Mark Sangiao


Mark Sangiao is a Filipino martial arts coach and former professional mixed martial artist. His students include fighters such as Stephen Loman, Joshua Pacio, Eduard Folayang, Honorio Banario, Geje Eustaquio, Kevin Belingon, and Danny Kingad. Sangio is the founder of Team Lakay in 2003.

Background

He is the founder and head coach of Team Lakay. While completing his master's degree at his alma mater, he taught at the school's Criminology Department in 2004, in addition to coaching the varsity wushu team. He began training in kickboxing in 1995 to transition to taekwondo in 1998 and made the varsity wushu squad at the Baguio Colleges Foundation, which was later renamed the University Of Cordilleras in 2003. He joined the Philippine Wushu Team in 2001, and won a gold medal at the Southeast Asia Games that same year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Today, Sangiao is known as one among the best MMA coaches in the Asia. Sangiao was also head coach of the Cordillera chapter in Baguio for Wushu, and a seasoned martial artist with past experience in kickboxing, taekwondo, and Jiu-Jitsu as well as a martial arts instructor at the Philippine Military Academy and a coach for Wushu at the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City.

Mixed martial arts record