Tiffany Teo secures Singapore's first Asian Games MMA medal - CNA

Teo guaranteed herself at least a bronze medal by advancing to the women's traditional 60kg semi-finals.

Tiffany Teo competes at the 20th Asian Games. (Photo: SNOC/Lim Weixiang)

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Darcel Al Anthony 20 Sep 2026 05:24PM (Updated: 20 Sep 2026 07:40PM) Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST SINGAPORE: Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Tiffany Teo made history on Sunday (Sep 20) by securing Singapore's first medal in the sport at the Asian Games after advancing to the women's traditional 60kg semi-finals.

Teo, who is making her Asian Games debut, beat Iran's Arezou Salimighalehtaki 3-0 in their quarter-final bout.

With both losing semi-finalists awarded bronze medals, the result guarantees Teo at least a bronze and makes her Singapore's first Asian Games medallist in MMA.

The achievement comes at the first Asian Games to feature MMA in its programme.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less Tiffany Teo competes at the 20th Asian Games. (Photo: SNOC/Eng Chin An) The 36-year-old will next face India's Suchika Tariyal in the semi-finals on Monday.

Tariyal booked her spot in the last four after defeating Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 in her quarter-final earlier on Sunday, similarly granting India its first Asian Games MMA medal. 

The winner of the fight between Teo and Tariyal will advance to the final of the event, which will be held on Tuesday.

There, she will face either Uzbekistan's Khilola Sobirova or Cambodia's Cheng Dalin, who will meet in the event's other semi-final on Monday.

MMA is one of six sports making their Asian Games debuts at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The others are freestyle BMX, padel, surfing, teqball and virtual taekwondo.

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