Bi Nguyen Talks Atomweight Depth, Lin Heqin, and ONE: Bad Blood

Bi Nguyen tests skills with Lin Heqin on February 11th at ONE: Bad Blood. The atomweight affair transpires at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

I spoke with Nguyen ahead of this clash and we touched on several subjects such as: -How Nguyen unwinds when not training

-Taking a brief step away from fighting towards the end of last year to revitalize enthusiasms for her 2022 campaign

-What Bi Nguyen was getting up to during that aforementioned period away from MMA

-Her past appearance on Survivor and TV projects as a cool creative endeavor

-The main sparring partners for Bi Nguyen heading into this next fight

-The growth she was able to showcase in her grappling last time out despite Nguyen not securing the W

-Nguyen being a tenured atomweight within ONE and if that weight category is now the deepest it has ever been

-Other consequential atomweight clashes on ONE: Bad Blood

-If Bi Nguyen checks out other fights of divisional importance during events she's competing on

-Thoughts on the upcoming Angela Lee vs Stamp Fairtex ONE Atomweight title fight

-The mutual appreciation between fighters throwing down in the context of Nguyen's fight with Stamp

-Being featured in Modern Women Magazine and being a good role model

-ONE Championship instantiating 50k performance bonuses and how that fits Bi Nguyen's style well

-If there's a detriment in a certain regard to having such an exciting style whereby you're facing all the killers in the division sequentially

-The strong personality that her harsh upbringing galvanized in her for MMA

-Being a longtime ONE fighter and the feelings of seeing that mutual growth with her as well as the company overall

-Using one's platform for great altruistic efforts

-Thoughts on the main stylistic proclivities of Lin Heqin leading into ONE: Bad Blood

-Fighting on multiple pre-taped ONE Championship cards, the dynamics with that, and being back to having her bout live broadcasted for this one

-What music that Nguyen enjoys