No fighter in ONE has extra wins, extra finishes, or extra first-round finishes than the promotion’s light-weight MMA king. His subsequent protection comes towards a grappler who has already crushed a member of his household.
Christian Lee defends his ONE Light-weight MMA World Title towards reigning ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion Tye Ruotolo at The Inside Circle 37 on Friday, November 6. The occasion streams solely for members from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 28-year-old Singaporean-American holds an 18-4 report, with 17 victories through end and 11 of these within the first spherical. His bouts final a median of simply 5:14 minutes.
Lee debuted in ONE in 2015 at 17 and first claimed light-weight gold in Could 2019. He got here from behind towards Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki. That win made him the youngest male MMA World Champion within the promotion.
He went on to defend the belt a number of instances towards world-class opposition and in addition holds the ONE Welterweight MMA World Title. A short spell with out the light-weight strap adopted a loss to Okay Rae Yoon, which he corrected of their rematch.
Final 12 months, the Prodigy Coaching Middle star turned again Alibeg Rasulov in a rematch that left no room for debate. The numbers now make him a five-time ONE Light-weight MMA World Champion and one of many biggest to compete within the sport.
Christian Lee faces a grappler chasing historical past
Ruotolo, 23, opened his MMA profession by submitting Lee’s youthful brother Adrian “The Phenom” Lee with a rear-naked choke in spherical two, the primary loss Adrian had ever suffered. A sub-three-minute end of Shozo Isojima adopted, lifting the Tenore fighter and twin brother of Kade Ruotolo to 2-0.
No ONE Submission Grappling World Champion has ever captured an MMA World Title within the promotion. Ruotolo will get his likelihood in simply his third MMA outing, whereas Lee appears so as to add one other chapter to some of the adorned careers ONE has ever seen.
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