Days ago Xu Xiaodong hit the headlines with yet another MMA vs. traditional martial arts fight. Now it has been revealed, thanks to South China Morning Post, that on the same card as Xu another style vs. style battle went down. That bout featured one of Xu’s previous opponents – the self-proclaimed ‘kung fu’ master Tian Ye (who is 56) – taking on on taekwando black-belt Zhang Long.
Tian’s fight with Xu went down in January. According to SCMP Ye was paid 3 million yuan ($440,000) to fight Xu and stood to earn a purse of 30 million yuan ($4.