ONE of Asia’s biggest MMA star Angela “Unstoppable” Lee defends her ONE Championship Atomweight world title against Jenny Huang of Chinese Taipei at ONE: Warrior Kingdom at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on March 11.
Lee, from Waipahu, Hawaii, is one of the promotion’s most promising young fighters regardless of division and weight class. She is of mixed Singaporean and Korean heritage and trains at Asia’s premiere mixed martial arts gym, Evolve-MMA.
Lee said she is looking forward to an exciting fight against the dangerous Huang.
“I am so excited for my first title defense! I had back to back fights leading up to the title fight, and after I won the belt I took some time off. The goal for 2017 is to be an active champion and to stay busy. I’m really looking forward to headlining the card in Bangkok, Thailand,” said Lee.
“I’ve been watching Jenny and have seen her last few fights. I think that this is going to be a great fight and it will be exciting for the fans to see how our styles match up.”
Lee combines solid striking and grappling skills which has proven to be a potent formula for success as she remains unbeaten in her MMA career. In her last bout, Lee captured the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Championship with a comprehensive victory over Mei Yamaguchi.
Twenty five-year-old Huang is also unbeaten with a professional MMA record of five wins and no losses. In her most recent bout, Huang electrified MMA fight fans by executing an extremely rare submission, the gogoplata, overcoming a spirited performance from Filipino fighter April Osenio.
ONE Championship CEO Victor Cui said ONE: Warrior Kingdom is going to be the biggest MMA event in Thailand’s history.
“We have Asia’s biggest star in Angela Lee defending her title for the first time in Bangkok against Jenny Huang of Chinese Taipei and I just cannot begin to say how massive of a main event this will be. Also, we will have real-life couple Shannon ‘One Shin’ Wiratchai and Rika ‘Smiling Assassin’ Ishige – Thailand’s first female pro MMA fighter – fighting together on the same card. History will be made in Bangkok on 11 March,” said Cui.
Thailand’s Wiratchai is a staple in exciting and memorable battles inside the ONE Championship cage. A mainstay of Bangkok Fight Lab, he trains in various martial arts disciplines at home in Bangkok including Muay Thai, boxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu. An offensive innovator, Wiratchai likes to be creative with his striking, employing a myriad of unpredictable off-angle elbows and kicks.
Ishige is set to make her professional mixed martial arts debut in front of her hometown crowd of Bangkok. She is of mixed Japanese and Thai heritage, beginning her martial arts training at age nine with Aikido and Taekwondo. Heavily influenced by her late father who trained in Judo, Ishige went on to hone her skills as a martial artist, eventually taking up MMA. She is also a freelance fashion model who owns a blue belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu.
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