Originally Posted by Tom Yum

Its happening more frequently.

Most of the time, its China's best vs. Thailand's pretty good fighters, some san shou guys are getting to K-1 level!

Sanshou is a little different than muay thai. They don't use elbows, but use a few additional kicks that muay thai fighters don't use - like the side kick, axe kick and spinning back kick in addition to the Thai style push kick and shin kick.

They also throw from the clinch. The Chinese fighters learn shuai jiao (Chinese grappling) which is a form of martial arts itself, plus they get coached by western wrestling coaches.

IMO you have to be in absolutely awesome condition to be a san shou fighter, more so than boxing or wrestling alone. Still waiting for the Cung Le vs. Liu Hailong matchup!!