
Lee opens the round with a body kick and Nan presses Lee against the cage. Nan teeps and then beckons for Lee to come forward in the final seconds of the round. Lee lands huge strikes and Nan answers back with some of her own, Lee retreats briefly. Nan unloads strikes on Lee, to which Lee presses forward and initiates the clinch again. They separate and go back to the center of the cage. They both get to their feet, Lee still holding Nan’s neck. Nan pulls her legs over Lee’s shoulder’s looking for a triangle but Lee gets to her feet and stomps on Nan before coming back down and grabbing her neck.
XIONG JING NAN STOPS FIGHT FULL
Lee is fighting for full mount, but Nan is shrimping away and using the cage to her advantage.

Lee takes Nan to the mat where she lands hard strikes the champions face before changing position. She pressed Nan against the fence and the pair grapple to stay in control. The women start trading within seconds of the bell, each getting shots on the other. The battle to crown the best female martial artist in the world! #WeAreONE #ANewEra #Tokyo #MartialArts /iDyuIN6M6Z- ONE Championship MaROUND 1 Nan keeps her ONE Championship strawweight title and becomes the first woman to defeat Lee. Tokyo, Japan – Xiong Jing Nan defeated Angela Lee via TKO, Round 5 – 1:37 at ONE Championship’s Tokyo, Japan debut card, ONE: A NEW ERA on Sunday, March 31, 2019, live from Ryogoku Kokugikan. We’ll see who gets what they want.Xiong Jing Nan ends Angela Lee’s unbeaten streak, retains her title at ONE: A NEW ERA on Sunday. “Definitely, I’ll be looking to take her out in the early rounds, and I feel like her game plan is to take me out in later rounds. So I think that’s going to be to my advantage. “The preparation has been great, and I’m confident because she didn’t experience my full game yet, but I think I think I’ve experienced hers.

And so now I truly feel that this is my time. “I feel like I did really well, but at the same time, I know how much better I could have been if I had the right preparations.

While the 26-year-old doesn’t want to call her shot, she plans to search for the stoppage from the opening bell and hopes to walk away as a two-division ONE World Champion. Now, eldest sibling Angela Lee wants to keep this reputation intact in her rubber match with Xiong Jing Nan. The Lees are the most famous fighting family in ONE Championship, and their collective calling card is a constant hunt for the finish. I’m a finisher.’ And so I’m not going to be overlooking her and using her previous fights as something to base my assumptions of her on.”Ī post shared by Xiong JingNan🇨🇳熊竞楠 Angela Lee Wants To Finish Xiong Jing Nan Early In Trilogy Bout She wants to prove to everyone that, ‘No, I’m still dangerous. “But with that being said, I do think that she’s going to hear that, she’s going to get angry and think that she wants to make a statement in this fight. Sometimes when you’re champion for a while, you become stagnant and you’re just fighting to keep your belt, not fighting to win and destroy every person that’s in front of you. “I feel like when I watched Xiong in, she was not fighting to win – she was fighting not to lose.

Meanwhile, Xiong has been more active in recent years, making three successful World Title defenses since her rematch with Lee.īut though “The Panda” remains a dangerous striker and believes she’s leveled up her game, she hasn’t been able to score a finish, with all three victories coming via decision.įor her part, Lee wasn’t too impressed with her old foe’s lack of aggression in those bouts: That night, the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion looked better than ever as she submitted surging challenger Stamp Fairtex to successfully defend the gold. A post shared by Angela Lee Pucci confidence partially stems from her impressive comeback fight at ONE X this past March.
