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Xu Yan (kickboxer)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Yan (Chinese: 徐琰; pinyin: Xǔ Yán; born November 22, 1987) is a Chinese Sanda, 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[broken anchor] and gained recognition fighting internationally in promotions such as Fight Code, K-1 and Shootboxing.

Xu Yan
Born (1987-11-22) November 22, 1987 (age 36)
Binzhou, China
Native name徐琰
Other namesThe Chinese Tiger
Phoenix
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
DivisionWelterweight
Middleweight
StyleSanda, Kickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofBeijing, China
TeamBeijing Shenghua International Fighting Club
Years active2003-present
Kickboxing record
Total69
Wins47
By knockout25
Losses21
By knockout8
Draws1
Last updated on: December 31, 2017

Career

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Early career

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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 club 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]

SportAccord and King's Cup tournament

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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] 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.[18] Going down in Bangkok, Thailand on December 5, 2010, Xu was eliminated at the quarter-finals when he lost to Alexander Vogel on points.[19]

Fight Code tournaments

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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.[20][21] 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.[22][23] He lost to Abdallah Mabel via split decision on October 15, 2011, in Marseille, France[24][25] 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.[26][27] 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.[28]

K-1 tournaments

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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.[29] Xu Yan outpointed Quinton Arendse on a Legends of Heroes show in his native country on April 21, 2012[30] 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.[31][32][33]

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.[34][35]

WMC and Hero Legends titles

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

He defeated Mike Zambidis by unanimous decision, dropping him in rounds one and two, at Hero Legends in Jinan, China on December 3, 2014.[36][37]

Hero Legends title reign

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After winning the Hero Legends title, Yan fought with the organization five more times in non-title bouts. In May 2014, he fought Yoshihiro Sato to a draw. A year later, he knocked out Kraisorn Singmamor, and a month after this fight, he scored a TKO win over Yodpichai SorSaksri. In July 2015, he fought twice in the span of two weeks, he won a unanimous decision against Munguntsooj Nandin-Erdene and defeated Ryota Kojima by first round TKO. A month later, he stepped in on short notice to replace Yodsanklai Fairtex against Giorgio Petrosyan, with Hero Legends making the fight a title bout. Petrosyan won the fight by knockout, after dropping Yan by a knee in the third round.[38]

Championships and awards

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Kickboxing

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  • The Challenger
    • The Challenger -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Runner-up
  • Hero Legends
    • Hero Legends World -70 kg/154 lb Championship (1 Time)
    • 2012 Hero Legends -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
    • 2011 Hero Legends -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
    • 2010 Hero Legends -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
    • 2007 Hero Legends -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship
  • IFB International Sanda Tournament
    • IFB International Sanda Tournament Championship
  • 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 Muaythai Council
    • WMC World Super Welterweight (-70 kg/154 lb) Championship

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing record
47 wins (25 KOs), 21 losses, 1 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2018-04-07 Loss   Natta William East of Dragon Weifang, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2018-01-05 Win   Suhela Wang zhe hui meng-MMC Shenzhen, China TKO 3
2017-12-31 Win   Hiroto Hero Legends 2017 Shenyang, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2017-09-09 Win   Kushkov Asgel The World Boxing Championship of Wang zhe hui meng Guangzhou, China TKO 2
2017-04-29 Win   Victor H.Nunes Hero Legends 2017 Tai'an, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2017-01-07 Loss   Khambakhadov Saifullah WBK-22 Hangzhou, China Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
2016-10-30 Win   Castro Hero Legends-Heroic soul Shanghai, China TKO (low kicks) 3 2:36
2016-10-02 Win   Duangpikard Kor Sampaothong Hero Legends Alxa, Inner Mongolia, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2016-09-11 Win   Yamashita Hero Legends Fuqing, Fujian, China KO (punches) 1 1:33
2016-07-09 Win   Cyber Balma Hero Legends Beijing, China TKO (ref.stop/3 knockdowns) 1 2:00
2016-04-02 Loss   Josh Jauncey Glory of Heroes 1 Shenzhen, China KO (high kick) 2
2016-01-16 Win   Asami Zaurus Hero Legends Hainan, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-08-28 Loss   Giorgio Petrosyan Hero Legends Dunhuang, China KO (left knee to the body) 3 1:17
Losses the Hero Legends -70kg Championship.
2015-07-24 Win   Ryota Kojima Hero Legends Chongqing, China KO (punches) 1 1:00
2015-07-10 Win   Munguntsooj Nandin-Erdene Hero Legends Chongqing, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2015-06-05 Win   Yodpichai SorSaksri Hero Legends Shenzhen, China TKO (punches) 2 0:40
2015-05-08 Win   Kraisorn Singmamor Hero Legends Shenzhen, China KO (punches) 1 0:40
2014-05-17 Draw   Yoshihiro Sato Hero Legends [39] Shenzhen, China Decision 3 3:00
2014-01-03 Win   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   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   Abraham Roqueñi K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Reserve Match Athens, Greece Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2012-07-08 Win   Hareruya Legends of Heroes Kunshan, China KO (high kick) 1
2012-05-27 Loss   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   Quinton Arendse Legends of Heroes China Decision 3 3:00
2012-02-17 Win   Yuya Yamamoto Krush.16 Tokyo, Japan TKO (punches) 2 1:39
2011-11-26 Loss   Abdallah Mabel Fight Code Rhinos Series 2011 Part 5, Quarter Finals Geneva, Switzerland Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2011-11-05 Loss   Lamsongkram Chuwattana Legends of Heroes: Muaythai vs. King Fu Changsha, China TKO (knee) 1
2011-10-15 Loss   Abdallah Mabel Fight Code Dragon Series 2011 Part 4, Quarter Finals Marseille, France Decision (split) 3 3:00
2011-08-13 Win   Adil Abbas Legends of Heroes Nanchang, China KO
2011-03-12 Loss   Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee Oktagon 2011 Milan, Italy Decision 3 3:00
2010-12-05 Loss   Alexander Vogel King's Cup 2010, Quarter Finals Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2010-11-13 Loss   Shane Oblonsky Wu Lin Feng: Battle of Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-10-09 Win   Malaipet Sasiprapa Legends of Heroes: Muaythai vs. Kung Fu Pahang, Malaysia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-09-03 Loss   Stračanek Gregor SportAccord World Combat Games, Quarter Finals -71 kg Beijing, China Decision 3 3:00
2010-06-19 Loss   Buakaw Por. Pramuk Wu Lin Feng Zhengzhou, China Decision 3 3:00
2010-05-11 Win   Luis Bio WCK Muay Thai Show Sichuan, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-04-25 Win   Ben Barwise Wu Lin Feng Luoyang, China Extension round decision 4 3:00
2009-11-27 Loss   Lee Su-Hwan The Khan 2 Seoul, South Korea TKO (left cross) 2 2:10
2009-10-26 Win   Yuichiro Nagashima K-1 World MAX 2009 World Championship Tournament Final Yokohama, Japan KO (left hook) 1 1:04
2009-08-30 Win   Baxter Humby WCK Muay Thai Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (split) 3 3:00
2009-05-31 Loss   Heung Pak-Wing The Challenger, Final Macau KO (right head kick) 1 0:15
For The Challenger -70 kg/154 lb Tournament Championship.
2009-05-31 Win   Keiji Ozaki The Challenger, Semi Finals Macau Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-03-20 Loss   Kim Se-Ki K-1 Award & MAX Korea 2009 Seoul, South Korea TKO (punches) 2 1:30
2009-01-18 Loss   Vuyisile Colossa Legends of Heroes Beijing, China Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
2008-01-12 Loss   Malaipet Sasiprapa WCK: Full Rules Muaythai Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO (elbow injury) 1 2:43
2007-10-13 Win   Joey Pagliuso Legends of Heroes Shenzhen, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2007-09-00 Win   Akarn Sannaha IFB International Sanda Tournament, Final Guangzhou, China Decision 3 3:00
Wins the IFB International Sanda Tournament Championship.
2007-05-25 Loss   Kenichi Ogata Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 2nd Tokyo, Japan KO (left knee to the body) 3 0:56
2007-01-27 Loss   Zhao Zhao Legends of Heroes Beijing, China Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

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References

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