I'm surprised this news hasn't hit the board yet!
Shi Yanzi is set to face Simon Marcus on Jan. 3rd, 2014 at Hero Legends in Jinan, China.
Simon Marcus is a young undefeated (pro) Muay Thai fighter in excellent shape. His total fight record is 48(26 by KO)-2-2 and pro record 35-0-1.
I don't know what Shi Yanzi has been doing lately, but Marcus had 8 fights around the world last year, including other Sanda fights in China. This will also be Sanda rules. So it looks like Yanzi's up against some worthy competition.
This also puts current Shaolin's reputation on the line, doesn't it? Especially if he goes and pulls another "Yi Long" and gets KTFO. Wonder what the Abbot thinks. That's his guy.
WATCH LIVE ONLINE: 01/03 on CCTV-5 at 22:15
Should be viewable on one of the following sites:
http://tv.cntv.cn/live/cctv5/
http://live.olweb.tv/cctv-5