Lee attempted her first takedown of the frame with two minutes left in the round but she was hit with a hard left hook and the takedown stuffed. Closing the distance into the clinch to do further damage served her well in the follow-up, as Xiong was unable to counter with her boxing proficiency.
The championship rounds began with major aggressiveness from Angela as she charged forward with a body kick that buckled Jing Nan temporarily. Angela landed some good strikes at the very end of the round but when the bell rang she was surely still down on the scorecards from the damage she took in round one. The rest of the round was fought at a slower pace than the first two, as both settled down a bit in a mainly striking-based round in which neither athlete gained a big advantage. Lee opened the third round with a takedown attempt which failed and was countered by heavy strikes from Xiong that forced Angela to retreat. Angela had made up some ground from the first round but not enough, yet. Upon breaking Xiong seemed to have gotten a second wind and landed a flurry of strikes before the bell. A clinch exchange ensued where Lee landed some occasional short strikes. By this point, Lee already seemed to be the fresher fighter as she was much more active and Xiong’s breathing appeared heavy. Xiong once again escaped, kicking Lee off of her and getting back to striking range. Xiong escaped but Lee gained top position. She turned that top position into an anaconda choke attempt as Xiong stood back up and landed innumerable knees to the head of Xiong before dropping down again to lock up the choke tighter. From there, Lee managed to drag Xiong forward and get on top. Still, she had trouble with her defense as she never moved her head and was stunned once, but managed to fall forward into a takedown attempt in the process. It has to be remembered that ONE Championship MMA fights are scored as a whole rather than round-by-round.Īngela Lee had clearly recovered in round two because she came out and immediately landed a good right hand of her own. A huge lead had been established by the defending champion but it was a win just for Angela to make it out of the round. She finally got to the clinch again and the round ended there. Back on the feet Lee continued to march forward and eat shots. Eventually, Angela came up on a single leg and got into the clinch in order to recover. She tried to get a takedown but Xiong defended it and did more damage which almost resulted in Herb Dean stopping the fight. This time, Lee was hurt much worse and was almost out. Another strike dropped Lee on her butt with three minutes left in the round after a flurry had stunned her.
The challenger tried to get a takedown from that position but ate a few grounded knees for her trouble before the champion got back to striking where she hurt Lee badly. So thus far, whichever woman was defending their belt had always won the fight and each has been the only fighter to hold their respective belts.Īt ONE on Prime Video 2, Angela Lee came in looking to use her grappling skills, which had seen her become the most successful female fighter in the promotion’s history, to win a second belt while Xiong Jing Nan would look to use her boxing background to her advantage in defending her title.Ī minute into the fight a right hook from Xiong dropped Angela Lee badly. Xiong had won their first match-up by TKO at strawweight while Angela won the immediate rubber match at atomweight by rear-naked choke. In the main event of the second ONE Championship card of their deal with Amazon Prime Video, women’s atomweight champion Angela Lee faced off against her rival, women’s strawweight champion Xiong Jing Nan, in a highly anticipated trilogy bout for the strawweight title.
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