![]() Xiong would then land a punch to the temple, but Lee could grab a leg and dump her opponent on her back. Instead they moved back to center, where Xiong Jing Nan continued to work the body. She was looking for the takedown, but couldn’t find it. Lee closed the distance, pressing her foe against the cage. The second round had Xiong landing to the body. Lee, however, ate another right hand, and that punch, through the opening round, was the biggest factor in the fight. Xiong was showing some damage, and Lee fired an uppercut. They’d clinch, then break with just under a minute remaining. ![]() Xiong’s right hand did land later however. Lee, however, wasn’t there for it to hit. Back in the middle, Xiong connected, then fired a wild overhand punch that was clearly planned to be a knockout blow. At least until the Chinese fighter was able to push her off. ‘Unstoppable’ Lee would press the strawweight champ against the cage, putting pressure on her opponent. Lee, however, refused to back down, standing with her, at least initially. Xiong fired her right hand early, proving she retained her power even at the lower weight class. Instead she came up short, and lost again in her next fight, also at strawweight, against Michelle Nicolini.Īnd so at ONE: Century, a massive event for the promotion, Lee would welcome Xiong Jing Nan to atomweight, and put her own title up for grabs. Lee, very much ONE’s biggest star during its growth period, had moved up to strawweight to challenge Xiong Jing Nan, with dreams of winning a second title. Yet that was the case with the ‘Unstoppable’ Angela Lee at ONE: Century Part I on Saturday (or Sunday, local time). ![]() ![]() Rarely does a champion find herself defending a title after two consecutive losses. After a pair of losses at strawweight, Angela Lee returned to defend her atomweight title in the ONE: Century Part I main event. ![]()
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