Christian Lee Pays Homage to Late Victoria in Heartfelt Gesture

Last Friday, at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II on Prime Video, Lee’s 18-year-old brother, Adrian “The Phenom” Lee made his professional MMA debut in spectacular fashion, submitting Italian standout Antonio Mammarella in the second round.

That night, Adrian’s fight kit reflected the Prodigy Training Center – the new, reopened Lee family gym.

Christian Lee will reopen his family gym in his late sister’s memory

After the fight, “The Warrior” spoke about the decision to reopen and name the new facility after late ONE superstar Victoria “The Prodigy” Lee.

Lee explained, “Around two years ago, we closed the gym down, and since then, we decided to reopen. You know, we talked about – my wife, my brother and I – we talked about wanting to go back into the community to help people, and we do that by teaching martial arts. 

“So, we felt it was the time to go back and open our gym again, and we left United MMA behind, we are reopening as Prodigy Training Center, and of course the name Prodigy came from my [late] sister. So yeah, we are really excited to be reopening. We start classes officially the day after we come back from my brother’s fight, so I’m excited to get that going.”

While the gym might have a new name and new equipment, teaching martial arts is nothing new for the current ONE Lightweight and Welterweight MMA World Champion.

“The Warrior” is all set to coach

Indeed, given his family of famous fighters, Christian Lee, at just 25 years old, has already amassed a lifetime of MMA knowledge that he’s happy to pass on to plenty of other young fighters, including his own brother.

It’s no small surprise that Lee said that coaching full-time is the logical next step in his career, “Coaching is something I’m very comfortable doing. I’ve been coaching martial arts for over 10 years already, so definitely coaching will be my next position after fighting.”