Tattoo reward as ‘unstoppable’ Angela Lee defends MMA title with Huang knockout
Sport’s youngest champ to get new tattoo to remind her of tough victory over Taiwan fighter
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.
“This was just a very special moment for me, to get back in the cage to do what I do best, which is to fight,” was Lee’s post-bout reaction, after she had returned to the fray after a break of 10 months.
It took the Hawaii-based fighter until the third round to finally lay the gritty challenger to waste with a knockout that had seemed an eternity in coming for fans inside the Impact Arena.
The money coming in was on Lee, as were the hopes of the ONE Championship organisation which has pinned its hopes on the youngster as it continues to lay down the framework for the sport across the region.
Huang was the first Taiwanese fighter to make it to a world MMA title bout and the 26-year-old was brave to the end, unable to cope with her opponent’s greater height and reach but skilled enough to send a few shockwaves back of her own before the referee waved things to and end.
