Vancouver-born Angela Lee defends MMA crown, brother Christian loses title shot
SINGAPORE — Vancouver-born (Unstoppable) Angela Lee retained her One Championship atomweight title via unanimous decision Friday, but younger brother Christian Lee was denied in his bid for the featherweight MMA title.
Angela Lee had her hands full with Japanese veteran Mei (V.V.) Yamaguchi at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The champion spent most of the fifth round on her back with Yamaguchi all over her.
Christian Lee lost a split decision to defending champion Martin (The Situ-Asian) Nguyen of Australia in the co-main event of the “One: Unstoppable Dreams” card. Nguyen won by first-round submission when they first met in August 2016.
Angela was in her brother’s corner for Friday’s title fight. Christian returned the favour for the main event.