"Let's do it again" - Fans clamor for immediate rematch after no-contest finish to Christian Lee's title defense against Alibeg Rasulov

The ONE lightweight MMA world title clash between defending champion Christian Lee and challenger Alibeg Rasulov ended in an unfortunate no-contest result after the former accidentally poked the eye of the latter, making him unable to continue.

ONE Championship published the ending sequence of the match inside the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, and they captioned it with:

"Christian Lee and Alibeg Rasulov's ONE Lightweight MMA World Title clash ends in a no contest after an inadvertent eye poke. Would you like to see a rematch? @christianleemma @rasulov_alibeg.mma"

The incident occurred late in the second round, and the ringside doctor called off the match because Rasulov couldn't see clearly in his left eye.

Fans were left hanging about the possible outcome of the match and were calling for an immediate rematch between the two MMA stars, as users @kirk12751, @will_i_am_iceman, @shinobrx, @magomedkhanov, and @mesak_lalringum_tuolor commented:

"Lee was on his way to the win, he will be back to complete! 💪🏼🤜🤛👊🫶👍🏻"

"Lets do it again ! JAN 2025."

"Rematch needs to come cause I need to see who's going to win this for real for real"

"A finger in the eye is an unpleasant situation, it was a very good fight, the rematch will be very spectacular 💥💥💥"

"Yes rematch them"

Screenshot of fans' comments

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Christian Lee believed that he was close to finishing Alibeg Rasulov had the eye poke didn't happen

'The Warrior' had already shaken off the two-year ring rust and found his groove when the unintentional eye poke occurred in the second frame, and he believes that he could have scored a finish against the undefeated Turkish challenger.

Lee shared this thought with The Bangkok Post in his post-fight interview with them, as he claimed:

"Absolutely not [how I wanted the fight to end]. I was looking for a finish and I do believe that if the fight continued I would have gotten the finish.

North American viewers with an active Prime Video subscription can rewatch all the action at ONE Fight Night 26 via the free event replay.