即将登陆UFC的中国第一人~张铁泉head kick legend专访

yhx · 发表于 2010-7-20 09:45:39

传闻UFC正式开始了在中国的选手甄选之路，而张铁泉被视为其中的大热门。

国外的kick head legend网站目前贴出了对他的独家专访，当视为被国外mma媒体认识的第一个中国职业mma选手~以下为正文：

张铁泉在他的职业生涯中获得了很多第一。他在“英雄榜”上进行了他的第一场mma比赛并取得了第一次胜利。他是中国的第一个巴西柔术紫带获得者和第一个mma冠军。但即将到来的下一个第一将会全面超过前面的任何一个：那就是第一个进入UFC的中国战士。随着UFC计划打入中国市场，在中国开设了办公室和推出UFC.cn网站以来。这个世界上人口最多的国家成为ZUFFA(UFC母公司)的挖掘重点已经不再是什么秘密了。现在，我对面坐着的就是“张铁泉”，我们即将来讨论一下他对UFC的想法，他的武术背景，散打，甚至成龙。

----这是你的第一次接受美国记者的采访吗？你能否为你的美国fans们介绍一下自己呢？

张铁泉：是的，当然没问题。我是来自中国内蒙古的蒙古族战士。我在China Top Team的 Ruy Menezes门下练习。我从小就练习了摔跤，在16岁的时候就获得了内蒙古摔跤大赛冠军。之后被招进了中国最顶尖的一所散打学院学习散打。我在那里训练了5年并获得了不少胜利和荣誉，一直到北京安迪柔术馆的andy pi来找一些选手参加mma比赛。我和我的好友，敖海林，戴双海是当时唯一接受了安迪offer的人，然后开始在他那里学习BJJ和mma，5年后，我们都获得了紫带并且在mma比赛中变得难以被击败。

--这么说来mma在中国已经开展了5年，但仍然有很多选手不来练习BJJ，这是为什么？

张铁泉：因为他们继续练习散打和参加散打比赛能赚到更多的钱。一旦这项运动获得了更多的资金和媒体关注，那么也会有更多的散打选手开始练习mma的。散打选手都会摔跤，我们知道怎么把一个人放倒，对此而言，散打转型到mma是相对容易的。实际上，散打和巴西柔术可以很好的结合起来。

--你是中国的第一个巴西柔术紫带，你现在对你的BJJ功力感觉如何呢？

张铁泉：还有很多进步的空间，我仍然需要更多的练习和保持进步的渴望。

--你的上一场比赛，香港的“武林传奇2”中的对手也是一名bjj紫带，但你只用了不到一分钟就用断头台降服了他，你对此有什么感想？

张铁泉：感觉非常好。要知道，即使是蓝带，在BJJ比赛中也是非常难以降服的。

--对这个比赛感觉怎样?

张铁泉：非常好。食物，交通，住宿等安排都非常的专业。来的媒体也基本上都是国外的。这对我来说很好，我将告诉世界，中国的选手已经准备好参与国际竞争了。

--你获得了当晚的最佳降服奖？这为你带来了多少收入呢？

张铁泉：这项运动在中国还不大。因此我也挣不到像其他国家的这么多，但我不能抱怨。我至少不用每天都必须工作。

--UFC已经来到了中国，并传闻你就是第一个进入UFC的中国选手，你对此有何感想？

张铁泉：我非常热爱这项运动，进入UFC也是我一直以来的梦想。我非常希望我能得到这次机会，这也激励着我在训练中更加努力~

--许多国外选手都会减重参加比赛。但很多亚洲选手对此非常反感，经验也不多。你对此怎么看？

张铁泉：我曾经在155磅打过，我会在这个级别比赛。

--你对UFC选手的映像怎么样呢？

张铁泉：他们训练非常刻苦，专业，战斗水平很高。但这些只会激励我做得更好~！

--现在许多mma运动员学习拳击，摔跤，BJJ，你觉得散打对于这些科目有什么优势？

张铁泉：我是蒙古人，我从小就开始学习摔跤了。我的优势就是我可以很清晰的把他们带到地面战斗。

--一些有名的散打选手，如巴特尔，宝力高也曾经打过mma比赛，但为什么他们不继续下去了呢？

张铁泉：他们其实真的很喜欢mma。但现在事实是散打能拿到更多的钱。当然我们也随时欢迎他们来 China Top Team训练。

--目前中国mma市场正处于起步阶段，合作是否非常重要？(译者注：不知道这个合作指的是国内自己人的合作还是和国外的合作)

张铁泉：那是当然的~！但遗憾的是我们目前合作得还不是很好。

--目前新加坡一个月大概举办了3到4场mma比赛，但遗憾的是目前还没有哪个中国顶尖的mma选手去那里参加比赛？

张铁泉：我们这里也有一些管理问题，我们也正在设法解决。

--Ole Laursen（前丹麦泰拳名将）现在已经参加了mma，并在5月获得了一场胜利。你曾今在英雄榜10中击败了他的好友，训练搭档Malik。
有传闻说ole一直想给他的兄弟报仇，如果你们两个对上的话，你将怎么来面对k-1级别的踢拳手？

张铁泉：我和他打没问题。中国也长时间的有泰拳和散打的交流比赛。对付这些踢拳手最好的方法就是截住他们踢击，并摔倒他们。

--你认为什么时候mma可以在中国起飞呢？

张铁泉：一旦我们获得了媒体和资金的支持。在3到5年内应该会起来。目前大部分中国民众，甚至运动员，都不知道什么是mma。当我告诉许多人我的职业的时候，很多人都说：“那是散打么？”(笑)，在内蒙古因为内蒙古电视台播放英雄榜赛事，现在这项运动在那里已经广为人知了。所以我
认为你说的这个事情只是一个时间问题。

--最近，UFC因为被指太暴力，而在德国杯取消了，你认为中国的民众对此会有什么看法？

张铁泉：按事实来讲，我们这里确实也存在一样的问题。许多领导和官员都认识这个太过暴力。但其实，中国人民很喜欢搏击类运动。我认为，mma在十年之内将会取代散打成为中国最大的搏击运动。就像mma目前在美国对拳击做的那样。

--如果UFC在中国如果办一场比赛而没有中国选手参加，你觉得中国观众会感兴趣吗？

张铁泉：我会，但我认为大部分人不会。

--你打得过成龙吗？

张铁泉：我会粉碎他的。。

--李连杰呢？

张铁泉：（笑）我会秒杀他的。。

--那么李小龙呢？

张铁泉：我很想，但得有这个机会才行。（笑）

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Zhang Tie Quan has achieved a lot of firsts in his career: he won the first fight on Art of War's first show, and he's China's first BJJ purple belt and MMA Champ. But one distinction would trump them all: the first Chinese fighter in the UFC. With the UFC planning to open a China office by years-end and the recent launch of ufc.cn, it's no secret the world's most populated country is hot on Zuffa's radar. I recently sat down with Zhang to discuss his thoughts on the UFC, his martial arts background, San Da, BJJ and even Jackie Chan. Here's what he had to say:

This is your first American interview. Can you introduce yourself to your American fans?

Yeah, no problem. My name's Zhang Tie Quan, I'm a Mongolian-Chinese fighter from Inner Mongolia. I train at China Top Team under Ruy Menezes. I started wrestling when I was a kid. At 16 I won the Inner Mongolian Wrestling Championships and got recruited to fight San Da at one of China’s top San Da Academies. I trained there for about five years and won a few titles until Andy Pi of Art of War and Beijing Jiu-Jitsu came by looking for fighters to compete in MMA. Me and my buddies, Ao Hai Lin and Dai Shuang Hai, were the only guys who took him up on his offer to learn BJJ and MMA at his academy in Beijing. Five years later and we're all all purple belts and undefeated in MMA.

MMA has been around for five years in China, but most Chinese fighters still seem adverse to studying BJJ. Why is that?

Money. Guys are still making more money training and competing in San Da than they would in MMA. Once the money and media get behind the sport, more fighters will make the transition. All San Da fighters know how to wrestle, we know how to take people down, so the transition itself is easy. The truth is, San Da and BJJ complement each other really well.

You’re China’s first ever purple belt. How do you feel about your BJJ right now?

There’s always room for improvement. I still have some work to do and I still have the desire to improve.

Your opponent in Legend FC 2 in Hong Kong was another BJJ purple belt and you submitted him in under a minute with a guillotine choke. How did that make you feel?

Good. Even blue belts are hard to submit in BJJ.

How was the show?

It was good. The food, transportation, accommodation, everything was really professional. The media they had there was from outside of China, so that was good. Right now I want the world to know that Chinese fighters are ready to compete internationally.

You won Submission of the Night at Legends? How are the purses in China?

The sport’s still not that big here, so we’re not making what fighters in other countries are, but I can’t complain; I don’t have to work a day job.

The UFC is coming to China and you are rumored to be the first Chinese fighter to participate in it. How does that make you feel?

I'm a fan of the sport, so fighting in the UFC is a dream of mine. I’m excited by the opportunity and it definitely serves as a motivation factor for me in training.

A lot of foreign fighters cut weight, but Asian fighters are notriously adverse to it and sometimes suffer because of that. How would you approach weight cutting?

I’ve fought at 155 before. I could do it again.

What are your impressions of UFC fighters?

I think they train hard, they’re really professional, and they fight well. Again, that just motivates me more.

Most Mixed Martial Artists right now practice boxing, BJJ, and wrestling. What advantage does San Da over those disciplines?

I’m Mongolian, so I’ve been wrestling since I was a kid. My advantage is definitely taking the fight to the ground.

Some of the biggest names in San Da, like Ba Te Er and Bao Li Gao, have fought MMA before, but have since put their MMA careers on hold. Why is that?

Actually those guys really like fighting MMA, but right now there’s just more money in San Da. They’re always welcome to come train at China Top Team.

Right now Singapore is holding three to four Martial Combat events a month, but so far not one of the biggest names in Chinese MMA has competed there. Why?

There’s some management issues we’re trying to clear up.

When do you think MMA will take off in China?

Once we have the media behind us and the money’s there, so three to five years. Right now most Chinese people, and not even athletes, know what MMA is. When I tell people what I do for a living, most people ask me 'is that like San Da?' (laughs) Inner Mongolia TV used to run Art of War shows, so the sport really took off there. The way I see it it's just a matter of time.

Recently the UFC was deemed too violent and taken off the air in Germany. How do you think Chinese people will react to the sport?

Actually we've had the same problem here; a lot of officials think it's too violent. But in the end Chinese people really like combat sports and martial arts in general. I think within ten years MMA will replace San Da as the biggest combat sport in China, much like what MMA did to boxing in the US.