(Photo by James Chance/Getty Images)Īlthough the 34-year-old will enter the fight off the back of three defeats, Dubois has paid respect to her opponent and is aware of her pedigree inside the ring. LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 14: Caroline Dubois trains with their coach Shane McGuigan during the BOXXER and Sky Sports Media Day ahead of the BOXXER and Sky Sports Boxing Fight Night at the OVO Wembley Arena on March 26th 2022 at Glaziers Hall on Main London, England. Koleva on the other hand, has won ten of her 25 bouts.
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You have to eventually move up the level of opposition that you’re fighting and I’m doing that now.”įormer Olympian Dubois is unbeaten in her professional career so far, having won all three of her fights. If I can’t beat this girl I can’t be fighting for world titles can I?
“And we can make history together.”Įlsewhere in early action, Ilya Freymanov (11-2) and Halil Amir (8-0) both scored monster knockouts in their respective ONE Championship debuts.įreymanov demolished former two-division champion Martin Nguyen (14-6) with a brutal salvo of knees and punches at 3:33 of Round 1, while Amir opened the main card with a similar feat against top welterweight contender Timofey Nastyukhin (14-7) at :58 of Round 2.“This is a start. “I wouldn’t call it a callout because you don’t call out a legend like ‘Mighty Mouse,’ I just want to share the mat with him,” Musumeci said. Musumeci, 26, kept Sousa on the defensive for the majority of the 10-minute match, stringing together a relentless stream of leglocks and other submission attacks from his guard.įollowing his win, Musumeci respectfully asked to face ONE flyweight champion and MMA legend Demetrious Johnson in a crossover showdown. In the night’s co-main event, American jiu-jitsu phenom Mikey Musumeci captured the inaugural ONE flyweight submission grappling world championship with a frenetic unanimous decision win over Cleber Sousa. #ONEonPrimeVideo2 /iSBsiWw1Ki- Prime Video October 1, 2022 The trilogy fight between Xiong and Lee lived up to its billing. “I don’t understand how you can score points on a card with your defense and running backwards, but I gave it my all in this fight.” “Xiong came out really strong in the first round, but I really feel like I was the one who more consistently pushing forward, landing heavy strikes, and I just don’t understand the decision,” Lee said. In the end, Lee was unable to overcome her slow start on the scorecards, although both her and ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong disagreed with the decision. Referee Herb Dean appeared to be close to stopping the action multiple times, however Lee gamely survived to the horn then began to turn the tide in Round 2, dragging Xiong to the mat with a takedown, threatening with multiple submission attempts, and even landing several hard flurries of knees to the head from the clinch.įrom there, Lee found her rhythm, picking away with a steady diet of stiff punches, kicks, and clinch knees, while Xiong continued to find her own success with her boxing. championship rivalry was no loss exciting, as Xiong got off to a rollicking start and dropped Lee numerous times in the opening round with hard punches and knees to the head. The third iteration of their championship vs. Lee then repaid the favor seven months later, earning a fifth-round submission to defend her own atomweight belt in the rematch. In their first bout, Xiong defeated Lee via fifth-round TKO to defend her ONE Championship strawweight title.
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Xiong and Lee previously faced off twice in two memorable battles in 2019, splitting their series at one win apiece. I’m ready for another fight with Angela Lee - whether it’s kickboxing, it’s MMA, let’s go.”
“The audience here may have a different opinion, but I’m always prepared. “Only my team and I really understand what I had to go through to really prepare for the match,” Xiong said afterward through a translator. Lee (11-3) likely would’ve won under MMA’s traditional western scoring system, however ONE Championship scores fights as a whole rather than round-by-round, and the immense damage Xiong (18-2) exacted on Lee in the opening round was ultimately what swayed the decision in her favor. Two of the most dominant women in ONE Championship history added a thrilling third chapter to their rivalry Friday night, with Xiong taking a hard-fought unanimous decision over Lee to notch the seventh defense of her strawweight title in the main event of ONE on Prime Video 2, which took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Xiong Jing Nan and Angela Lee were born to fight one another.
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