The Wild Wild East: Fighting tales from China and beyond

entry-content__stream "> 2017 saw a rash of unusual MMA and traditional martial arts stories spawn out of China and some nearby nations. These included…

By: Tim Bissell | 6 years ago

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2017 saw a rash of unusual MMA and traditional martial arts stories spawn out of China and some nearby nations. These included bizarre style vs style fights that pitted MMA versus Tai Chi and Wing Chun versus Karate, an MMA gym that adopted hundreds of orphans, and the underground ‘monster fight club’ in Chengdu.

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Tim Bissell

Tim Bissell is a writer, editor and deputy site manager for Bloody Elbow. He has covered combat sports since 2015. Tim covers news and events and has also written longform and investigative pieces. Among Tim's specialties are the intersections between crime and combat sports. Tim has also covered head trauma, concussions and CTE in great detail.

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