UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Jennifer Chieng was hoping to get little work in at her pro MMA debut.

She did – but she didn’t realize going in just how little work that would be. It amounted to just 82 seconds for a TKO win for Chieng (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) over Jessica Ruiz (0-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) at Bellator 208 on Saturday night.

“I was hoping to do a little bit more striking and then maybe work on all the things that we have been working on in this camp – because I had a really good fight camp,” Chieng said after her win. “So I wanted to show all that. But anything can happen in a fight. The opportunity presented itself, so I took it.”

Bellator 208 took place Saturday at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. The main card aired on Paramount and streamed on DAZN following prelims on MMAjunkie.

Chieng’s first MMA fight came on the heels of a career as an Olympic-level boxer. She competed in the 2016 Summer Games for Micronesia. And more recently, she was working on Wall Street when she got the itch to ditch a financial career and pursue MMA.

“I’m on a sabbatical (from Wall Street),” she said. “The money was great. It was something I could do, but it wasn’t really my passion.

“We’ll see how far we can take (MMA). I don’t have all the answers right now because I’m still just very excited. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m very trusting of my team. When they say it’s go time, then it’s go time.”

One thing Chieng has going for her right out of the gate, though, is her Olympic background – which she said helped prepare her for all levels of pressure.

“The Olympics, that was the biggest and largest stage I’ve ever performed at, so that gave me the experience as far as the big lights and all the pressure,” Chieng said. “For me, the mental game and just relaxing myself is a big part of my training camp, especially the last week leading up to the fight.”

To hear more from Chieng, check out the video above.

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