Bi Nguyen Wiki, Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More

Bi Nguyen

Bi Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American female MMA fighter who competes at amateur and professional levels. She fought in Atomweight and Strawweight divisions. Initially, she trained in the Muay Thai style of fighting, and later, she trained in boxing and kickboxing as well.

Wiki/Biography

Bi Nguyen was born on Monday, 30 October 1989 (age 33 years; as of 2022) in Vietnam. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio. In 1995, she, along with her family, moved to Oakland, California, US from Vietnam. She landed in the US on 3 March 1995. She started working in newspaper delivery at the age of 10,  and she often worked late till 3 am. At the age of 15, she left her family and moved to Houston, Texas. She learnt to drive and had bought an apartment by the age of 17. She completed her schooling at Eisenhower High School in Texas.

Bi Nguyen's childhood photo

Bi Nguyen’s childhood photo

Physical Appearance

Height [1]Tapology: 4′ 11″

Weight (approx.): 50 kg

Hair Colour: Brown

Eye Colour: Black

Figure Measurements (approx.): 34-28-34

Bi Nguyen's physical appearance

Family

Parents & Siblings

Her father was a general in the Vietnamese army, and her mother was a homemaker.  She is the youngest among 10 siblings.

Bi Nguyen's parents

Bi Nguyen’s parents

Bi Nguyen (in green) with her siblings

Bi Nguyen (in green) with her siblings

Bi Nguyen (left) with her sister Ha Nguyen

Bi Nguyen (left) with her sister Ha Nguyen

Husband & Children

She is unmarried and has no children.

Relationships/Affairs

She met a boy at the hotel where she worked as a waiter. As per one source, her relationship went on for 5 years; however, according to another source, it was for one year. She describes it as an abusive relationship. Her boyfriend hit her, kicked her, and stabbed her. One day, she was in the passenger seat of a car, and her boyfriend was speeding when police cars noticed their high speed and signalled them to stop; however, her boyfriend did not stop, and they started chasing them. Her boyfriend lost control of the car after which it flipped and rolled 6 times. Police took her to the hospital, and hospital staff identified her previous injuries as well. She reported the abuse to the police, and her boyfriend was arrested for a parole violation, and he was later imprisoned. [2]Bleacher Report [3]Houstonia Magazine

Career

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 

She started taking self-defence classes in Muay Thai at the age of 21. In 2014, she started competing in amateur MMA tournaments and made her debut in the Texas-based promotion Legacy FC. Her first amateur fight was against Ashley Milligan, which she won. For a brief period of time, she worked and lived at the gym as she could not afford any other place to live. She did cleaning and front desk work in exchange for the membership and a place to sleep. She won the King of the Cage Atomweight title fight against Tonya Leis on 13 November 2015. She turned professional in 2016. Her first professional fight was against Andy Nguyen, which she won.

Promotional poster of Bi Nguyen's first professional fight against Andy Nguyen

Promotional poster of Bi Nguyen’s first professional fight against Andy Nguyen

She fought in TKO Fight Alliance and King of the Cage. In 2018, she signed a contract with ONE Championship. She won her fights against Dwi Ani Retno Wulan and Ritu Phogat. She lost her fights against Bozhena Antoniyar, Nong Stamp, Jihin Radzuan, Jennifer Olsim, and Heqin Lin. She left the ONE championship in August 2022.

Promotional poster of Bi Nguyen's fight against Nong Stamp

Promotional poster of Bi Nguyen’s fight against Nong Stamp

In November 2022, she lost the title fight for the strawweight division against Puja Tomar in the Matrix Fight Night (MFN -10) Championship. She achieved 6 wins and 9 losses in her professional career till 2022.

TV 

She appeared as a participant in the 37th season of the show Survivor in 2018. She was in the David team and had to leave the show after 10 days of joining due to a knee injury she suffered while doing a task in the show.

Bi Nguyen doing a task in the show Survivor - David vs Goliaths

Bi Nguyen doing a task in the show Survivor – David vs Goliaths

In 2022, she appeared as a mentor in the show India’s Ultimate Warriors alongside the host Vidyut Jammwal and other mentors named Mykel Hawke, Shaun Kober, and Shifu Kanishka.

Bi Nguyen(right) with a particpant of the show India's Ultimate Warriors

Bi Nguyen (right) with a participant of the show India’s Ultimate Warriors

Facts/Trivia

  • She trains at Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas and Heritage Muay Thai gym in Texas.
  • She coaches people from the age of 14 to 76 years in boxing at Lou Savarese’s gym.
  • Her nickname is ‘Killer Bee.’
  • Bi Nguyen has a goddaughter named Jade.

    Bi Nguyen with her goddaughter Jade

    Bi Nguyen with her goddaughter Jade

  • She worked as a salesgirl at a car showroom when she started training in Muay Thai.

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