![]() It was an emotional celebration as Xiong dedicated her win to her Grandparents, as she wanted to give them a better life with the money she made from MMA, Sadly both passed before she Captured the Title. Her next outing was against Unbeaten fan favourite Tiffany Teo where she blasted Teo in the fourth round becoming China’s first ever MMA World Champion. With all her impressive wins at Kunlun, She made her ONE Championship debut in 2017, knocking out April Osio in the first round, what a way to make a debut. She is highly skilled in boxing,Kickboxing,Muay Thai and BJJ, A force in the cage for any opponent that fights her. Xiong started out in the Chinese based MMA Promotion KunLun where she dominated all her opponents, Most by TKO inside the first round. Her parents supported her and she pursued a Carrer in Martial Arts. She had to leave her family behind, Not so easy for Xiong as family is everything to her. She always dreamt of becoming a World Champion, So in order to do so, she had to relocate to Beijing to focus on her career, but with that came sacrifice. At the age of 18 she trained in weight lifting before transitioning to Boxing, where she was on the Chinese National team. Now the table has flipped as Xiong will be now looking to become a Double Champion of her own and end the Angela Lee reign at Century once and for all.įrom an early age Xiong was already miles ahead of other children when it came to being athletic and she had all the signs of becoming something special.She watched Martial Arts films when she was growing up and was inspired by them to pursue a carrer in Martial Arts. It’s a rematch, when earlier this year at ONE Championship: A New Era in a back and forth fight, Xiong defeated Lee by TKO and also stopped Lee becoming a Double Champion aswell. It was announced at ONE Championship: Century that Angela Lee will defend her ONE Atomweight title against Xiong Jing Nan. Giannis Stofiridis via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:52 – kickboxingįor more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for ONE on Prime Video 2.Xiong Jing Nan is one fighter that you as an MMA fan should know and if you don’t, that’s why I’m here to tell you about her. Daokongfah Banchamek via unanimous decision – muay thai Ryogo Takahashi via split decisionĪnissa Meksen def. Jamal Yusupov via unanimous decision – kickboxing Timofey Nastyukhin via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 0:58 Martin Nguyen via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:33 Cleber Sousa via unanimous decision – grappling title fight The full ONE on Prime Video 2 results include:Ĭhampion Xiong Jing Nan vs. Shortly thereafter, Xiong was declared the victor. They threw their defense out the window and simply threw hands. As the clock winded down toward zero, the two signaled to the crowd. The two women traded blows, swollen, scratched, and bruised. The final round brought as much violence as any. Lee utilized her wrestling late as she shoved Xiong against the fence. ![]() Xiong’s boxing was crisp and effective, as she popped Lee in the face. The championship rounds rolled around but both fighters still looked fresh. Meanwhile, Lee showed some of her better striking moments of the match. She landed effective striking on Lee once again. Xiong, like Lee, was not phased by one poor round. She outgrappled Xiong until the round-end bell and nearly pulled off an anaconda choke. Somehow, Lee did just enough to survive.Īlthough things seemed grim for her as she came out of her corner for Round 2, Lee proved it all to be an illusion. Lee was on the retreat for much of the round with referee Herb Dean close by. In Round 1, Xiong swarmed Lee and even knocked her down. There was a lot of dust that was kicked up over the span of five, five-minute rounds, but initially it looked like the bout might be stopped early on in the contest. ![]() When the dust settled, Jing Nan was declared winner by unanimous decision. ![]() For the third time, Xiong Jing Nan and Angela Lee squared off inside the cage – and for the for the third time fight fans were treated to some high-level, high-paced action.Ītop the ONE on Prime Video 2 event Friday in Singapore, champion Xiong (17-3) and challenger Lee (12-2) competed in a trilogy rubber-match for the women’s strawweight title. ![]()
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