Royston Wee | |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1986 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Fighting Out Of: | Singapore |
Weight: | 135lb |
Weight Class: | Bantamweight |
Team: | Impact MMA |
Rank: | Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[1] |
Years Active: | 2010–2015 |
Mma Subwin: | 2 |
Mma Decwin: | 2 |
Mma Koloss: | 1 |
Url: | www.impactmma.com.sg |
Sherdog: | 88793 |
Royston Wee (born November 15, 1986) is a Singaporean mixed martial artist, currently competing as a bantamweight. Wee most recently competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is noted for being the first and only Singaporean fighter to be signed by the company.[2] He trains out of and teaches MMA at Impact Mixed Martial Arts gym in Singapore.
Wee studied computer engineering at polytechnic.[3]
Wee earned a double major in management and in marketing at Murdoch University in 2013.[4]
Wee initially trained in Muay Thai, and then started training at Fight G in Singapore. Two years later he started training MMA at Impact MMA.[5]
In July 2013, Royston tried out for when tryouts were held in Singapore. Royston had only previously competed at flyweight, but the lightest weight class available for the tryouts was featherweight.[6]
Shortly thereafter Royston was signed by the UFC on a multi-fight contract.[7] In his debut, he defeated Dave Galera by decision at UFC Fight Night 34 on January 4, 2014.[8]
In his second bout with the promotion, Wee faced Yao Zhikui on August 23, 2014 at . He won via split decision, sustaining a broken nose in the fight.[9]
Wee faced Ning Guangyou on May 16, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 66.[10] He lost the fight via TKO in the second round and was subsequently released from the promotion on September 2, 2015.[11]
|-|Loss|align=center|4–1|Ning Guangyou| TKO (punches and elbows)|||align=center|2|align=center|4:59|Pasay, Philippines||-|Win|align=center|4–0|Yao Zhikui|Decision (split)|||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Macau, SAR, China||-|Win|align=center|3–0|Dave Galera|Decision (unanimous)|||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Marina Bay, Singapore||-|Win|align=center|2–0|Syed Shahir|Submission (rear-naked choke)|Malaysian Fighting Championship 3||align=center|1|align=center|1:44|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia||-|Win|align=center| 1–0|Mohammad Irfan|Submission|Malaysian Fighting Championship 2||align=center|1|align=center|1:05|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia||}