18-year-old prodigy Victoria Lee makes her long-awaited return to the circle on January 13 at ONE on Prime Video 6. By the time Lee returns, it will be 16 months since her last appearance. During that time, ‘The Prodigy’ was doing what any typical 18-year-old was doing; finishing high school.
Having graduated over the spring, Victoria Lee is ready to resume her career with ONE Championship and carry on the legacy established by her older brother and sister, ONE world champions Christian and Angela Lee. ONE Championship offered a look back at Lee’s career thus far in a highlight real uploaded on the promotion’s YouTube channel with the caption:
“The Lee family has built a lasting legacy in the ONE circle, with both Angela Lee and Christian Lee climbing the ranks to become ONE World Champions – and they're not stopping there. Before younger sister and teenage prodigy, Victoria Lee returns at ONE on Prime Video 6, check out her best moments in the circle so far!”
Watch the full video below:
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Victoria Lee kicked off her ONE Championship career in early 2021. Before the year was over, she had scored three consecutive wins over Sunisa Srisen, Wang Luping, and Victoria Souza, with the first two coming by way of submission and the third via knockout.
Christian Lee is very proud of his sister Victoria Lee’s work ethic
If there is one thing the Lee family has over everyone else in ONE Championship, it could very well be the work ethic. This clearly shows in the excellence of Angela and Christian Lee who, between them, hold three ONE world championships.
Angela Lee is the first and only woman to hold the ONE women’s atomweight world championship, while Christian Lee is a two-division world titleholder and has already been established as the most prolific finisher in ONE history.
In an interview with the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Christian Lee spoke about his sister Victoria’s work ethic and training regimen ahead of her return to the Circle at ONE on Prime Video 6 in 2023:
"Victoria has done such a great job in her short career here so far. I'm really proud of how hard she's working every day. She's really just putting her head down and just putting in the work. She's in the gym for like six hours a day. She's training more hours than any of us. Between me and my sister [Angela], [Victoria's] really just always in the gym, always working and I think it's really showing."
Looking to spoil Victoria Lee’s return is the 6-1 Indian ‘Fighting Queen’ Zeba Bano. Coming off a loss to Nat ‘Wondergirl’ Jaroonsak in May, Bano will be eager to get back into the win column at Lee’s expense.