Monday, May 26, 2008

San Da Wang match ----Zheng Yuhao VS Li ming

Nice Sanda Wang match to introduce you guys to Sanda (i.e. professional sanshou). Sanda Wang means King of Free Fighting in Chinese. You can see that the biggest difference is that no head gear, protective vest or shin guards are worn. It's also held in a ring instead of the traditional lei tai (raised platform).

Sanda still follows the point scoring system found in sanshou in that a successful strike will score points that are tallied and total to determine the winner, unless of course one of the fighter gets KOed.

Zheng Yu Hao is one of my favourite Sanda fighters. I think he is retired now unfortunately. He is one of the most versatile and entertaining Sanda fighters I've seen. He fought and was runners up in Shootboxing S-Cup 2002 tournament (an event kind of similar to K-1 Max but using Shootboxing rules). He tore through all his opponents until he met Andy Souwer in the finals which he lost in extension round by decision. Very good power and toughness for a Sanda fighter. He's also known for his jumping spinning back technique as this video clip shows.

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