DAY OF DESTRUCTION-TV presents the World Championship of the WLF between “The Monk” Yi Long from China versus Muay Thai legend Buakaw Banchamek from Thailand. The fight was detained in Jiyuan, China and was called “The Fight Of The Century” by the promoter. Buakaw won the fight by decision on points. Referee of that match was the famous Tony Weeks from Las Vegas, Nevada – USA.

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About Buakaw Banchamek

Buakaw Banchamek aka Buakhao (Thai meaning, “white lotus”, born May 8, 1982) is a Thai welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer, who formerly fought out of Por. Pramuk Gym, in Bangkok, Thailand under the ring name Buakaw Por. Pramuk. He is a former two time Omnoi Stadium champion, Lumpini Stadium Toyota Marathon Champion, Thailand Featherweight champion and two time, 2004, 2006 K-1 World MAX champion.

In addition, Buakaw also played professional football as a forward in Regional League Division 2 for RBAC F.C.

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About Yi Long

Yi Long is a Chinese amateur fighter often promoted as a Shaolin Kung Fu monk by Wu Lin Feng (WLF), a martial arts competition organization. In the past, Yi Long was billed as the number one Shaolin Kung Fu monk.

Is he a Shaolin Monk?

On December 14, 2010, a spokesman of the Shaolin Temple claimed,

Yi Long, who was billed as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk, is neither a Kung Fu monk of Shaolin Temple, nor could he be named as the No. 1 Shaolin Kung Fu monk at all.

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Yi Long participated in many international tournaments that Wulingfeng organized. He studied kung fu in Shaolin Temple, where he mastered many traditional Chinese martial arts. He expressed his own opinion in an interview with the Global Times about the difference between Chinese kung fu and other martial arts like American boxing and Korean taekwondo.

“But Shaolin kung fu and Muay Thai have many things in common. Muay Thai is good at steel knees, iron elbows and iron legs, those who master Muay Thai have strong defenses. It’s the same in Shaolin kung fu. In Shaolin we have iron fists, iron legs and iron cloth (means the body is hard enough to defend any attack),” said Yi Long.

Without doubt, Muay Thai is a strong rival. “Thailand is a country of martial arts, a country of actual combat. They were trained to fight in matches since they were children,” Yi Long said.

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