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ONE Championship: Christian Lee will sit out until he gets Ok Rae-yoon rematch – ‘I was robbed’

  • Former lightweight champion says ‘I’m still the best fighter in the world’ despite controversial unanimous decision defeat
  • ‘He couldn’t see out of his eye. He could barely walk out of the cage. He basically was handed the decision,’ Lee says

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Ok Rae-yoon’s arm is raised after his unanimous decision win against Christian Lee. Photo: ONE Championship
Nicolas Atkin

Christian Lee has made it crystal clear: when he returns to the ONE Championship, he will not be fighting anyone other than Ok Rae-yoon, in a rematch for the lightweight title.

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The unheralded South Korean Ok (16-3) shocked the world of MMA by taking an upset unanimous decision – and the Hawaii-based fighter’s belt – in last month’s ONE: Revolution main event at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Lee blasted the judges’ “bulls***” call in a heated post-fight interview, and later demanded that the result be overturned, though the Asian martial arts promotion’s competition committee upheld Ok’s win after a formal review.

“I am still the champion, I am still the best fighter in the world,” Lee said in an interview with ONE from his family’s United MMA gym.

“I’m ready to fight Ok Rae-yoon today,” Lee added. “If he wants to fight, if he wants to do the rematch, we can do it as soon as possible. But if Ok is not ready, I’ll wait until he’s ready, and there’s no one else I want but him.”

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Ok told the Post this month that he suffered a broken orbital early on in the fight, and was “seeing two Christian Lees” for most of the five rounds.
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