"The Tormentor"
Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu ( Mongolian : Баатархүү Энх-оргил (born 30 December 1988) is a Mongolian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Bantamweight division of ONE Championship , where he is the current Bantamweight MMA World Champion . He also competed in the Featherweight division of MGL-1 Fighting Championship, where he was their Featherweight champion. Baatarkhuu was born in Khovd in 1988. His father was a truck driver and his mother was a nurse, and he has two siblings. A fan of combat sports as a youth, he wrestled as a child before veering to taekwondo . He originally intended to pursue taeokwondo in the Olympics , but became interested in mixed martial arts in 2009. While training in mixed martial arts, he studied as a fitness coach and in bodybuilding at the Avarga Institute of Physical Education. He graduated in 2012, and found a job as a fitness coach at the Oyu Tolgoi mine , and then found a lucrative position as a platform operator. Dissatisfied with his work life, Baatarkhuu decided to pursue MMA full time in 2016.
10 total fights · 13% KO rate
