ONE Championship: Christian Lee says ‘I don’t feel I need to fight Eddie Alvarez’ after Timofey Nastyukhin TKO

‘The guy I just knocked out in one round knocked out Eddie in one round. So if the fight never happens we know how that would’ve went down,’ Lee says

‘I’m very happy with where I’m at,’ adds lightweight king – ‘but I do feel Eddie and I will line up in the near future’

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Christian Lee celebrates after beating Timofey Nastyukhin. Photos: ONE Championship

Published: 7:11pm, 15 Apr 2021Updated: 12:33pm, 17 Apr 2021

ONE Championship lightweight king Christian Lee has said a title shot is there for Eddie Alvarez’s taking with a win over Iuri Lapicus.

But “The Warrior” doesn’t think his legacy rides on facing the former UFC champ, after finishing Timofey Nastyukhin – the Russian knockout artist who finished Alvarez on the American’s promotional debut – in just 73 seconds at ONE on TNT 2.

“I don’t feel like I need to fight Eddie,” Lee said in a post-fight interview. “I’m very happy with where I’m at with my position in ONE Championship right now.

“The guy I just knocked out in one round knocked out Eddie in one round. So if the fight never happens we know how that would’ve went down.

“But I do feel Eddie and I will line up in the near future. Really, all he’s gotta do is get past Iuri [Lapicus] in impressive fashion and the title shot is basically his.