Angela Lee ready for date with destiny as MMA’s youngest-ever world champion eyes One Championship title defence
Unbeaten atomweight faces Taiwan’s Jenny Huang at ONE: Warrior Kingdom on Saturday in Bangkok after beating Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi last year
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.
The past five years have seen the popularity of MMA explode across the region and, as has been the case globally, the women’s side of the sport has helped lead the way.
Lee’s rise to prominence is proof positive of that fact and the ONE Championship’s atomweight world champion has been swept up in a wave of publicity, of promotional activities and of public appearances.