ONE In The Media

In ONE Championship’s follow-up act in Bangkok, Thailand, the fighters up and down the card more than lived up to the show’s “Warrior Kingdom” billing, delivering an action-packed night of Asian MMA featuring eight finishes in nine bouts, including five by knockout or TKO.

History is a hard thing to erase and Angela Lee was set to mark the latest chapter in hers on Sunday with a new tattoo. The 20-year-old will never forget Thailand and the first defence of her ONE world atomweight championship – the ink will ensure that, as will the replays of her punishing victory over Jenny Huang.

Barely 24 hours after retaining her world title, One Championship atomweight champion Angela Lee is already itching to get back into the ring. Her 10-month absence from the arena hardly mattered, as she pummelled challenger Jenny Huang to emerge victorious via a technical knockout at the Impact Arena in Bangkok on Saturday night.

ONE Championship atomweight world champion says the time has come to display her skills again against tough Taiwanese Jenny Huang, focused on ‘everything’ for Saturday night’s showdown

06 March 2017 – Manila, Philippines: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced its return to Manila on 21 April to hold its tenth event on Philippine shores. The 20,000-capacity SM Mall of Asia Arena will play host to ONE: KINGS OF DESTINY, which promises another evening of world-class mixed martial arts action that fans around the globe should not miss. Headlining the card will be ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang of the Philippines, who will defend his belt for the first time against Malaysia’s Ev “E.T.” Ting.

Angela Lee provided MMA in Asia with its biggest story of the past 12 months when she became the sport’s youngest-ever world champion at just 19 years of age. Look closely at the photos taken of Lee since and you’ll see the exact moment, inked for all time on her forearm. May 6, 2016. 11.16pm. From that moment on it’s safe to say that Lee’s universe would never be the same, and the future of MMA in the region was fixed at the same time.

When Angela Lee enters the cage Saturday night in Bangkok for her first title defense at ONE Championship: Warrior Kingdom, Asia’s prized atomweight champion will not only be carrying the flag for her homeland of Singapore and her home state of Hawaii — in a figurative sense, at least.

The path to affluence doesn’t necessarily begin with self-interest. Instead of focusing on themselves, those aspiring for affluence should look to help others, according to self-made multi-millionaire Chatri Sityodtong — a powerhouse in Asia’s mixed martial arts (MMA) industry.

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) When 20-year-old undefeated female professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Angela Lee walks into the room it’s a slightly strange moment. With a white frangipani flower behind her ear and her highlighted hair bouncing around her shoulders, the smiling 5 foot 4 inch Lee cuts a friendly figure. Is this the same woman who appeared on pay-per-view TV around the world last May, punching, kicking and grappling to defeat experienced Japanese fighter Mei Yamaguchi?

2016 was a landmark year for ONE Championship — a promotion now synonymous with MMA in Asia after five years of prodigious growth centered in the continent’s southeast regions. But with emerging markets like the Philippines and Thailand successfully cornered, the Asian sports juggernaut has turned its attention to the sport’s largest untapped market.

In 2016, Angela Lee made mixed martial arts history. This year, it’s all about cementing a legacy. Nine months ago in Singapore, Lee became the youngest ever MMA world champion, fighting back against Mei Yamaguchi to become ONE Championship’s inaugural atomweight champion (106 to 115 lbs) at just 19 years old.

ANGELA Lee hopes to cement her claim as the face of women’s MMA in Asia when she defends her crown against unbeaten Jenny Huang at ONE: Warrior Kingdom March 11 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Lee spent the past two years building her reputation in the mixed martial arts world becoming the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion.