Quentin Chong

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

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 Amateu

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, television adverts and shows such as Top Billing, the South African television series "Way of the Warrior" and the international television series "Strikeback

He has trained other well-known international martial arts fighters such as Randy Couture, Randy Courture and currently focuses on training fighters at his own gym called Dragon Power Muaythai, MMA and Fitness Centr

based in Cape Town.

His philanthropic efforts include involvement with the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust 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.

References

External links

# Quentin on Executive Board of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateu

#Farrah Francis "Follow the Way of the Warrior" City Press, 4 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 201

# Muythai against drug

# Quentin Chong trains Randy Coutur

# Quentin feature in February 2009 Top Billing magazin

# Quentin Chong retire

# Quentin's story told by Mnet 14 April 2010. Retrieved 13 October 201

# Quentin and the Amy Biehl Foundation Trus

# Dragonpowe

# Amy Biehl Foundation Trust http://www.amybiehl.co.za/

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File:Quentin Chong and children from the non-profit organisations.jpg, Quentin Chong and children from the non-profit organisations

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1972 births
Living people
Mixed martial arts trainers
South African male film actors
South African Muay Thai practitioners
Sportspeople from Cape Town
Muay Thai trainers