“Absolute domination” - Fans grimace at the sheer pain Angela Lee brought upon Istela Nunes in Singapore

Before she called it a career in September 2023, Angela Lee established herself as one of the ferocious fighters and champions in ONE Championship, dominating all-comers in the atomweight MMA division.

The promotion recently went to the archives to highlight the dominant path 'Unstoppable' carved throughout her run. In particular, it posted a video on its Instagram profile of Lee's thorough conquest of Istela Nunes of Brazil in May 2017 in Singapore to retain the ONE atomweight world title.

Angela Lee showcased her all-around game in dominating Nunes, which she capped with an impressive submission in the second round by way of an anacoda choke.

Check out the video post below:

Fans chimed in with their varying reactions to Lee's impressive performance in the comments section. Below are what some of them wrote.

One user felt for Nunes with the way she was dominated by the then-atomweight queen, writing:

"Damn that was hard to watch. Absolute domination."

Dominant performance

Another highlighted the expert techinique that Lee employed to get the win, saying:

"Brilliant technique 👏"

Expert technique

Other comments, meanwhile, spotlighted the status of Lee as possibly the GOAT female fighter in ONE Championship and how impressive the fight went down.

Check out the screenshots of the comments below:

Going away impressed

Angela Lee decided to retire to focus on what she described was the next chapter of her life. Before retiring, she was already on a self-imposed break to mourn the untimely passing of her younger sister and fellow ONE fighter Victoria in December 2022. She retired as an undefeated atomweight champion and vacated the title.

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Angela Lee finding her way to jiu-jitsu

While she is no longer competing in MMA, Angela Lee is busying herself with other things, including dipping her hands in jiu-jitsu, which she finds challenging yet fulfilling.

She shared this after she competed with her team United BJJ Hawaii at the Jiu Jitsu Con International back in August in Las Vegas. Lee took to Instagram to share her experience in the event, writing:

"Yesterday I competed alongside our teammates and students at the @ibjjf Jiu Jitsu Con International 💪🏼❤️‍🔥 It isn't easy to put yourself out there. There is no effort without error and shortcoming. But if we never try, we never know!

"The true challenge is overcoming our fears and testing ourselves. The true victory is showing up through the fear and nerves and doing it anyways!"

Apart from jiu jitsu, Lee has been attending to her family and activities with her non-profit Fightstory.