We are officially less than two weeks away from Christian Lee’s return to the circle. Coming off of his dominant performance over Ok Rae Yoon at ONE 160 to recapture the ONE lightweight world championship, ‘The Warrior’ will fight for two-division glory when he meets the reigning welterweight titleholder Kiamrian Abbasov.
Lee recently shared a promotional video for the champion vs. champion showdown on Instagram. Needless to say, fans are absolutely hyped for the ONE on Prime Video 4 main event, with many of them taking to Instagram comments to share their enthusiasm.
“#AndNew! Bring it home to Hawaii!!!🔥🔥🔥“
“Pound for pound king!“
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“#ANDNEW LG!!!! Christian“
“Always a fan, go champ. Sending support from down under Australia 🇦🇺 👏❤️“
“You can do it champ!“
“You got this Christian, wish I could of gone and watch it live."
“Christian lee all the way! Aaaand New!!“
“Two weeks until your new belt! @christianleemma“
Both world champions will enter the bout with impressive finish rates inside the circle. Kiamrian Abbasov boasts an impressive 75% finish rate while Christian Lee walks in with a jaw-dropping 94% finish rate and 11 victories by way of knockout.
It’s safe to say that ‘The Warrior’ and ‘Brazen’ will not need the full 25 minutes allotted for their main event clash.
Christian Lee couldn’t pass on the opportunity to become a two-division world champion
Fresh off his dominant victory over Ok Rae Yoon at ONE 160 to recapture the lightweight title, it appeared that ‘The Warrior’ would take the rest of the year off to spend time with his family and enjoy his victory. That was until the promotion came knocking on his door with an opportunity to make ONE Championship history.
With the opportunity to become a two-division world champion, Lee opted to make a relatively quick turnaround and commit to facing the bigger welterweight world champion Kiamrian Abbasov.
Discussing the fight with ONE, Lee said that it has been a dream to become a dual-world champion since he signed with the promotion and couldn’t let the opportunity pass him by:
“Well, initially, after claiming my title back, it sounded really nice to take some time off. But an opportunity like this is really just too big of a moment to let it just pass me by. And fighting for a second world title, and a second weight division has always been a dream of mine since I started this sport.”