

With the win, she became the first Chinese World Champion in mixed martial arts history. She stopped the Singaporean in the fourth round to win the ONE Women's Strawweight Championship belt. Xiong then faced Tiffany Teo for the inaugural strawweight title on January 20, 2018, at ONE Championship: Kings of Courage. Xiong made her promotional debut on December 9, 2017, at ONE Championship: Warriors of the World beating April Osenio.

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Xiong made her professional MMA debut in 2014, fighting exclusively in Kunlun Fight and amassed a record of 10–1 before signing with ONE Championship. She then set her sights on competing in mixed martial arts and threw herself into it completely, training several times a day from morning to night. Īfter adding BJJ to her arsenal, she won a China Open BJJ championship. Of particular note, she loved 'The Swordsman.' Besides standing up for the weak and bullied whenever she could, Xiong made many sacrifices to be the best in her field, moving away from home and foregoing many typical teenage activities to focus on training for competition. She was inspired by Chinese martial arts movies from an early age and has always lived by the heroic values she saw on screen. She began her martial arts journey at the age of 18 as a member of the Shandong women's boxing team and represented China internationally. Xiong was initially scouted and selected to the weightlifting program in a sports school. Xiong was born in Weishan County, Jining, Shandong province in 1988. She is also the first ever Chinese World Champion in mixed martial arts history. She is the inaugural and reigning ONE Women's Strawweight World Champion. Xiong Jingnan ( Chinese: 熊竞楠 born January 12, 1988) is a Chinese mixed martial artist. Xiong Jingnanīrown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Alex Silva In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiong.
