“I won’t be taking back-to-back fights” - Christian Lee bares plan to defend two world titles if he beats Kiamrian Abbasov

Christian Lee knows the huge responsibility of defending a world title, let alone two of them.

The reigning ONE lightweight world champion will try to get a second belt when he moves up a weight class to challenge Kiamrian Abbasov for the ONE welterweight world title at ONE on Prime Video 4 this Friday, November 18.

ONE on Prime Video 4 will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and will be streamed live at Amazon Prime Video. Existing subscribers in North America will be able to watch the card for free.

In an interview with The MMA Superfan, Lee said that he does plan on defending both belts if he does beat Abbasov for welterweight gold/ What he won’t do, however, is jump back and forth between the two divisions in quick succession.

Christian Lee said:

“I do plan on winning the welterweight world title and then of course defending both. It will be a little bit of a challenge in the sense that I won’t be taking back-to-back fights.”

He added:

“I don’t think it will be responsible to put on 20 pounds of size and then cut pounds just back-to-back. I’ll definitely be looking to get at least a few months in between fights to properly adjust to each world title defense.”

ONE Championship’s lightweight division is capped at 170 lbs while welterweight is at 185 lbs, a steep 15-pound difference. Lee knows that shedding and gaining that amount of weight in a quick manner can be dangerous for the body.

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Christian Lee ready for Kiamrian Abbasov’s wrestling-heavy offense

Moving up a weight class is not new for Lee, and he’s more than ready to head into the welterweight division during his storied career.

Christian Lee started his career as a lanky 17-year-old in the featherweight division but bulked up to lightweight as he grew a bit older. Now at 24 years old, Lee marches to 185 pounds in hopes of achieving a second world title.

The lightweight king, in the same interview with The MMA Superfan, said that he’s expecting Abbasov to use size against him and it would be the last thing that he’d allow the welterweight ruler to do:

“The weight kind of came on naturally for me. I’m not sure who’s going to be the bigger man between me and [Kiamrian] Abbasov, but that’s the last thing I’m going to be worried about.”