As Victoria Lee gears up for her fourth MMA fight, she's already built a high quality resume since going pro last year.
‘The Prodigy’, who is the youngest of the Lee siblings competing in ONE, is preparing for her next fight in January against Zeba Bano of India.
But before that, take a look at Lee’s pro debut against Sunisa Srisen from February of 2021, uploaded to ONE Championship’s YouTube channel:
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Early in the fight, Victoria Lee came out as the sharper striker by tagging her more experienced opponent with crisp combinations. Thailand’s Srisenwas then able to throw Lee to the mat before Lee pushed off and returned to the feet.
Lee was then able to reverse another throw from Srisen and ride the back of her opponent, working for the rear naked choke. Despite several minutes of control time, Lee was unable to find the finish in round one.
After brief striking exchange in round two, the two clinched and Lee again took the back of Srisen. This time, she was able to quickly find the choke and get the tap at 1:03 of the second round.
Altogether, the combined record of all three of Victoria Lee’s three pro opponents is 14-5, which is unusually strong for a fighter early in their career.
Victoria Lee proud of older brother for adding third world title to family
Victoria Lee has had insanely high expectations placed on her ever since signing with ONE Championship due to her older siblings’ success in ONE.
While she’s so far lived up to that high bar, her family keeps pushing that bar farther and farther up.
Her brother Christian is now a two-weight world champion with ONE after taking out former welterweight king Kiamran Abbasov last month. In an interview with ONE Championship, the younger Lee expressed her pride in seeing Christian’s hard work come to fruitition:
“Oh man, I’m so proud of my big brother. Just being able to be in the gym and watch him grind and push so hard in all of his training sessions, and watch the fight and see it play out so beautifully.”
2023 will be another huge year for the Lees. Their oldest sister, Angela, reigns over the stacked atomweight division, and Christian will be busy defending two belts.
The youngest Lee sibling, Adrian, also recently won an amateur MMA belt in Hawai’i, and could either continue dominating the amateur circuit or start his professional career soon.
With Victoria seeking her fourth win in the promotion, it’ll be interesting to see how Victoria could climb the ranks of the strawweight division and attempt to achieve what her sister could not - dethrone Xiong Jing Nan.
Victoria Lee fights Indian atomweight Zeba Bano at ONE on Prime Video 6 on January 13th, streaming live from Bangkok, Thailand, on Amazon Prime.