Andrew Pi is a Chinese Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and businessman.
10 Facts About Andy Pi
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Andy Pi is best known as a founder of Art of War Fighting Championship, the first professional mixed martial arts promotion in China.
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Andy Pi is considered the Godfather of MMA and BJJ in China due to his contribution in building the MMA and BJJ scenes there.
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Andy Pi's grandfather was a general in Chiang Kai Shek's air force.
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Andy Pi grew up idolizing Bruce Lee and trained in Karate and Kung Fu.
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Andy Pi attended the University of California, Riverside graduating in 1995 with a degree in Psychology.
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Andy Pi noticed how Royce Gracie would win all the fights by taking down people bigger than him and forcing them to give up without hurting them.
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Andy Pi then took some Chinese judo practitioners to compete at the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships.
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Andy Pi met Zhao Xuejun, a renowned Sanda coach who convinced Pi that he didn't need to seek out pure grapplers and that Sanda fighters were just as capable of competing in MMA.
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Andy Pi would go on to be the first fighter from China to not only fight in the UFC but win a fight in the promotion where he defeated Jason Reinhardt at UFC 127 via guillotine choke.