Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Xu Yan set for Hero Legend event on August 28

It was rumored earlier this week that Giorgio Petrosyan would be fighting Yodsanklai Fairtex at Hero Legend on August 28. Despite everyone wanting that fight to be true, we unfortunately confirmed that the bout would not be taking place. With Yodsanklai fighting August 8th in Australia, it left everyone wondering if Petrosyan would at least be fighting at the Hero Legend event. It has now been confirmed that Petrosyan will be fighting China's Xu Yan at the event.

Petrosyan will be looking to win this third consecutive fight since his shocking loss to Andy Risite at Glory 12. His last two wins came over respected fighters Erkan Varol and Enriko Kehl.

Yan will look to win his fourth consecutive fight. He has not tasted defeat in his last six bouts, although there is a draw against Yoshihiro Sato among those six bouts. A regular on the Hero Legend cards, Yan holds wins over fighters like Mike Zambidis and Mexico's Luis Bio.

Fight Card:

Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Xu Yan

Hero Legends 2014 Results and Recap

Hero Legends 2014 took place last night in Jinan, China and there were some big names fighting on the night. K-1 veteran Mike Zambidis took on Xu Yan in a fight that surprised many as Yan cruised to a unanimous decision win over Zambidis. Yan was firing on all cylinders, he knocked Zambidis down twice in the fight once in the first round and once in the second round. When it was over there was no doubt that Yan had out pointed Zambidis in what is easily one of the biggest wins of Yan's career.

Artur Kyshenko made quick work of Wen Jindo knocking him out less than a minute into their fight. Kyshenko came out and landed some big head kicks to score the victory.

Simon Marcus kept his undefeated record intact as he defeated Li Bei by first round knockout. Marcus was originally set to fight Shifu Yanzi but Bei replaced Yanzi at the last minute. Marcus scored two official knockdowns in the first round and after the second it was clear that Bei could not continue and the referee stopped the fight. With the win Marcus improves to 37-0-1.

Results:

Xu Yan def. Mike Zambidis via Unanimous Decision

Artur Kyshenko def. Wen Jindo via KO in Rd. 1

Simon Marcus def. Li Bei via (T)KO in Rd. 1

Wong Chung Kong def. Sheng Pei Kangnan via Unanimous Decision

Liu Wei def. Nicholas Lemeche via (T)KO in Rd. 1

 

Xu Yan replaces Dzhabar Askerov at Fight Code Dragon Series Final 8

Dzhabar Askerov recently had to withdraw from the Fight Code Dragons Series Final 8 which is taking place in Marseille, France on October 15th. Scheduling conflicts with another match that Askerov has lined up forced his withdrawl, in to replace Askerov is China's Xu Yan.

The official word from Fight Code is that they have decided to include Xu Yan in the tournament based on his fight against Susakorn in Milan during the Final 16. Despite losing a decision they felt that Yan had an impressive showing. He will now face France's Abdellah Mabel.

Kings Cup 8 man tournament draw, Pique, Oberg, and Askerov out

The draw to set the match-ups for the Kings Cup 8 man tournament has taken place. In some interesting changes Marco Pique (Holland), Dzhabar Askerov (Russia) will not fight because they are present at the Rumble of the Kings, and Marcus Oberg (Sweeden) withdrew from the tournament for unknown reasons.

Stepping in to take their slots in the tournament will be Xu Yan (China), Alexandre Vogel (Germany), and Soleimani (Iran). Although they might not carry the name power of Pique and Dzhabar they made sure quality replacements were selected, and the tournament still shapes out to be a talent filled event. Yodsanklai and Cosmo Alexandre are the favorites to reach the tournament finals.

WCK Muay Thai WuLinFeng Spectacular Results

The Chinese WuLinFeng team bested the United States team by winning five of the nine match-ups that took place at Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. The United States claimed three victories.

Shane Oblonsky put on a great show to defeat Xu Yan by unanimous decision. Yan was coming off a unanimous decision victory of his own against the highly regarded Malaipet. The other bright spots for the U.S. team were Adrien Grotte who won via KO in Rd.2 against Yi Long, and Andy Kapel, whom took home a close split decision against Guo Qiang. In quite a surprise Heath "Cowboy" Harris was defeated by Wang Hongxiang by TKO in the first round, unfortunately for Harris he suffered an ankle injury. The WuLinFeng team definitely came prepared and unfortunately for the United States team they were not able to claim victory with the final tally ending up 5-3-1 in favor of the WuLinFeng team.

Shane Oblonsky replaces Raul Rodriguez at WCK Muay Thai at Harrah's in Las Vegas

Raul Rodriguez was originally announced as the fighter that would be representing America against Xu Yan, but a change has occurred and Shane Oblonsky will now face Xu Yan.

Oblonsky Will join the rest of the U.S. team as they take on the the Chinese WuLinFeng Team. Oblonsky last competed in September at the MTAA Muay Thai National Championships where he defeated Anthony McDavitt by KO.