ONE Championship: Angela Lee tells ‘entitled’ Denice Zamboanga ‘you don’t deserve my belt’

Lee fires back after Filipino demands pregnant atomweight champ vacate her title

‘Let’s see you win the grand prix belt and then maybe you can start calling some shots,’ says ‘Unstoppable’

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ONE Championship atomweight champ Angela Lee at her family's United MMA gym in Hawaii. Photo: Instagram

Published: 11:39am, 8 Oct 2020Updated: 5:31pm, 9 Oct 2020

Angela Lee has fired back at Denice Zamboanga in a series of social media posts after the number one contender demanded she vacate her ONE Championship atomweight belt.

The 24-year-old Lee (10-2) revealed last week she is three months pregnant but told SCMP MMA she has no intention of giving up her belt and instead promised to meet the winner of ONE’s atomweight grand prix in late 2021.

The Filipino “Menace” (5-0) then blasted “Unstoppable” on social media for not showing “respect” by refusing to “do the right thing” and that provoked a backlash from the champ.

“#Entitled,” Lee wrote in a tweet quoting Zamboanga’s grievance. “Sorry girl but you didn’t do anything to deserve MY belt. No one took it from me, so why would I give it up? Let’s see you win the atomweight grand prix belt and then maybe you can start calling some shots.”

“I’m the very first female champion for ONE and I’ve been champion since 2016. I’m not about to give this up,” Lee added in another tweet. “As for Denice, I know she’s a great up and coming fighter but sorry girl you don’t get a free belt, just like that. You gotta EARN IT.”

In the wake of Lee’s pregnancy, ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced an eight-woman atomweight grand prix championship tournament would commence in early 2021. He confirmed on a media call on Tuesday the winner would face Lee.