One Championship: Angela Lee needs to recover fast because I’m getting stronger every day, says Xiong ‘The Panda’ Jingnan
- One Championship strawweight champion wants fight rescheduled soon
- Chinese star open to dropping down and facing Singapore’s Lee at atomweight
China’s MMA champion Xiong “The Panda” Jingnan has said the shock cancellation of her scheduled clash for the One Championship world strawweight title with Angela “Unstoppable” Lee has strengthened her resolve to rule the sport.
“She told everyone she wants my title, well I’m still here, I’m still waiting for her and at whatever weight she wants to fight,” Xiong told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday. “I’m ready to show the world that I am the best.”
A herniated disc suffered during training forced Lee (9-0) to pull out of the bout on Monday, after months of build up to towards what promised to be arguably the biggest fight in Asian MMA history, given the Hawaiian fighter’s global profile and the fact Xiong (16-1) has similarly carved her way through all recent challengers.
Xiong said she had taken the news hard but issued a series of warnings to Lee, the One world atomweight champ.
“My parents taught me to be confident and every day I walk around feeling like a champion,” Xiong said. “No one is going to take that away. I am comfortable at strawweight but can drop down to atomweight easy if that is what Angela wants.