
Then, he said: ‘This is what you get, you have to be responsible for what you have done.’” #2 She Protects The DefenselessĪnother important lesson Xiong learned from her father was that everyone is equal.

“He asked me if it felt painful first, and then asked me why I did it. “He taught me some principles,” she recalls of the experience. Her father did not take her to the hospital at first, instead wanting to acknowledge her mistake and use it was a learning experience. “The Panda” points to a childhood episode, where she climbed a neighbor’s house to pick fruit and broke her hand following a fall from the roof. Also, she is grateful that he taught her some of life’s most important lessons, like never running away from difficulties, and always taking responsibility for her actions. She credits him for instilling strong moral values in her, like being brave, confident and disciplined. Xiong always had a great relationship with her father, and attributes much of her success to him.

#1 She Owes All Her Success To Her Father Here are five important things you need to know about your new strawweight queen. With the victory, she also became the first China-born world champion in the cage.

“The Panda” stopped the Singaporean via TKO at the 2:17 mark of the fourth round to claim the belt. The 30-year-old Chinese martial arts prodigy had a fantastic performance, as she dominated Singapore’s Tiffany “No Chill” Teo (7-1) in the inaugural match for the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship.Īlthough the previously-unbeaten Teo showed tremendous heart and resilience, Xiong’s blistering offensive attack and striking superiority was simply too much for her to withstand. Following an impressive win at ONE: KINGS OF COURAGE in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday, 20 January, newly-crowned strawweight queen “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan (14-1) has emerged as one of the biggest martial arts superstars in the world.
