ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong thinks Angela Lee could be making a serious mistake as she pursues women’s MMA history next month at ONE Championship 83. Lee (9-0), the organization’s current atomweight champion, will attempt to become the first simultaneous two-division titleholder in women’s MMA history when she challenges women’s strawweight champ Jing Nan Xiong (13-1) in a headlining contest. Although Lee is unbeaten and has been successful in her own weight class, she’s opted to move up a weight class for the bout with Xiong. From Sityodtong’s perspective, that might not be the wisest choice. “I actually don’t know why Angela is doing this moving up to fight a bigger, stronger, faster champion,” Sityodtong told reporters, including MMAjunkie on a recent ONE Championship 83 media call. “This could be Angela’s first potential loss.
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ONE Championship CEO questions Angela Lee’s decision to move up, go for second title – MMA Junkie