'The Iron Man' will soon become 'The Iron Monk' as Rodtang Jitmuangnon will join the tradition in Thailand for young men to become Buddhist monks. He will shave off his hair and begin a period of ...

'The Hunter' Xie Wei is a former Shaolin Monk and now competes in mixed martial arts for ONE Championship. The Chinese-born fighter was a martial arts instructor at the Shaolin Temple and will next be ...

THIS footage shows the incredible moment a self-proclaimed Shaolin monk barely flinches as he absorbs a brutal barrage of punches in an MMA clash. Fearless Shaolin Yi Long, who describes himself as a ...

It’s a big world out there and for every bearded, backyard YouTube fighter; I’ll wager there are a hundred Chinese Shaolin priests tucked away in spartan mountain temples doing one-finger pushups. And ...

Chinese MMA fighter Xu Xiaodong returned to the ring on Friday in Bangkok, Thailand, but this time it wasn’t a kung fu “fraud” he pulverised – it was a famous Japanese cosplayer instead. Yuichiro ...

Xu Xiaodong’s return to fighting was such a stroll he even pretended to fall asleep in the corner of the ring at one point. But he could be caught napping if he takes his next opponent so lightly. The ...