World Title gold seems to run through the Lee family’s blood.
Last month at ONE 160, Christian Lee demolished his old foe, Ok Rae Yoon, to recapture the ONE Lightweight World Title, avenging a controversial decision loss from September 2021.
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This Friday, his older sister, “Unstoppable” Angela Lee, will look to become a two-division MMA World Champion when she squares off with current strawweight queen Xiong Jing Nan in the main event of ONE on Prime Video 2.
A veteran of seven World Championship fights, the elder Lee knows more than a little bit about high-stakes fights.
Recently, she commented on her brother’s dominant World Title-winning performance, well aware of the emotion he carried into the Circle that night.
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“Christian was pissed off, as he should be, when he got his belt stolen from him with the wrong decision,” she said. “So, he definitely wanted to put an exclamation mark on that fight, which he did.”
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In what might have been his best showing to date, Lee decimated his rival with crisp boxing, heavy kicks, and everything in between, needing just six minutes to regain the belt he felt was wrongly taken from him.
His sister watched closely, knowing she would soon find herself in a similar position.
Brother Christian Lee’s success motivates Angela Lee
The atomweight queen says she couldn’t have imagined a better outcome.
“It was just beautiful to watch,” she continued. “It was perfect. It was like if a fight could be perfect, then that would be it.”
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As “Unstoppable” makes the final preparations for her own World Title fight on Friday night, she’ll try to continue the Lee family tradition of World Championship victories, adding to her already deep trophy cabinet.
And make no mistake, when she stares down Xiong with strawweight gold on the line, Lee is sure to draw inspiration from her younger brother’s own spectacular win just last month.
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“It was amazing to watch that and a huge encouragement for me. Big motivation,” she added. “Christian is such an amazing athlete, and I’m so lucky to have him here in the gym as my teammate and training partner every single day.”