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Martin Nguyen (born on May 21, 1985), nicknamed "The Situ-Asian" is an Australian mixed martial artist of Vietnamese descent. He is the current featherweight champion in ONE Championship and as the former lightweight champion, the first two-division champion in the organization's history. Nguyen trains at Sanford MMA in Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA.

Early Life
Son of Vietnamese immigrants Born and raised in Bankstown

e upbringing in Sadleir with his three siblings and parents, who emigrated from Vietnam after the Vietnam war. Settled in Western Sydney in 1984 Started playing rugby league at the age of six. as a Brisbane Broncos fan, favorite player was Darren Lockyer. Liverpool Catholic Club, Liverpool City as a junior, and then playing junior reps for the Western Suburbs Magpies as the club captain. Struggled with injuries including a dislocated shoulder at the age of 16, which caused him to stop playing by the time he was 18.

Early career
He only started training in MMA at 21 years old Fari Salievski’s KMA black belt school in Liverpool. Beginning with BJJ.

Ryan McGuire, rescheduled a week later in EVENT in a welterweight bout, first-round finish. Six days later in the Fearless organization Nine consecutive amateur wins

Pro debut against Richard Kemp-Hay Southern Fight Promotions - Cage Conquest 1, third-round rear-naked choke Thomas Ruderman

Jamie Mullarkey in amateur rules in Brace Set him up for a title fight in Brace a few months later at Brace 24. KO Luke Standing in round one.

Father tried to persuade him to quit, but Nguyen wanted to take things as far as he could in ONE Championship, after he earned a contract with the Singapore-based organization with the win.

Road to the featherweight title
Due to debut against Bruno Pucci at ONE FC 16: Honor and Glory on May 30, 2014 Lairy injury/surgery staph infection that required surgery to cut ‘a hole, almost the size of his fist’ out of his chest.

After he recovered, Nguyen was booked to face Rocky Batolbatol on short notice in a featherweight fight on the main card of One FC 22: Battle of Lions on November 7, 2014. He won the bout via rear-naked choke in the second round. After more than 10 months away form the cage, Nguyen was then scheduled to meet Bashir Ahmad at One Championship 31: Odyssey of Champions on September 27, 2015. However, just hours before he was due to compete, Nguyen was promoted to the main event when ONE featherweight champion Narantungalag Jadambaa withdrew from the card due to travel restrictions. Instead, Nguyen faced Marat Gafurov – who was undefeated at 11-0 – for the interim featherweight title, but was submitted in the frst round.

Edward Kelly at One Championship: Pride of Lions on November 13, 2015. He was next booked to face China’s Li Kai Wen at One Championship: Global Rivals on April 15, 2016, where he won via knockout at the end of a fast-paced, back-and-forth first round.

Next, Nguyen was matched with Christian Lee at One Championship: Heroes of the World on August 13, 2016. Though Lee landed some clean shots on the Australian, he lost via technical submission in the first round when Nguyen hooked him unconscious with a guillotine choke.

Nguyen's next assignment was set for the first ONE event of 2017 when he signed to face former DEEP featherweight champion Kazunori Yokota in the co-main event of One Championship: Quest for Power on January 14. He achieved his fourth first-round victory in a row via knockout.

Two-division champion
Nguyen's winning streak earned him the change to avenge the only defeat of his career against Gafurov at ONE Championship: Quest For Greatness on August 18, 2017. Since their first fight, Gafurov had improved to 15-0 by unifying the ONE featherweight titles and defending it twice, which meant he was was a huge favorite on fight night. In the first round of the match, Gafurov looked like he might repeat the result of their first match as he took Nguyen's back and searched for his seventh consecutive rear-naked choke. However, Nguyen survived and caught the Russian with an overhand right at the start of the second round to turn the fight on its head. A few follow-up punches led to a TKO stoppage and he won the ONE featherweight title.{{Cite web|url=

Rather than have him defend his title, a champion vs. champion fight was commissioned between Nguyen and ONE lightweight champion Eduard Folayang. The contest was booked for the main event of One Championship: Legends of the World on November 10, 2017 in Folayang's home country of the Philippines. Nguyen won his second belt and became ONE's first two-division champion via knockout when he caught Folayang with an overhand right in the second round.

Nguyen went after another belt at the start of 2018 when he was matched against ONE bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes in the main event of ONE Championship: Iron Will. Nguyen went to the judges' scorecards for the first time in his career, and though the match was close, a fifth-round knockdown for Fernandes appeared to tip the scales in his favor as he retained his belt.

After two fights in other divisions, Nguyen returned to his traditional weight class to defend his featherweight belt in a rematch against Christian Lee at ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams on May 18, 2018. Nguyen retained the title via split decision, and was presented with the belt by Michael Phelps.

Nguyen dropped down to bantamweight again when he was booked to face Kevin Belingon for the interim ONE bantamweight title in the main event of ONE Championship: Reign of Kings on July 27, 2018. Belingon won the fight via unanimous decision after five rounds. Later, Nguyen said he would not attempt to compete in the bantamweight division again.

On 28 September, 2018, Nguyen vacated the ONE lightweight title after injuring his knee in training, which meant he could not fight again until the following year.

Featherweight world title reign
Nguyen's return to the cage was set for One Championship: Roots of Honor on April 12, 2019 against Narantungalag Jadambaa. Nguyen recorded his second title defense with a second-round flying-knee KO.

Then signed a 10-fight deal.

Nguyen was next booked to defend his featherweight title defense against Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship: Dawn Of Heroes on August 2, 2019. He defended the belt vi second-round TKO and set the record for the most title defenses ONE featherweight history.

Personal life
Nguyen married his wife, Brooke, in April 2010. They have three children together: Kai, Tiarna, and Madison.

Until 2018, Nguyen was a part-time athlete. Before he won his pair of ONE titles, he was still working full-time, first as a mechanic, then in an office as an advisor and workshop manager.

Nguyen is close friends with fellow ONE champion Aung La N Sang. They first struck up a friendship while sharing the same locker room in 2017, and went on to train alongside each other at Sanford MMA. Nguyen was first seen as part of Aung La N Sang's corner team when he defeated Ken Hasegawa at ONE Championship: A New Era. Their roles were reversed for Nguyen's title defense against Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship: Dawn Of Heroes.

Championships and accomplishments

 * ONE Championship
 * ONE Featherweight Championship (One time, current)
 * Three successful title defenses
 * ONE Lightweight Championship (One time)
 * Asian MMA Awards
 * 2018 Male Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

 * Win
 * 13-3
 * Koyomi Matsushima
 * TKO (punches)
 * ONE Championship: Dawn Of Heroes
 * August 2, 2019
 * 2
 * 4:40
 * Manila, Philippines
 * Defended the ONE Featherweight Championship
 * Win
 * 12-3
 * Narantungalag Jadambaa
 * KO (flying knee)
 * One Championship: Roots of Honor
 * April 12, 2019
 * 2
 * 1:07
 * Manila, Philippines
 * Defended the ONE Featherweight Championship
 * Loss
 * 11-3
 * Kevin Belingon
 * Decision (unanimous)
 * ONE Championship: Reign of Kings
 * July 27, 2018
 * 5
 * 5:00
 * Manila, Philippines
 * For the interim ONE bantamweight championship
 * Win
 * 11-2
 * Christian Lee
 * Decision (split)
 * ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams
 * May 18, 2018
 * 5
 * 5:00
 * Kallang, Singapore
 * Defended the ONE featherweight championship
 * Loss
 * 10-2
 * Bibiano Fernandes
 * Decision (split)
 * ONE Championship: Iron Will
 * March 24, 2018
 * 5
 * 5:00
 * Bangkok, Thailand
 * For the ONE bantamweight championship
 * Win
 * 10-1
 * Eduard Folayang
 * KO (punches)
 * One Championship: Legends of the World
 * November 10, 2017
 * 2
 * 2:20
 * Manila, Philippines
 * Won the ONE lightweight championship
 * Win
 * 9-1
 * Marat Gafurov
 * KO (punch)
 * ONE Championship: Quest For Greatness
 * August 18, 2017
 * 2
 * 1:27
 * Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * Won the ONE featherweight championship
 * Win
 * 8-1
 * Kazunori Yokota
 * KO (punch)
 * One Championship: Quest for Power
 * January 14, 2017
 * 1
 * 3:36
 * Jakarta, Indonesia
 * Win
 * 7-1
 * Christian Lee
 * Technical submission (guillotine choke)
 * One Championship: Heroes of the World
 * August 13, 2016
 * 1
 * 4:30
 * Macau, China
 * Win
 * 6-1
 * Li Kai Wen
 * TKO (punches)
 * One Championship: Global Rivals
 * April 15, 2016
 * 1
 * 4:44
 * Pasay City, Philippines
 * Win
 * 5-1
 * Edward Kelly
 * TKO (doctor stoppage)
 * One Championship: Pride of Lions
 * November 13, 2015
 * 1
 * 4:17
 * Kallang, Singapore
 * Loss
 * 4-1
 * Marat Gafurov
 * Submission (rear-naked choke)
 * One Championship: Odyssey of Champions
 * September 27, 2015
 * 1
 * 0:41
 * Jakarta, Indonesia
 * For the interim ONE featherweight championship
 * Win
 * 4-0
 * Rocky Batolbatol
 * Submission (rear-naked choke)
 * One FC 22: Battle of Lions
 * November 7, 2014
 * 2
 * 2:10
 * Kallang, Singapore
 * Win
 * 3-0
 * Luke Standing
 * TKO (punches)
 * BRACE 24
 * November 29, 2013
 * 1
 * 3:30
 * Canberra, Australia
 * Won the BRACE featherweight title
 * Win
 * 2-0
 * Thomas Ruderman
 * TKO (punches)
 * BRACE 18
 * December 21, 2012
 * 2
 * 0:00
 * Canberra, Australia
 * Win
 * 1-0
 * Richard Kemp-Hay
 * Submission (rear-naked choke)
 * Southern Fight Promotions: Cage Conquest 1
 * July 28, 2012
 * 3
 * 1:39
 * New South Wales, Australia
 * }
 * Win
 * 2-0
 * Thomas Ruderman
 * TKO (punches)
 * BRACE 18
 * December 21, 2012
 * 2
 * 0:00
 * Canberra, Australia
 * Win
 * 1-0
 * Richard Kemp-Hay
 * Submission (rear-naked choke)
 * Southern Fight Promotions: Cage Conquest 1
 * July 28, 2012
 * 3
 * 1:39
 * New South Wales, Australia
 * }
 * New South Wales, Australia
 * }
 * }