On Saturday, Jan. 14, Wu Lin Feng returned to Zhengzhou, Henan, China with its ‘year end’ show, Wu Lin Feng 2017.
In the evening’s main event, the winner of the one-night, eight-man 63-kilogram tournament was crowned. In the quarterfinal match-ups, China’s Liu Wei took on heavy-hitting Russian Tamerlan Bashirov, Joey “The Filipino Kid” Baylon met Zhao Fuxiang, China’s Jin Ying fought Colombia’s Joan Manuel Lique Canaveral, and Romania’s Adrian Maxim clashed with China’s Wang Zhiwei.
In the evening’s main card action, top-10 middleweight Fang Bian earned his 53rd straight win against Germany’s Berat Aliu. One of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters and the current K-1 65-kilogram champion, Kaew Weerasakreck, came to China to fight local favorite Wang Pengfei. Japanese K-1 veteran Yuta Kubo fought China’s Xie Lei. Aggressive former Muay Thai stadium champion Saiyok met Sun Weiqiang. One of China’s most popular fighters, Yi “The Fighting Shaolin Monk” Long returned against Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer Marco Piqué.
Lastly, a one-night, four-man 70-kilogram tournament started off the night. The tournament featured former top-10 kickboxer Enriko Kehl against Belorussian Farkhad Akhmejanau and top Chinese 70-kilogram fighter Jiao Fukai opposite Russia’s Shamil Gasanbekov.
The event aired live at 6:30 a.m. ET on Henan TV.
Oleg Primachev def. Hao Guanghua by knockout (knee). Round 1
Fang Bian def. Berat Aliu by decision
Shamil Gasanbekov def. Enriko Kehl by decision – 70-kilogram tournament final
Zhao Fuxiang def. Tamerlan Bashirov by decision – 63-kilogram tournament semifinal
Adrian Maxim def. Jin Ying by decision – 63-kilogram tournament semifinal
Yi Long def. Marco Piqué by decision
Kaew Weerasakreck def. Wang Pengfei by decision
Xie Lei vs. Yuta Kubo by decision
Sun Weiqiang def. Saiyok Pumpanmuang by decision
Tamerlan Bashirov def. Liu Wei by knockout (left hook). Round 2 – 63-kilogram tournament quarterfinal
Zhao Fuxiang def. Joey Baylon by decision – 63-kilogram tournament quarterfinal
Jin Ying def. Joan Canaveral by decision – 63-kilogram tournament quarterfinal
Adrian Maxim def. Wang Zhiwei by decision – 63-kilogram tournament quarterfinal
Shamil Gasanbekov def. Jiao Fukai – 70-kilogram tournament semifinal
Enriko Kehl def. Farkhad Akhmejanau – 70-kilogram tournament semifinal