Taiwan’s Huang chokes out Badr

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 31, 2016
By: Adrian Hardie / Staff reporter

Taiwan’s first female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Jenny Huang,

Taiwan’s Jenny Huang, bottom, sinks a triangle choke on the way to submitting Egypt’s Amira Badr in the second round of their ONE Championship catchweight fight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. Photo: Courtesy of ONE Championship

Taiwan’s Jenny Huang, bottom, sinks a triangle choke on the way to submitting Egypt’s Amira Badr in the second round of their ONE Championship catchweight fight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. Photo: Courtesy of ONE Championship

clinched her third victory in as many pro fights with a second-round submission of Egypt’s Amira Badr at ONE Championship: Clash of Heroes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday night.

The main event saw Malaysian-New Zealander Ev Ting fight the fight of his career as he dominated Philippine standout Eric “the Natural” Kelly on his way to a third-round submission win to put himself in title contention.

In Badr, Huang was facing a three-time Egyptian national wrestling champion who was making her pro MMA debut, in a bout fought at a catchweight of 49kg.
ONE weight classes have been shaken up as a result of a new weigh-in policy that aims to protect fighters by preventing severe weight-cutting, after a ONE fighter died last month while trying to cut weight.     [FULL  STORY]

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