Chapter 5: Dragons and Fish (5)
On August 8, 2003, the fifth round of the Sino-Thai confrontation was held in the No. 1 studio of Thailand BEC TV, I don't know whether it was to maintain Liu Hailong's undefeated record, or to surprise the soldiers, Liu Hailong, the number one person in the Chinese sanda industry, will not participate in the "Fourth Chinese Kung Fu VS Thailand Professional Muay Thai Championship" held in Bangkok, Thailand, but the Chinese players are all strong, especially the 2002 Sanda Wang Baoligao also came to Thailand with the team to participate in the competition. Playing at home, the Thai side sent all the top Thai masters at that time. In order to take the initiative in psychological warfare, it was not until the afternoon before the competition that the athletes on both sides weighed themselves that the Thai side temporarily announced that it would switch its 60kg and 65kg fighters. To this end, the Chinese coaching staff discussed countermeasures overnight and made new technical and tactical arrangements for the athletes.
In the last 75 kg game, Baoli high-pressure shaft appeared against Thailand's "knee king" Sithipo Lu Paba, before the court, the first four games in Thailand 2:2 to a draw, China's Kang Yonggang defeated Muay Thai king Wu Yongsong, "Pengcheng Kid" Han Lei defeated Thailand's top master "King of Left Sweep" with superb wrestling and strong will, so this last game is very important, will determine the outcome of this Sino-Thai confrontation from the total score.
"In the first game, although Baoligao had the advantage in points, because 2 of the 3 referees in the audience were Thai referees, many effective points of Baoligao were not counted. In the first game, Polygol lost to his opponent. After the end of the first game, in the break between the breaks, the head coach of the Chinese team, Guan Jianmin, told Baoligao: This is the opponent's home field, unless he is knocked out, the game will definitely be hacked by the referee.
"When Polygol got back into the ring, he had only one thought on his mind: knocking out his opponent. At the beginning of the second game, Baoligao launched a fierce attack, and the stormy punch fell on the opponent, and Sitipo Lupaba, who wanted to drag down Baoligao with close tactics, couldn't resist Baoligao's indiscriminate bombardment. Inadvertently, a high whip kick from Bolrigao hit Siti Lupaba's head and knocked his opponent to the ground. Not long after Sitipo Lupaba stood up dimly, Polico once again knocked him out with a high whip leg. The referee had no choice but to stop the game, and the Thai staff immediately carried Sitti Poke on a stretcher.
Baoli raised his fist of victory, and the entire studio hall became a sea of joy for Chinese fans, and it took more than an hour for the coaches and players of the Chinese team to "break through" from the crowd and return to the hotel. After five rounds of fierce competition, the Chinese team finally overcame many difficulties and defeated Thai professional Muay Thai 3:2 under the command of "gold medal coach" Guan Jianmin, which was the first time that Chinese kung fu defeated Thai professional Muay Thai away from home. In this competition, Chinese kung fu made Muay Thai lose convincingly. Polygol became the first fighter in the Chinese kung fu and Muay Thai battle to knock out his opponent technically. In fact, before the knee technique that Polygol is best at, the opponent was knocked out.
"I have heard the story of the Boregor's KO Muay Thai champion before, and I heard that the Muay Thai king who was knocked out died in the end?"
"It's not that exaggerated, the Muay Thai king is hard, it's not so easy to die, but it's not so easy either." After being knocked down by Boreco, his legs twitched, which was life-threatening, and he was carried on a stretcher and rushed to the hospital.
"The Chinese Sanda team returned home with a total score of 3:2 and was warmly welcomed by the Chinese people, and Baoligao was regarded as a real hero. The main reason for the away victory is that the Chinese team has changed its strategy and concept, from a conservative defensive counterattack to an active heavy attack. This battle made Baoligao famous, and also allowed the Thais to see the power of Chinese martial arts.
"After the big defeat of Muay Thai at home, Thailand was of course unwilling, so there was the 5th Chinese Kung Fu VS Thai Professional Muay Thai Championship. On the evening of July 22, 2006, the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China was full, crowded with Chinese martial arts fans, this competition, the Chinese team sent the Chinese Sanda captain, 75 kg Sanda champion Jiang Chunpeng zero line of a strong lineup to face the Thai team, Jiang Chunpeng in the main match with the Thai boxing champion Ling Dagan who had KO Yuan Yubao, finally laughed to the end, defeated Ling Dagan, the Chinese team defeated the Thai team with a total score of 4-1, and once again won a big victory.
Three years later, the 6th Chinese Kung Fu VS Professional Muay Thai Championship attracted great attention from Chinese at home and abroad, mainly the five kings of Muay Thai before the game: "God Eye Kill" Fitek, "Ghost Knee" Sheshoupeng, "Magic Cone" Na Rupeng, "White Lotus Chop" Lan Sangkun, "Dragon Elbow" Kaoklai formed a group to challenge Chinese martial arts, these five people played a total of nearly 1,000 games, representing the highest strength of Muay Thai at that time. They are fierce and invincible, they say: Shaolin Temple has a very deep martial arts tradition, they want to challenge Shaolin Temple and defeat Shaolin Abbot Shi Yongxin. And one of the dragon-slaying elbows Coclay even released a big word in front of the media: We have recently watched China's so-called martial arts professional league, it is too bad, in July this year in Guangzhou's competition, Guangzhou's Mr. Bian (Bian Maofu) won the title of "World Kung Fu King", but if the attack restrictions are relaxed, I can kill Chinese martial arts in seconds. If China accepts this challenge, we will end this round with 5:0 and win - these arrogant remarks of the Muay Thai king have been spread through various media, causing a stir in China and stirring up the entire martial arts, this news report has 200 million hits in just one day on Tencent, public opinion is boiling, many people are very angry about the arrogance of the Muay Thai king, and hope that the Shaolin Temple will send a master to teach these Muay Thai kings a lesson. However, Shaolin Temple issued a statement early: Shaolin Temple, as the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism and the holy place of Buddhism, never take the initiative to fight with the Shaolin monks, and never accept the challenges of the society.
Fortunately, the Chinese Wushu Association quickly accepted the request of the Muay Thai champions to come to China to challenge Chinese martial arts, which made the passionate people breathe a sigh of relief. At 20:00 on the evening of December 19, 2009, the Sino-Thai confrontation match started on time at the Lingnan Pearl Gymnasium in Foshan, Guangdong, the first battle was a 60 kg competition, Xu Jifu VS Thailand's "God Eye Kill" Fitek, Xu Jifu was hit by a straight punch in the face of the opponent as soon as he came on the court, which shows the power of Muay Thai, and then Fitek took advantage of the wind again, the opponent's fierce attack forced Xu Jifu to use flexible footwork to dodge, the two sides had mutual gains and losses in the fight, but in the face of the Muay Thai king's step by step, Blindly dodging is not the best strategy, but fortunately, Xu Jifu did not sit still, quickly adjusted his tactics, and gradually stabilized the situation by using the wrestling style that Sanda is good at, and further narrowed the score gap with the Thai player. Over the next two rounds, Xu Jifu had completely controlled the pace of the match, while Fitek was not very comfortable with the Sanda fighter's style of play, and was thrown down in succession, and his ability to control the rhythm of the match was relatively poor, and the characteristics and power of Muay Thai were not fully displayed. At the beginning of the final round, Xu Jifu opened with another takedown, and Fitek was obviously impatient at this time, launching a crazy attack on Xu Jifu, and the two fought against each other. Xu Jifu seized the opportunity to attack his opponent's lower handicap, but Fitech was very uncomfortable and was thrown to the ground again. At the end of the fifth round, the judges gave the verdict after intense discussions. The referee raised Xu Jifu's arm high, and the Chinese player won! China leads 1-0.
The second game is the teenager Dong Wenfei against Thailand Sheshoupeng, Dong Wenfei belongs to the slow heat type of player, after suffering losses one after another, he gradually found the feeling of the game, although in the last two rounds Dong Wenfei fought for a certain number of points through his own efforts, but it was too late at the moment, and finally failed to save the defeat. The Chinese team and the Thai team drew 1:1 on aggregate.
"The third 70KG level Liu layer VS Thai side: Na Ru Peng, this is a close match, the strength of the two sides is equal, the first two rounds of Liu layer after a few classic leg wrestling won the full house applause, but also increased the weight of their own victory, the last few rounds did not have much breakthrough, but has been maintaining the advantage, and finally won the game with a narrow score.
"After three games, China temporarily took the lead 2:1, and the fourth match was the long-awaited battle of kings! It is also previously identified by the domestic martial arts critics as the most likely to lose one, the Chinese side is Zhang Kaiyin, a Shaolin lay disciple from Henan, China, Zhang Kaiyin's opponent is the famous Muay Thai king ----- Lan Sangkun who was famous in the international boxing world at that time, the Thai side has said in the preparation of the event, it doesn't matter if you lose all the games, but this one must win! Regardless of whether he has a false name or a real background, anyway, the huge publicity momentum before the game has already captured the hearts of the audience, here I have to focus on this legendary experience from Thailand Bo master: Lan Sangkun, nicknamed "White Lotus Chop", Thai royal boxer, in the fighting world status and identity is prominent, maybe everyone is not clear, in fact, in Thailand Lan Sangkun's popularity is higher than that of Koklai, but Koklai has always been flying and domineering, so that all Chinese may remember him in a short time - This megalomaniac.
"At the beginning of the game, Lan Sangkun launched an attack on Zhang Kaiyin again and again with an overwhelming momentum, fists and elbows and knees took turns to land, and the sense of distance was also quite accurate, in the face of such a strong opponent, Zhang Kaiyin only had the ability to parry for a while and had no power to fight back, at this time the audience was already crowded, shouting, obviously Zhang has not been able to adapt to this kind of fast and hot play, under Lan Sangkun's strong offensive, he lost the first round, the second round, Lan Sangkun obviously changed his strategy, perhaps to save physical strength, Ready to win the championship in the deciding game, but did not make corresponding adjustments to Zhang Kaiyin, or to ensure the defensive in your back and forth, and ended the second game in the competition without obvious advantages and disadvantages, perhaps the Muay Thai king was unwilling to be silent, and broke out first in the third round, a high whip leg knocked Zhang Kaiyin to the ground, fortunately, Zhang Kaiyin was not panicked, and his steady pace quickly allowed him to recover, and when both sides of the resistance to Lan Sangkun's back attack were forced to the side of the stage, Lan Sangkun hit Zhang Kaiyin's chest and abdomen with a right knee, and the audience all sighed at this time. However, the situation on the field is changing rapidly, and the outcome is unpredictable until the last moment, and the audience who was still pinching a cold sweat for Zhang Kaiyin's hand just now was accompanied by his two heavy punches accompanied by Muay Thai fighter Lan Sangkun leaning to the ground and jumping in an instant, applause from the court, very happy, no one would have expected that the game would only reach the third round, Zhang Kaiyin played a beautiful combination of punches and then hook punches, and directly knocked out the Muay Thai master who had been full of honor and battle-hardened, and the defeat could hardly be described as "miserable". The moment when Zhang Kaiyin knocked out the opponent was really exciting, before the game, he put his heart in his throat, and after the game, he was overjoyed, the gap was so big, it was a bit unbearable, but the fact is that the ring is a place where miracles are created, there are no eternal champions, only eternal heroes, no fighter can guarantee that he will not be knocked down, everything is possible.
Perhaps, in the eyes of Muay Thai champions, regardless of success or failure, as long as they are knocked out by the opponent, it is a matter of honor and disgrace, the winner has no glory, and the loser is humiliated! I really didn't expect that the most interesting group of super confrontations this year ended hastily because the Thai side lost in advance and ended hastily under the indisputable situation, which couldn't help but surprise the audience, and at the same time, as an audience, I can't help but have some regrets in my heart! In fact, this game can be regarded as a narrow victory, judging from the characteristics of Lan Sangkun's attack so fierce and domineering, if Zhang Kaiyin can not directly knock out the opponent in this field, then the hope of winning will be very slim, because the more the battle to the end, the more unfavorable it is to Zhang Kaiyin, fortunately, the Shaolin lay disciples lived up to expectations and won the match point of this tournament in one fell swoop, after the end of the game, the Chinese team locked the victory with 3:1 in advance.