This belt is going nowhere, Asian MMA star Angela Lee warns ahead of world title defence
‘This is my home and she’s not welcome here,’ says fighter ahead of Singapore bout
Angela Lee was last seen in public waiting for a cab and clutching her One Championship atomweight world title belt tight against her shoulder.
It looked like nothing could come between the pair.
“This is mine and it’s not going anywhere,” Lee had just said up on stage as the 20-year-old took part in the traditional pre-fight face-off in Singapore’s Clarke Quay on Thursday night.
The scale of tonight’s title defence – against 24-year-old Brazilian Istela Nunes as part of the One: Dynasty of Heroes card at the Singapore Indoor Stadium – has not for a second been lost on Lee.
The attention she is receiving would never allow it to be.
The week has seen the focus of the world of mixed martial arts – and sport in general – turned squarely in her direction. A stream of feature stories in an international press that has never before cared about this sport in Asia has woken the world up to the Lee story, and to the fact that she is being placed front and centre by the One organisation as it continues to mark its territory in the region.