Quentin Chong

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Quentin "Dragon" Chong is a retired South African professional mixed martial artist, trainer/coach [1] and actor who has appeared in a number of American movies, [2] local TV series, advertisements and magazines.

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Background

Quentin Chong, nicknamed “the Dragon”, was born in 1972, in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the youngest of three siblings. He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, where he still resides. As a child, aged 5, he trained in Chinese Kung Fu in Hong Kong. On a later visit to Thailand in the early 1990s he started training in Muaythai (also known as Muay Thai), a well-known combat sport of Thailand, under Manop Maswichean, who is a World Champion in the heavy weight category of this sport.

Professional career

In 2001, he was challenged to a World Muaythai title fight in the super middle weight category, in Chumphon, Thailand, against Saroonsak. He won the World Champion Title and successfully defended it in 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa, against Nokweit Davies (Nokweed Devy), also a world champion in the super-middle weight category. He has won 18 of 19 professional fights. His fight in 2002, against Davies, was his last professional fight.

His current involvement in the sport is in capacity of president, coach and manager of the South African Amateur Muaythai Foundation. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur Archived 15 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine [3]

Other

Quentin has appeared in various international television series and films such as Wake of Death, Death Race 2 and Number One Girl (2005) and featured alongside actors such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Pat Morita and Vinnie Jones. He had surgery to replace thinning hair after which he appeared in a number of South African newspapers, magazines, [4] television adverts and shows such as Top Billing, the South African television series "Way of the Warrior" [5] and the international television series "Strikeback" . He has trained other well-known international martial arts fighters such as Randy Courture and currently focuses on training fighters at his own gym called Dragon Power Muaythai, MMA and Fitness Centre , based in Cape Town.

His philanthropic efforts include involvement with the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust [6] and also with his own registered non-profit organisation called the South African Muaythai Against Drugs Association, which involves martial arts training, African drumming and cultural dancing for children from disadvantaged backgrounds from the townships around Cape Town.

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References

  1. ↑ Couture, Randy. "Muaythai Coach Quentin Chong". Archived from the original on 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Chong, Quentin. "List of movies". IMDb .
  3. ↑ Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur. "Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur". Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Quentin in Top Billing Magazine". February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Follow the Way of the Warrior". City Press. South Africa. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Biehl Foundation Trust, Amy. "Quentin and Amy Biehl Foundation Trust" (PDF).[ permanent dead link ]
  1. Quentin on Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur Archived 16 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Farrah Francis "Follow the Way of the Warrior" City Press, 4 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2012
  3. Muythai against drugs
  4. Quentin Chong trains Randy Couture
  5. Quentin feature in February 2009 Top Billing magazine Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Quentin Chong retires [ permanent dead link ]
  7. Quentin's story told by Mnet 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012
  8. Quentin and the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust [ permanent dead link ]
  9. Dragonpower
  10. Amy Biehl Foundation Trust http://www.amybiehl.co.za/
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