ONE Championship: Angela Lee retires from MMA and vacates title – ‘I know this is right decision’
- Atomweight MMA champion lays her belt on the canvas in the cage at Singapore Indoor Stadium before ONE Fight Night 14 main event
- ‘I’m here to officially announce my retirement, it’s been an incredible eight years,’ she says, as Stamp Fairtex beats Ham Seo-hee for undisputed belt
Angela Lee confirmed she has retired from mixed martial arts, and vacated her ONE Championship atomweight MMA title in Singapore on Saturday, after the death of her 18-year-old sister.
The 27-year-old Lee sat cageside for the ONE Fight Night 14 event at Singapore Indoor Stadium, where she did a meet and greet with fans before the show.
Lee laid her belt on the canvas in the cage at Singapore Indoor Stadium before the fight, during an interview with ONE commentator Mitch Chilson after the co-main event.
“I’m here today to officially announce my retirement,” she said. “I just want to say thank you to the fans, to ONE Championship, to Chatri [Sityodtong, ONE chairman], to my team, and to everyone. There have been so many battles in and out of the cage.”
Lee hugged her husband and fellow fighter Bruno Pucci, as well as their two-year-old daughter, on her way out of the Circle, before joining the commentary booth for the main event.
“She [Victoria] was my main training partner. So I know that this is the right decision and I’m just closing the door on this chapter and ready to open this next chapter which is Fightstory,” she later told media backstage.
