Angela Lee

Angela Lee
Born Angela Lee
(1996-07-08) July 8, 1996
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Other names Unstoppable[1]
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)
Division Strawweight, Atomweight
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Singapore
Team Evolve MMA (Singapore), United MMA (Hawaii)[2]
Rank BJJ Brown Belt, Taekwondo Black belt (1st degree)[3]
Years active 2015–present
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Angela Lee (born July 8, 1996) is a Canadian-American mixed martial artist of Asian descent. She was born in Vancouver but moved to Hawaii at the age of 7. Her father is from Singapore and her mother from South Korea; both are martial artists, so she began training at a very young age and competing at the age of 6.[4] Her younger brother Christian Lee is also an MMA fighter and she has two younger siblings who both train in martial arts.

In 2011, Lee won her division at the USA Amateur pankration national championships, and she followed that the next year by winning her division at the World Pangration Athlima Federation world championships in Greece.[5] On May 5, 2016, she became the youngest person to ever win a world title in MMA by defeating Mei Yamaguchi to win the ONE Women's Atomweight (115 lbs) Title.[6] As of May 2016, Fight Matrix ranks her #17 female MMA Strawweight (115 lbs) in the world.[7]

Mixed martial arts career

In 2014 Lee made her amateur debut, and in November of that year she won a title at amateur level, beating Audrey Perkins at Destiny MMA: Na Koa 7 in Honolulu to become the Destiny MMA strawweight champion.

ONE Championship

Lee signed with ONE Championship in 2014 and made her promotional debut at ONE Championship 28: Warrior's Quest on 22 May 2015, submitting Aya Saber with an armbar in the opening round.[8]

Following the win Lee dropped out of her business administration degree course at a university in Hawaii and moved to Singapore to join Evolve MMA.[9][10] In her next fight she faced Mona Samir at ONE Championship: Odyssey of Champions on 27 September 2015 and won with a first round rear naked choke.

Lee's third professional fight was at ONE Championship 33: Pride of Lions on Nov 13, 2015[11] and she submitted Natalie Gonzales Hills with a twister in the opening round in what commentators described as a potential submission of the year contender.[12][13][14] She subsequently won the 2015 WMMA Press Award for Submission of the Year.[15]

Next, she faced Lena Tkhorevska at ONE Championship 36: Spirit of Champions on Dec 11, 2015[16] and won with a rear naked choke in the second round. Lee's first fight of 2016 was against Rebecca Heintzman at ONE Championship 39: Tribe of Warriors on Feb 20, 2016, and she won with a second round neck crank.

Lee's reward for submitting her first five opponents was a shot at the inaugural ONE Championship Atomweight Women's Title against Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi at ONE Championship 42: Ascent to Power on May 6, 2016.[17][18][19] Winning the fight would make her the youngest-ever MMA world champion.[20][21]

Lee won the fight by unanimous decision to become the inaugural ONE Women's Atomweight Champion,and received a $68,200 SGD bonus for her performance.[22] The MMA media described her fight with Yamaguchi as a Fight of the Year contender.[23][24][25] She subsequently signed a new contract with ONE Championship. Commentators speculated that her new contract made Lee the highest paid teenager in the history of MMA, male or female.[26][27]

Championships and accomplishments

Amateur pankration

Scholastic wrestling

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 6-0 Mei Yamaguchi Decision (Unanimous) ONE Championship 42: Ascent to Power May 6, 2016 5 5:00 Singapore Indoor Stadium Won ONE Championship Women's Atomweight Title
Win 5-0 Rebecca Heintzman Submission (Neck Crank) ONE Championship 39: Tribe of Warriors February 20, 2016 2 1:08 Jakarta, Indonesia
Win 4-0 Lena Tkhorevska Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) ONE Championship 36: Spirit of Champions Dec 11, 2015 2 3:26 Manila, Philippines
Win 3-0 Natalie Gonzales Hills Submission (Twister) ONE Championship 33: Pride of Lions Nov 13, 2015 1 2:24 Singapore Indoor Stadium
Win 2-0 Mona Samir Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) ONE Championship 31: Odyssey of Champions Sep 27, 2015 1 3:49 Jakarta, Indonesia
Win 1-0 Aya Saber Submission (Armbar) ONE Championship 28: Warrior's Quest May 22, 2015 1 1:43 Singapore Indoor Stadium

References

  1. ↑ "Angela Lee Profile". Sherdog. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Singapore MMA star Angela Lee is hungry to be a champion". The Straits Times. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Angela Lee - Evolve MMA Singapore | Asia's #1 Mixed Martial Arts Gym". evolve-mma.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Neil Davidson. "Vancouver-born fighter (Unstoppable) Angela Lee goes after world title". The Canadian Press.
  5. ↑ Kyle Nagel. "Fight Path: For ONE Championship 27's Angela Lee, surprise at-home attacks were normal". MMA Junkie.
  6. ↑ Teng Kiat. "MMA star Angela Lee becomes youngest-ever world champion". Yahoo.
  7. ↑ "Fight Matrix Current MMA Rankings » Women's Strawweight". www.fightmatrix.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Brian Knapp. "Shinya Aoki Keeps Lightweight Title, Decisions Koji Ando at One Championship 27". Sherdog.
  9. ↑ Sanjay Nair. "Mixed Martial Arts: Angela Lee quits school aiming to be Singapore's 1st world champion". Straits Times.
  10. ↑ James Goyder. "Angela Lee Switched Her Training to Singapore in Search of One Championship Gold". MMA Weekly.
  11. ↑ Saheli Roy Choudhury. "Asia's female MMA star: 'I finish fights very quickly...'". CNBC.
  12. ↑ MMA Insider. "Historic twister submission in ONE Championship cage by Singaporean MMA star Angela Lee". Yahoo! Sports.
  13. ↑ FO Staff. "One Championship's Angela Lee pulls off twister submission". Fighters Only.
  14. ↑ Neil Davidson. "Angela 'Unstoppable' Lee, Vancouver-Born MMA Athlete, Turns Heads In Asia". The Canadian Press.
  15. ↑ "Angela Lee Takes WMMA Press 2015 Newcomer & Submission Award". Wombat Sports. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  16. ↑ Mick Hammond. "Friday's Fight is Angela Lee's Next Step Towards ONE CHAMPIONSHIP Title". MMA Weekly.
  17. ↑ Jim Edwards. "Angela Lee looking to make history and pioneer women's MMA at ONE: Ascent To Power". The Independent.
  18. ↑ LIM SAY HENG. "Angela Lee eyes first ONE Championship women's title". The New Paper.
  19. ↑ James Edwards. "Angela Lee to square off with Mei Yamaguchi to crown ONE Women's atomweight world champion". Daily Mirror.
  20. ↑ "Youngest-Ever MMA Champion Could Come Out of Singapore". Bloomberg.
  21. ↑ Lee U-Wen. "Angela Lee's ready for the fight of her life". Business Times.
  22. ↑ "MMA: Angela Lee awarded $68,200 bonus following title victory". The New Paper.
  23. ↑ Brian Knapp. "Angela Lee Takes Atomweight Title in FOTY Contender at One Championship 42". Sherdog.
  24. ↑ Alexander K. Lee. "Watch: 19-year-old Angela Lee wins ONE title in thriller". The Score.
  25. ↑ Jay Russell. "2016 Fight Of The Year Candidate: Angela Lee vs Mei Yamaguchi (Video)". Vendetta Fighter.
  26. ↑ James Goyder. "NEWLY CROWNED ONE ATOMWEIGHT CHAMP ANGELA LEE SIGNS HUGE NEW CONTRACT". MMA Weekly.
  27. ↑ Chua Siang Yee. "Mixed martial arts: Lucrative new deal for Angela Lee". Straits Times.
  28. ↑ "2012 WORLDPANGRATION CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AGON". www.worldpangration.net. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "2012 WORLDPANGRATION CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS PANGRATION IMIEPAFIS". www.worldpangration.net. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  30. ↑ "Wrestling - HHSAA Girls Final Results - Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA)". www.sportshigh.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  31. ↑ "Angela Lee Takes WMMA Press 2015 Newcomer & Submission Award". Wombat Sports. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  32. ↑ MMAjunkie Staff. "World MMA Awards nominees set with new 'analyst,' 'MMA programming' categories". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  33. ↑ http://mmajunkie.com/2016/06/mmajunkies-fight-of-the-month-for-may-a-teen-sensation-shines-in-a-back-and-forth-war

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