Angela Lee – “I’ve faced world-class strikers in my career, and never once was I afraid”
Angela Lee not afraid of Stamp Fairtex
“Unstoppable” Angela Lee returns to action later this month at ONE Championship’s 10-year-anniversary fight card, ONE: X.
The 25-year-old Lee will step into the cage for the first time since October 2019 when she meets Stamp Fairtex on March 26 in Singapore.
The strawweight matchup will headline the fight card and will mark Lee’s first fight since October 2019 and her first since giving birth to her daughter in 2021.
All 12 of Lee’s professional mixed martial arts bouts have come under the ONE Championship banner, beginning when she was just a teenager at ONE FC 27: Warrior’s Quest in May 2015.
Lee would go on to rack up nine consecutive wins and a world championship before losing the title in her first defeat, a fifth-round finish by Jingnan Xiong. Lee would then lose her next outing to Michelle Nicolini by way of decision before bouncing back to regain the title by defeating the woman who took her title in Xiong.
When speaking about the dangers that her opponent presents at ONE: X, Lee said:
“I’ve faced world-class strikers in my career, and never once was I afraid. Never once was I overwhelmed. I stand my ground, and I believe in my striking. Look at my last fight against [ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion] Xiong Jing Nan, and you can clearly see the damage on her face after the fight. So my striking is definitely not an area where I see it as my weakness. Probably a strength.
“I think that with my ground game, I’ve been doing mixed martial arts my whole life, so where I truly feel that I shine the most is in the transitions. On the striking to the wrestling to the grappling to the ground-and-pound, and transitioning through each of those areas seamlessly. I think that I can change things a lot [quicker] than she can keep up with, and I think that’s going to be a problem for her.”
ONE X: Grand Finale will broadcast live on pay-per-view at 8 p.m. Singapore Standard Time (SGT)/8 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Saturday, 26 March.
The bout order for ONE X: Grand Finale is as follows:
(c) Angela Lee vs. Stamp Fairtex (ONE Women’s Atomweight World Title)
Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Demetrious Johnson (Special Rules Super-Fight)
(c) Adriano Moraes vs. Yuya Wakamatsu (ONE Flyweight World Title)
Shinya Aoki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (mixed martial arts – lightweight)
Eduard Folayang vs. John Wayne Parr (Muay Thai – lightweight)
Superbon Singha Mawynn vs. Marat Grigorian (ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Title)
ONE X: Part II will broadcast live at 5 p.m. SGT/5 a.m. ET on 26 March.
The bout order for ONE X: Part II is as follows:
(c) Nong-O Gaiyanghadao vs. Felipe Lobo (ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title)
(c) Capitan Petchyindee vs. Hiroki Akimoto (ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title)
Ham Seo Hee vs. Denice Zamboanga (mixed martial arts – atomweight)
Itsuki Hirata vs. Jihin Radzuan (mixed martial arts – atomweight)
Kim Jae Woong vs. Tang Kai (mixed martial arts – featherweight)
Finally, the 10-year anniversary show will open with ONE X: Part I, which broadcasts live at 1 p.m. SGT/1 a.m. ET on 26 March.
The bout order for ONE X: Part I is as follows:
Chingiz Allazov vs. Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Championship Final)
Reinier de Ridder vs. Andre Galvao (submission grappling – middleweight)
Lito Adiwang vs. Jeremy Miado (mixed martial arts – strawweight)
Amir Khan vs. Ryogo Takahashi (mixed martial arts – featherweight)
Kang Ji Won vs. Paul Elliott (mixed martial arts – heavyweight)
Danielle Kelly vs. Mei Yamaguchi (submission grappling – atomweight)
Ryuto Sawada vs. Senzo Ikeda (mixed martial arts – strawweight)
Asha Roka vs. Alyse Anderson (mixed martial arts – atomweight)
