Chinese year ender shows time. EM and Faith had shows last weekend but they have more too.
Faith and GoH this upcoming weekend. GoH has done a bunch of shows lately, just a shame nobody outside China can really see them very easily. Another Goh, Wu Lin Feng and Kunlun the following weekend.
GoHJan 27th and Feb 3rd
just some of the fights
Qiu Jianliang vs. Nagashima at 70kg (OK fight, not the greatest, gotten a decent amount of shit from the Chinese fans. Only interesting bit there is QJL trying out 70kg.)
Varga vs. Tie Yinghua
Wei Rui is supposed to fight on one of these shows and slightly up in weight too but we'll see.
The Feb 3rd show at least was supposed to be live on tv and we might actually be able to watch it!
Wu Lin Feng
Feb 3rd
Eersel vs. Lidon (This was supposed to be Eersel vs. Doumbe but Glory employed Doumbe instead, still a nice fight)
Gong Yanli
Singdam
Yodsanklai vs. Kehl (Kunlun fucked up here)
Yang Zhuo (Kunlun fucked up here too)
Much better than what I expected from them tbh.
Shorter than usual New Years show. First time no Yi Long, Fang Bian or basically any of the other main guys who are now with GoH other than Yang Zhuo. They've also promoted this pretty abysmally compared to prior years so interesting to see how it goes for them.
Wu Lin Feng found a new partner and they had a big presser talking all kinds of stuff. They "signed" a bunch of fighters. Fighters like Yi Long and Gong Yanli who have already been their fighters and were going to be so not a huge deal really. Also some notable Sanda guys but we'll see how that all goes in time. Things on the Yi Long front been pretty quiet post losing to Sitti so will he even fight anymore and if he does then can they just go back to some random fights? Anyways they should have some more money at their disposal now.
Not entirely sure but think Fang Bian might be kind of out with Wu Lin Feng with some disagreements there. He was at a Kunlun presser recently and that could be a nice addition for Kunlun if they did something together. Not sure if he is still going to fight though.
Kunlun needs to stop publicizing shit when they don't have contracts in place. They fucked up touting hey everyone Yod is back and then it happens in Wu Lin Feng instead
They also said Yang Zhuo would be fighting on K69 and instead he fought on Emei and will be on the Wu Lin Feng event. Yod probably making fairly nice money so good for him at least.
Kunlun Fight 69
Feb 4
Superbon vs. Kuliaba
Grigorian vs Zuev
Kryklia, Micheletti, Azizpour
Buakaw vs. Naynesh Ayman (who many thought beat Superbon)
61.5kg champ Seksan
75kg champ Gurkov
+ their main Chinese MMA guys
Interesting times ahead for Kunlun. Think they need more money, think they'll get more money...but how much and will that be enough? They have to start getting profitable and hoping they somehow managed to do that and at the same time actually up their quality a bit and not downgrade. 70kg tournament I feel like is a bit at a crossroads. IMO they either need new top tier current name(s) in there or at least someone like a Souwer or just do a smaller tournament. Who knows what's the deal with Superbon going forward and if Grigorian wins is it just off back to Glory for him or what?
, + at least Varga. Emei has some decent names on and someone teased maybe even Petro fighting there but idk about that. Wu Lin Feng been super quiet about their year ender. Interesting to see what they put together for what's usually their biggest show of the year. perhaps no Yi Long and Fang Bian anymore this time around?
