When you pour your heart and soul into a fight to achieve something in front of the entire world, you need time to recover mentally and emotionally.” That last punch really took the wind out of her completely, but she just had no gas in the tank,” said.
“She didn’t have any injuries at all, it was more fatigue. Surprisingly, Lee returned home to Hawaii with just scratches and bruises. “To survive those armbars, Xiong is one, tough cookie.” “That was a crazy war back-and-forth, unbelievable,” Sityodtong said. Lee staggered back against the cage and Xiong went on the offensive, finishing the bout with a TKO victory.
In the early minutes of the final round, Lee caught a match-defining blow from Xiong in the midsection that took the wind out of her. Lee had victory within reach in the fourth round of that match, almost forcing Xiong to submit with a vice-like armbar and a triangle choke, but “The Panda” was able to survive the round. “But I think Angela defending her atomweight title is only fair because Jing Nan gave her a shot at her strawweight title. She last fought in an October 2019 TKO of Xiong, which evened their rivalry at 1-1. Angela’s had some time to recover from that fight and she’s not thinking about that now until she’s ready.” Angela Lee faces off with Xiong Jingnan ahead of their rematch in Tokyo. “I think that can be a real thriller for fans, but I haven’t confirmed it with Angela yet. “Angela wants a rematch, and Jing Nan has granted that, but she wants to do it at atomweight,” Sityodtong said. Xiong won the five-round bout in Tokyo in March to retain her ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship and hand Lee’s first career defeat. The sequel to their epic clash at ONE: A NEW ERA will likely take place later this year, according to ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong. The highly-anticipated rematch between ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee and ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan is coming closer to fruition.
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