ONE Championship: Chatri has ‘not talked fights at all’ with Angela, Christian Lee as their absence is felt at US debut
- ONE will make debut on US soil this Friday in Denver without the Lee siblings, two of its best fighters and biggest American stars
- ‘I have no idea what their plans are,’ CEO Chatri says – ‘the best thing we can do as fans and an organisation is to support them’
ONE Championship will make its debut on US soil with a stacked event in Denver, Colorado this Friday, but it will do so without two of its biggest stars: Hawaii-based siblings Angela and Christian Lee.
Angela and Christian’s absence from the card is no surprise.
Their 18-year-old sister Victoria – also a ONE fighter – died last December, and the siblings and their family have been in mourning ever since.
Speaking to the Post after Wednesday’s ONE Fight Night 10 pre-fight press conference, the promotion’s CEO and chairman Chatri Sityodtong admitted that, when his team began planning for a US debut several years ago, the Lee siblings were an important part of their designs.
“In my original plans, years ago, Angela Lee and Christian Lee would be fighting on the US debut,” he said.
