Getting To Know The Fighters of UB9 – Long Van Nguyen

Getting To Know The Fighters of UB9 – Long Van Nguyen

Published on July 3, 2012 by The Editor in Ultimate Beatdown

The Fighters of UB9 ~ Ultimate Beatdown

Long “The Doctor” Van Nguyen Vietnam

We have all seen the fighters with their nicknames, we have them on this show The Predator, The Kill but Long Van Nguyen has a nickname that is actually what he is a Doctor!

Long  ”The Doctor” Van Nguyen actually has a medical degree from the university of Otago in New Zealand, and  worked for 7 years as a doctor in Australia. He was a medical doctor but I gave up that career to train fighters at Vietfighter gym, and hopefully one day we will find a Vietfighter that will become an MMA world champion.

He has been trained martial arts for more than 10 years, starting with Muay Thai, then Brazilian jiujitsu. He has experience of muay thai fights and is a BJJ blue belt. He now trains at what he describes as ”the best gym in Vietnam”, the Vietfighter Gym.

 He lists his strengths as the fact he is well rounded able to strike and grapple comfortably.

What do you know about your opponent?

He is a very good bjj blackbelt guy, he has had more fights than me and he will have more support there than me, so the odds are stacked against me. But I like it that way, we Vietfighters fight best when the odds are stacked against us, and the bigger the enemy the harder we fight, and as always throughout our history the greater our victory!What’s the biggest fight you have had?

Every one of my fights have been a big fight for me, because for each fight I have had to train hard and fight hard.

When asked if he had a message for his opponent (Alexandro “Leke” Machado)  he replied simply No!

Obviously a man of few words but much action.

But he did say: ”Come out and support local MMA guys. Chian Yik is doing a fantastic job of promoting and growing MMA”.

Ultimate Beatdown 9 will be held at 8:30pm on Saturday July 7th 2012 at De’Bali Bistro, Johor Bahru