Xiong vs Nicolini

Who won Xiong vs Nicolini?

Jingnan Xiong beat Michelle Nicolini by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary, on Friday 3rd September 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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 Nicolini stats

Jingnan Xiong stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Michelle Nicolini made her way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 5 by submission.

Jingnan Xiong's One Championship record stood at 9-1-0, while Michelle Nicolini's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Xiong had a massive power advantage over Nicolini, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Nicolini's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nicolini had a massive advantage over Xiong, boasting a 83% submission rate over Xiong's 7%.

Jingnan Xiong was the younger woman by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Xiong was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2014, 3 years and 2 months later than Nicolini, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 41 more professional rounds, 60 to Nicolini's 19.

Xiong vs Nicolini 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 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, Singapore.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, she had beaten 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.

Before that, she had defeated 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.

She was victorious against Laura Balin at ONE Championship – Pinnacle of Power on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their ONE Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Olympic Sports Center, Beijing.

Activity check

Xiong's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

Nicolini's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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