5 greatest teenage MMA fighters in history

17-year-old Victoria Lee is one of the most promising MMA prospects today. (Image courtesy of ONE Championship)
17-year-old Victoria Lee is one of the most promising MMA prospects today. (Image courtesy of ONE Championship)

#2. Teenage MMA phenom Victoria Lee

The term 'prodigy' is not taken lightly, regardless of which field of expertise. There's a reason why only two fighters in mainstream MMA earned this monicker. First, it was MMA legend and the fastest man to get a Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt (Brazilian or not), B.J. Penn. Then, more than ten years after Penn's domination of the sport, another 'Prodigy' emerged: Victoria Lee.

If you search the word in the dictionary, the word's meaning says: "a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities". That's exactly how we'd describe the 17-year-old ONE Championship fighter.

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Like her brother, the aforementioned Christian Lee, 'The Prodigy' debuted straight into the big leagues at a very young age. She debuted at just 16 years old and won three straight victories in her freshman year (all by finishes). The youngster is improving exponentially in every fight, and it's a frightening sight for all the women in her division.

As of this writing, Lee is just 17 years old and is riding huge momentum thanks to the guidance of her world champion siblings, Christian and Angela.


#1. ONE's dominant atomweight queen, Angela Lee

Rounding up the Lee siblings is Angela 'Unstoppable' Lee, arguably the most successful of the three. In 2016, at the age of 19, Lee made history by becoming the youngest MMA world champion ever, regardless of gender. She did so by outlasting and outfighting MMA pioneer Mei Yamaguchi in one of the greatest fights in ONE history.

Considered by many as the best female fighter outside the UFC, Lee's domination of ONE's 115-pound division couldn't be overstated. Her epic rivalry with strawweight Xiong Jing Nan was one of the best in ONE history. She started her career at the highest level and has soundly defeated everyone she's faced in her division. What made it all remarkable was that Lee made a splash in the sport even before turning 20.

Now 25 and the mother of a beautiful baby girl, Lee is on the verge of transcending the sport. Lee and her siblings are still improving. They are not even close to reaching their athletic primes. It's mind-blowing to think that with all their achievements in the cage already, we haven't even seen the best version of the Lees yet.

As she faces former ONE Muay Thai and kickboxing champion Stamp Fairtex in the biggest event in ONE history, ONE: X, Angela Lee might show us yet another level to her greatness.

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