Victoria Lee, a rising fighter with the ONE Championship, died last month, her sister announced Saturday. She was 18 years old.
, made her professional MMA debut in Feb. 2021 at the age of the 16. In her first fight at ONE: Fists of Fury, Lee defeated Sunisa Srisan in the second round via rear-naked choke submission.
She followed that up with two more wins that year over Luping Wang and Victoria Souza, both finishes, but had not fought since ONE: Revolution in Sept. 2021. Given that initial success and her pedigree, many expected big things from her in the future. Before her professional MMA career, Lee excelled as an amateur, becoming a two-time Hawaiian pankration junior world champion, a Hawaii state wrestling champion and an IMMAF junior world champion perLee's siblings are both among ONE's biggest stars. Christian is a two-time lightweight champion who took double-belt status with a welterweight win in November and holds a career record of 17-4. Angela has held the atomweight title since 2016 and recently challenged for the strawweight title.
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