kickbox_win birth_place weight other_names kickbox_kowin image_size nationality height name birth_date article_title kickbox_loss birth_name style
52 shandong , china 80 kg lb st on liu tui pi gua , king of sanda 12 200px china chinese 1.76 0 liu hailong 30 may 1981 liu hailong
 4 liu hailong sanshou
liu hailong

liu hailong -lrb- chinese : 柳海龙 , pinyin : liǔ hǎilóng , born may 30 , 1981 in shandong province -rrb- is a chinese sanshou kickboxer .
liu 's rise to fame came in 2000 in the inaugural king of sanda tournament .
liu not only won his weight class , but went on to win a grueling one-night open weight round robin tournament against much bigger fighters as well , giving him the title sanda `` king of kings '' .
exciting and charismatic , liu is almost certainly china 's most recognized combat athlete .
in 2003 , liu faced a fellow king of sanda in yuan yubao in the promotion 's first `` superfight '' , defeating him soundly by decision to earn the title of `` super king of sanda '' .
at the sanshou world championships in macau , liu faced muslim salihov in amateur rules competition and beat him on points to win the 80 kg division gold medal .
salihov is a highly accomplished russian sanshou fighter who would later become a king of sanda himself .
some fight observers believe salihov won the closely contested match .
in december 2003 , liu scored a unanimous decision over eduardo fujihara to claim the ikf sanshou world championship .
other chinese fighters who participated in that event include bao li gao .
at the world sanda kings tournament in 2003 there was a challenge issued by well-known american sanshou fighter cung le to liu hailong for a `` superfight `` to decide who was the best in the world .
however the highly anticipated matchup never materialized between the two sides .
after an injury in 2005 , liu retired from the sport .
in 2009 , he made a comeback facing and koing japanese fighter iga koji .
