Xiong vs Balin

Who won Xiong vs Balin?

Jingnan Xiong beat Laura Balin by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of ONE Championship – Pinnacle of Power, on Saturday 23rd June 2018 at Olympic Sports Center in Beijing.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jingnan Xiong.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Women’s Strawweight championship.

Xiong vs Balin stats

Jingnan Xiong stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Laura Balin made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Jingnan Xiong's One Championship record stood at 9-1-0, while Laura Balin's came in at 0-4-0.

The stats suggested Xiong had a massive power advantage over Balin, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Balin's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Balin had a massive advantage over Xiong, boasting a 50% submission rate over Xiong's 9%.

Jingnan Xiong was the older woman by 37 years, at 37 years old.

Xiong's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Balin's, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2014, 2 years and 10 months later than Balin, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 26 more professional rounds, 60 to Balin's 34.

Xiong vs Balin form

Xiong had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Michelle Nicolini at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary on 3rd September 2021 by unanimous decision in their ONE Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, she had beaten Tiffany Teo at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their ONE Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Angela Lee at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by submission in the 5th round in their ONE Women’s Atomweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, she had defeated Angela Lee at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their ONE Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo.

She was victorious against Samara Santos at ONE Championship – Beyond the Horizon on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.

Activity check

Xiong's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

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