Bi Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American female mixed martial arts fighter who competes at the amateur and professional levels. She competed at atomweight and strawweight. Initially, she trained in Muay Thai and later in boxing and kickboxing.
Wiki/Biography
Bi Nguyen was born in Vietnam on Monday, October 30, 1989 (age 33; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Scorpio. In 1995, she moved with her family from Vietnam to Oakland, California. She arrived in the United States on March 3, 1995. He started delivering newspapers at the age of 10, often working until 3 in the morning. At the age of 15, she left her family and moved to Houston, Texas. She learned to drive and at 17 she bought an apartment. She completed her education at Eisenhower High School in Texas.
appearance
Height: 4′11″
Weight (approximately): 50kg
Hair color: brown
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 34-28-34
family
Parents and siblings
Her father was a general in the Vietnamese army and her mother was a housewife. She is the youngest of 10 siblings.
husband and children
She is unmarried and has no children.
Relationships/Affairs
She met a boy at the hotel where she worked as a waiter. According to one source, her relationship lasted five years; however, according to another source, the duration was one year. She described it as an abusive relationship. Her boyfriend hit, kicked and stabbed her. One day, she was sitting in the passenger seat of a car and her boyfriend was speeding. The police car noticed that they were going too fast and signaled them to stop; however, her boyfriend did not stop and they started chasing them. Her boyfriend lost control of the car, causing it to roll six times. Police took her to hospital, where hospital staff confirmed her previous injuries. She reported the abuse to police, and her boyfriend was arrested for a parole violation and later incarcerated.
Profession
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
She started taking Muay Thai self-defense classes when she was 21. In 2014, she began competing in amateur MMA tournaments and made her debut with the Texas-based promotion Legacy FC. Her first amateur match was against Ashley Milligan, which she won. For a while, she worked and lived at the gym because she couldn’t afford to live anywhere else. She did cleaning and front desk work in exchange for a membership and a place to sleep. She won the King of the Cage atomweight title on November 13, 2015 against Tonya Leis. She turned pro in 2016. Her first professional match was against Andy Nguyen, which she won.
She has participated in “TKO Fighting League” and “King of the Cage”. In 2018, she signed with ONE Championship. She won her battles with Dwi Ani Retno Wulan and Ritu Phogat. She lost matches against Bozhena Antoniyar, Nong Stamp, Jihin Radzuan, Jennifer Olsim and Heqin Lin. She left ONE Championship in August 2022.
In November 2022, she lost a strawweight title fight to Puja Tomar in the Matrix Fight Night (MFN -10) tournament. As of 2022, she has a career record of 6 wins and 9 losses.
television
In 2018, she participated in the 37th season of “Survivor”. She was originally a member of Team David, but 10 days after joining, she had to leave the show due to a knee injury while performing a mission on the show.
In 2022, she appeared as a mentor on the show India Warrior, along with host Vidyut Jammwal and other mentors Mykel Hawke, Shaun Koher and Shifu Kanishka.
Facts/Trivia
- She trains at Xtreme Couture Gym in Las Vegas and Heritage Muay Thai Gym in Texas.
- She coaches people from 14 to 76 years old in boxing training at Lou Savarese’s gym.
- Her nickname is “Killer Bee.”
- Bi Nguyen has a goddaughter named Jade.
- When she started training in Muay Thai, she was working as a saleswoman in a car showroom.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education