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ONE Championship: Adrian Lee to continue family legacy, with teen set to become fourth sibling to compete

  • Christian Lee holds lightweight and welterweight titles but has not fought since 2022
  • Angela Lee was reigning atomweight champion but retired at 27 to focus on non-profit organisation

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Adrian Lee will make his ONE Championship debut at ONE 167. Photo: ONE Championship

Adrian Lee has been added to the ONE 167 card and will follow in the footsteps of three of his older siblings when he fights for the promotion for the first time.

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The 19-year-old will take on Antonio Mammarella, who is 1-0 as a professional and 5-1 as an amateur, as he begins his MMA journey along a road he hopes will lead to becoming the third member of the Lee family to win a title.

Christian Lee holds the ONE Championship lightweight and welterweight belts but has not fought since 2022. Angela Lee was the reigning atomweight champion when she decided to retire from the sport at the age of 27 to focus on her non-profit organisation, FightStory.

Victoria Lee fought three times for ONE Championship, winning all three, but took her own life on December 26, 2022, just days before she was scheduled to compete. She was just 18 years old and neither of her older siblings have competed since.

So, there will inevitably be a lot of scrutiny on Lee, who will be making his professional debut but has won titles competing in MMA as an amateur in his native Hawaii.

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