Christian Lee confident he’ll take out Alibeg Rasulov in the opening round “if things go to plan” at ONE Fight Night 26

Christian Lee plans on chalking up another statistic in his already impressive resume.

The reigning two-division MMA world champion will defend his ONE lightweight MMA world title against the undefeated Alibeg Rasulov in the main event of the stacked ONE Fight Night 26 card on December 6 in US primetime at the historic Lumpinee Stadium.

Lee holds the ONE Championship record for most finishes, knockouts, and wins, and he believes Alibeg will be the next name on that lethal hit list.

In an interview with the promotion, Lee said he's confident Alibeg will be out in the opening round if he can execute his game plan to a tee.

"It's good to see a tough, hungry, young competitor like Alibeg coming in and challenging me for the title. If all goes well, and all goes according to plan, I'll be finishing my opponent in the first round," said Christian Lee.

'The Warrior', who also reigns as the ONE welterweight MMA world champion, has the most wins at 17, most finishes at 16, and most knockouts at 12 in ONE Championship.

Lee is coming off two straight knockout wins over Ok Rae Yoon to regain the ONE lightweight MMA world title at ONE 160 and Kiamrian Abbasov for the vacant ONE welterweight MMA world title at ONE on Prime Video 4.

The 26-year-old, however, went into a two-year hiatus following the tragic death of his younger sister Victoria in December 2022.

Lee now looks to resume his responsibilities as a world champion and defend his throne against Rasulov in Bangkok.

ONE Fight Night 26 is available live and free to all Prime Video subscribers in the United States and Canada.

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Christian Lee says helping his younger brother Adrian gave him a new perspective on his career

Christian Lee wasn't focused on himself for much of 2024 and instead, helped younger brother Adrian kickstart his professional MMA career.

Despite taking up the coach's mantle, Lee is confident the time he spent helping Adrian gave him a new perspective on how to operate as an MMA fighter.

Lee said in the same interview with ONE Championship:

"It's been two years since I last stepped inside the ONE circle, and I'm excited, I'm ready to go. There's a long time when I was just focused on training my brother, just focused on getting his career started. I trained him up to be so good that I was getting worked by him in the gym, and I told him, 'Man, it's time to get back in there.'"