Angela Lee survives brutal blows to out-point Mei Yamaguchi in One Championship ‘Unstoppable’ bout

Angela “Unstoppable” Lee survived two brutal lefts – a fist then a foot – that laid her flat late in the bout before retaining her One Championship world atomweight title after a thrilling rematch with Mei “V.V” Yamaguchi at the Singapore Indoor Area that finished in the early hours of Saturday morning.

In the end the decision was unanimous but there were some nervous moment for a Lee camp – and hometown supporters – who had earlier seen the family’s quest for a history double world title victory on the night upended when Martin “The Situ-Asian” Nguyen was awarded a split decision and retained his One featherweight title against Christian “Warrior” Lee.

“It feels good to be back,” said Lee. “It was a huge night for my family. You guys don’t realise how tough it is to be inside this cage. I couldn’t get the finish tonight because Mei is an incredibly tough opponent. I just want to say it was really a tough fight.”

The victory took Lee’s record to 9-0 and it was ground out over five rounds against her tenacious Japanese opponent Yamaguchi (17-11-1), who needed to come up big as the bout moved towards its end. And she did.

A straight left came near the end of the fourth and a left foot connected at the start of the last round to have Lee in serious trouble but the 21-year-old called on all her powers to nullify Yamaguchi’s efforts to lay on further punishment.