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ONE STRAWEIGHT MMA WORLD CHAMPION
DIVISION: STRAWEIGHT MMA (CHAMPION) | GYM: EVOLVE MMA
Location: Singapore
- Xiong was born in Jining, China.
- “The Panda” made history as China’s first-ever MMA World Champion.
- She became the first fighter to ever beat MMA legend Angela Lee.
- Xiong has the most wins in ONE Women’s Strawweight division history.
- Xiong has the most total fight time in ONE history (3 hours, 22 minutes).
In pursuit of her lifelong dream of becoming a professional athlete, Xiong Jing Nan was originally training to be a weightlifter before she discovered boxing. She began her martial arts journey at age 18 as a member of the Shandong women’s boxing team and soon went on to represent China internationally.
Encouraged by her father to focus on martial arts, she flourished. Xiong made many sacrifices to be the best in her field, moving away from home and foregoing typical teenage activities to focus on training. After adding BJJ to her arsenal, she went on to win a China Open BJJ championship.
She then set her sights on competing in MMA and threw herself into it completely, training four times a day until late at night. After a stellar 12-1 run competing in China, she made a successful debut on the global stage of ONE with an impressive knockout victory in 2017. That led her to a shot at the inaugural ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship in 2018, which she seized with yet another KO to make history as China’s first-ever MMA World Champion.
She has since successfully defended the belt seven times and is determined to do so once again on
September 6 at ONE 168 against reigning atomweight MMA queen Stamp Fairtex.