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ONE Championship: Demetrious Johnson says Angela and Christian Lee ‘don’t have to come back’ after Victoria’s death

  • ONE flyweight MMA king insists fighting is the least important thing right now after the death of Victoria Lee at 18
  • ‘Take off, be parents for a while. Fighting ain’t going nowhere. So take all the time you need to get your mind right,’ Johnson says

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Demetrious Johnson (left) with Christian Lee and Angela Lee after their victories at ONE Century in Tokyo on October 12, 2019. Photo: Nicolas Atkin
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Demetrious Johnson has told his fellow ONE Championship title-holders Angela and Christian Lee “take all the time you need” following the death of their sister at 18.

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The death of Victoria Lee has cast a sombre mood over fight week ahead of ONE Championship’s return to action in Bangkok on Saturday.

While excitement is high for a stacked ONE Fight Night 6 card, which will be broadcast in the US on Amazon Prime Video, the tears will surely flow at Impact Arena when a video tribute to rising atomweight Lee, who died at 18 on Boxing Day, opens the show.

Demetrious Johnson says Angela, Christian Lee "don't have to come back" after Victoria's death

Flyweight MMA champ Johnson will be doing a meet and greet with fans before the event on Saturday morning. He will also be promoting his own return to the Circle on May 5, when ONE makes its debut on US soil in Denver, Colorado.

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