Sanda~King of Sanda Conqueror of Muay Thai Liu Hailong

Liu Hailong is a Chinese Sanshou fighter and the modern day Huo Yuan Jia defeating many foreign fighters. Sanshou or Sanda is a Chinese hand to hand combat, self-defense system, and combat sport. Not seen as a style itself, but is rather considered as just one of the two components (taolu and sanshou) of Chinese martial arts (Kung fu) training and is often taught along side with taolu training. It may simply be seen as the practice of martial applications in a realistic environment or simply free fighting. The Sanda or Sanshou, essence of combat in Kung fu is being popularized and attracting the attention of practitioners of combat sports throughout the world, because of a regulation which is located midway between the Vale-Tudo and Kick Boxing or Muay Thai, adding projections and grabbing.

Liu's rise to fame came in 2000 in the inaugural King of Sanda tournament. Liu not only won his weight class, but went on to win a grueling one-night open weight round robin tournament against much bigger fighters as well, giving him the title Sanda "King of Kings". Exciting and charismatic, Liu is almost certainly China's most recognized combat athlete.

Liu has been dubbed the "Conqueror of Muay Thai" because he has beaten some top Muay Thai fighters in a series of "Sanda vs Muay Thai" challenges.[citation needed]In one such challenge held in Guangdong, China, Liu Hailong defeated Lukpoei Grabangkoei a Muay Thai champion from Thailand. He lifted Grabangkoei up and threw him out of the ring onto the concrete floor twice before splitting open the already battered face of Grabangkoei with a direct face punch hence resulting in a knockout.

Liu has also fought and beaten Russian fighters such as Salihov Muslim in 2003. Another Russian fighter which is in this video who is seen walking up to the ring in blue shorts was the personal bodyguard of Putin. Liu is also known to have beaten Kyokushin Karatekas, two of which are in this video.

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[puluking1579]

dude, he's good, but I don't see him fighting any real good fighters. these fights are set up for him to win, his opponents look dumpy. i want to see him against a yod, buakaw, or saenchai. then you can call yourself a conqueror of muay thai.

[taych03]

Has he fought Saenchai?

[RiListyle]

well he hasn't got any worth opponents except for Salikov Muslim, but if you look good at his fights... hes never fighting serious, cuz you always see him laughing and joking around

[shoto520]

yeah the real king would fight tuff comp..look at cung le he fought wanderlei and lost that one...maybe he'll fight anderson..nah silva will kill him..muay thai rules

[dutch0dragon]

@puluking1579 cung le is also a very good martial artist but hes done shanshou

[AGITOteam]

Y para quien prefiera probar con algo más suave que haga Qin-Na,que es lo mismo pero con espinilleras y solo se puede marcar,y va por puntos.El Sanda es a KO o KO técnico,y no se usan espinilleras.Yo hago Wushu,que entra Sanda y la verdad es que no está mal,tal vez vaya a alguna competicion de Qin-Na,y después,si hay ganas a una de Sanda...pero yo prefiero formas y las acrobacias...Nandu vamos.Bueno Salu2!

[AGITOteam]

@tommyvercetti3000 sin duda,además es muy completo,se podría decir que el kickboxing es casi lo mismo,con la diferencia de que el Sanda tiene muchas más cosas.Para a quien le guste competir dandose de ostias que pille Sanda,que lo demás no es nada comparado con el Sanda.

[heavyironmusic]

@lcw1980 dude sanda is a combination of only kung fu styles. there was no other influence that came from ouutside china.

[tommyvercetti3000]

sanda no es un mix de taekondo ,ni boxeo ,ni shai jiao..es simplemente lo basico de muchas formas del kung fu tradicional chino hecho un deporte competitivo..sanda es kung fu y nada mas....y el sanda para combatir es extremadamente buena,a mi parecer lo mejor que uno pueda practicar..

[marquismyfriend]

does anybody out there know the artist and/or the name of this somg? i like it very much and would love to get it as an mp3!

[brothersixteen]

liu only defeated two high ranking thai boxers under sanda rule. liu was the best sanda fighter of his era but the title of conqueror of muay thai is way inaccurate.dekker and danny bill were the few who made a genuine attempt to beat all the thai champs. they both did not succeed. please sanda fans, stop lying to yourself

[Lestat220289]

I don't know where the hell did you guys heard Sanda is TKD or whatever, Sanda evolved from strictly Chinese MA. I do Kung Fu and some of our kicks are almost the same as some TKD uses, so what? People are forgetting that Kung Fu has been around for 4,000 years and it is the father of most oriental martial arts. Anyhow, Sanda is Kung Fu for competition, just as Muay Thai is the competition form of Muay Boran. Kung Fu is not usable in the ring, but effective in the street.