faded in round three and received a somewhat controversial standing eight count before losing the decision.[21][22] He put a halt to his three-fight losing streak five months later when he knocked out Adil Abbas at a Legends of Heroes event in Nanchang, China before returning to Europe to compete for the Fight Code promotion and entered into the organization's 2011 Dragons Series -70 kg/154 lb tournament at the quarter-finals stage when he took the place of Dzhabar Askerov who withdrew due to scheduling conflicts.[23][24] He lost to Abdallah Mabel via split decision on October 15, 2011 in Marseille, France[25][26] but it later emerged that the French sporting commission had not allowed Fight Code's complete rule set just hours before the event and so a rematch was set for Geneva, Switzerland on November 26, 2011.[27][28] Three weeks before the rematch, Xu suffered a first round KO loss to Lamsongkram Chuwattana in Changsha, China. Against Mabel, Xu Yan rallied back in round three but the Frenchman dominated the first two and took the unanimous judges' decision.[29][30]

He stopped another three-fight skid with a win over Yuya Yamamoto at Krush.16 in Tokyo on February 17, 2012. Xu got off to a good start, landing against the defensively flawed Yamamoto and took over in the second by scoring three knockdowns and earning him the TKO victory.[31] Xu Yan outpointed Quinton Arendse on a Legends of Heroes show in his native country on April 21, 2012[32] before making a return to K-1 after an almost three year absence to compete in the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament. At the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 in Madrid, Spain on May 27, 2012, he fought Yasuhiro Kido in the tournament's opening stage. The fight got off to a rather lackluster start and had the crowd booing at one point in the first round before Xu fell victim to Kido's patented spinning backfist late in the third.[33][34][35]

After rebounding with a high kick knockout of a Japanese opponent in Legends of Heroes in Kunshan, China two months later, Xu Yan was soundly beaten to a unanimous decision in the tournament reserve match at the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012.[36][37]

Xu Yan scored a first round knockout over Ton Kunchat at Combat Renaissance in Hong Kong on September 17, 2013.[38]

He defeated Mike Zambidis by unanimous decision, dropping him in rounds one and two, at Hero Legends in Jinan, China on December 3, 2014.[39][40]

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

  • The Challenger
    • The Challenger -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Runner-up
  • Chinese Sanshou Championships
    • 2005 Chinese Sanshou Championships -70 kg/154 lb Championship
    • 2006 Chinese Sanshou Championships -70 kg/154 lb Championship
  • Hero Legends
    • Hero Legends World -70 kg/154 lb Championship
  • IFB International Sanda Tournament
    • IFB International Sanda Tournament Championship
  • Legend of Heroes
    • 2007 Legend of Heroes -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
    • 2008 Legend of Heroes -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
  • Sanshou World Cup
    • 2008 Sanshou World Cup Silver Medalist Silver
  • Shandong Province Sanshou Championships
    • 2003 Shandong Province Sanshou Championships -65 kg/143 lb Championship
    • 2004 Shandong Province Sanshou Championships -65 kg/143 lb Championship
    • 2005 Shandong Province Sanshou Championships -70 kg/154 lb Championship
  • World Sanshou Championships
    • 2007 World Sanshou Championships Gold Medalist Gold

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
34 wins (17 KOs), 15 losses, 0 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2014-01-03 Win Greece Mike Zambidis Hero Legends Jinan, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins the Hero Legends World -70 kg/154 lb Championship.
2013-09-17 Win Thailand Ton Kunchat Combat Renaissance Hong Kong KO (high kick and punches) 1
Wins the WMC World Super Welterweight (-70kg/154 lb) Championship.
2012-12-15 Loss Spain Abraham Roqueñi K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Reserve Match Athens, Greece Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-07-08 Win Japan Hareruya Legends of Heroes Kunshan, China KO (high kick) 1
2012-05-27 Loss Japan Yasuhiro Kido K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16, First Round Madrid, Spain KO (spinning backfist) 3 2:46
2012-04-21 Win South Africa Quinton Arendse Legends of Heroes China Decision 3 3:00
2012-02-17 Win Japan Yuya Yamamoto Krush.16 Tokyo, Japan TKO (punches) 2 1:39
2011-11-26 Loss France Abdallah Mabel Fight Code Rhinos Series 2011 Part 5, Quarter Finals Geneva, Switzerland Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2011-11-05 Loss Thailand Lamsongkram Chuwattana Legends of Heroes: Muaythai vs. King Fu Changsha, China TKO (knee) 1
2011-10-15 Loss France Abdallah Mabel Fight Code Dragon Series 2011 Part 4, Quarter Finals Marseille, France Decision (split) 3 3:00
2011-08-13 Win France Adil Abbas Legends of Heroes Nanchang, China KO
2011-03-12 Loss Thailand Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee Oktagon 2011 Milan, Italy Decision 3 3:00
2010-12-05 Loss Germany Alexander Vogel King's Cup 2010, Quarter Finals Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2010-11-13 Loss United States Shane Oblonsky Wu Lin Feng: Battle of Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-10-09 Win Thailand Malaipet Sasiprapa Legends of Heroes: Muaythai vs. Kung Fu Pahang, Malaysia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-06-19 Loss Thailand Buakaw Por. Pramuk Wu Lin Feng Zhengzhou, China Decision 3 3:00
2010-05-11 Win Mexico Luis Bio WCK Muay Thai Show Sichuan, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-04-25 Win England Ben Barwise Wu Lin Feng Luoyang, China Extension round decision 4 3:00
2009-11-27 Loss South Korea Lee Su-Hwan The Khan 2 Seoul, South Korea TKO (left cross) 2 2:10
2009-10-26 Win Japan Yuichiro Nagashima K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final Yokohama, Japan KO (left hook) 1 1:04
2009-08-30 Win Canada Baxter Humby WCK Muay Thai Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (split) 3 3:00
2009-05-31 Loss Hong Kong Heung Pak-Wing The Challenger, Final Macau KO 1
For The Challenger -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship.
2009-05-31 Win Japan Keiji Ozaki The Challenger, Semi Finals Macau Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-03-20 Loss South Korea Kim Se-Ki K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 Seoul, South Korea TKO (punches) 2 1:30
2009-01-18 Loss South Africa Vuyisile Colossa Legends of Heroes Beijing, China Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-01-12 Loss Thailand Malaipet Sasiprapa WCK: Full Rules Muaythai Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (elbow injury) 1 2:43
2007-10-13 Win United States Joey Pagliuso Legends of Heroes Shenzhen, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-09-00 Win Thailand Akarn Sannaha IFB International Sanda Tournament, Final Guangzhou, China Decision 3 3:00
Wins the IFB International Sanda Tournament Championship.
2007-05-25 Loss Japan Kenichi Ogata Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 2nd Tokyo, Japan KO (left knee to the body) 3 0:56
2007-01-27 Loss China Zhao Zhao Legends of Heroes Beijing, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

External links

References

  1. ^ Xu Yan biography
  2. ^ (レポ＆写真) [SB] 5.25 後楽園：散打との対抗戦は4勝1敗。緒形KO勝ち
  3. ^ Hero Legends 2007: International K1 Style Fighting Championships
  4. ^ K-1 AWARD & MAX KOREA 2009! Start Of A New Division
  5. ^ K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 Results
  6. ^ Challenger Cup was a Knockout!
  7. ^ Head Kick Legend's K-1 World MAX 2009 Finals Preview
  8. ^ K-1 MAX 2009 Tournament Final Results (with Videos)
  9. ^ Korean News! Dong Hyun Kim’s MMA Organization?
  10. ^ The Khan 2! Weigh-Ins Complete
  11. ^ Buakaw Vs. Xu Yan at Wu Lin Feng Rumored
  12. ^ Buakaw Versus Xu Yan Video
  13. ^ Buakaw gets ready for Beijing
  14. ^ Malaipet Versus Xu Yan
  15. ^ Hero Legends Results - Hollenbeck and Yodsanklai win, Malaipet loses
  16. ^ Shane Oblonsky replaces Raul Rodriguez at WCK Muay Thai at Harrah's in Las Vegas
  17. ^ IN SYNC PRODUCTIONS, DENNIS WARNER AND HENAN TV NETWORK REPORT RESULTS OF “WULINFENG LAS VEGAS SPECTACULAR” NOVEMBER 13, 2010, HARRAH’S LAS VEGAS
  18. ^ WCK Muay Thai WuLinFeng Spectacular Results
  19. ^ Kings Cup 8 man tournament draw, Pique, Oberg, and Askerov out
  20. ^ Yodsanklai wins Kings Cup
  21. ^ Oktagon results: Sudsakorn outclasses Xu Yan
  22. ^ Sudsakorn vs. Xu Yan
  23. ^ Xu Yan replaces Dzhabar Askerov at Fight Code Dragon Series Final 8
  24. ^ Askerov Out -- Xu Yan in for Fight Code Dragon's Tournament
  25. ^ Fight Code Teams With TK2 to Bring Stacked Card
  26. ^ Fight Code Dragons Final 8 Live Results
  27. ^ Armen Petrosyan e Xu Yan rientrano in Fight Code
  28. ^ Armen Petrosyan and Xu Yan Allowed Fight Code Redemption in November
  29. ^ Fight Code Rhinos Final Live Results
  30. ^ Belarus Jury Bessmertny KO’s Armen Petrosyan (Video)
  31. ^ Krush.16 Results: Kubo and Sato Claim ISKA Titles, Xu Yan KOs Yuya Yamamoto
  32. ^ Xu Yan interview after Legends of Heroes
  33. ^ K-1 Rising World MAX Final 16 in Madrid Live Results
  34. ^ Results and Recap: K-1 Rising
  35. ^ K-1 Rising 2012 Live Video Stream, Results And Discussion
  36. ^ K-1 World MAX 2012 Final Live Results
  37. ^ K-1 World MAX 2012 Results: Murthel Groenhart wins MAX tournament
  38. ^ Saenchai vs Andrei Kulebin. Combat Renaissance 2013
  39. ^ Iron Mike Zambidis at Hero Legends
  40. ^ Hero Legends 2014 Results and Recap

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