UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs Tate aired live in Asia on Sunday, November 21 from UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The event was dominated by many grappling hot prospects who showed stunning technique and grinding power.
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One of the prospect fighting on the prelims is Chinaโs own UFC Academy graduate ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป gave an excellent account of himself in his second Octagon appearance against veteran Sean Soriano, his strong wrestling acumen on full display. Takedowns, control and ground strikes earned Shayilan the unanimous decision win, and he said,
โ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐โ๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐โ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป.โ
Shayilan is a Chinese national from the minority Kazakh. At 27 he has already amassed a 20-7-0 MMA record. Shayilan said his people comes from warriors tribe that likes to fight. Historically they are great warriors on horseback & have a tradition of wrestling that is still very popular. Shayilan train in this form of wrestling since his teenage years and build a career as a wrestler.
What made him transition to MMA since five years ago was when he saw how successful Conor McGregor is. Shayilan began his MMA training at China Top Team in Beijing with the likes of former UFC lightweight Zhang Tiequan, as well as the first male Chinese fighter to break into a top-15 ranking in welterweight Li โThe Leechโ Jingliang (18-6), ranked 11, and the first Chinese woman the UFC ever signed in the third-ranked strawweight Yan โFuryโ Xiaonan (13-1, one no contest).
He has since the last two years trains at UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai.
