The comeback is complete! Angela Lee submitted Stamp Fairtex in the second round at ONE: ‘X’, returning from a two year layoff in which she gave birth to her first child.
Afterwards the champion celebrated inside the cage with her daughter:
Proud mama 👩🍼✨ @angelaleemma #ONEX #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/IOX6dwH2xU
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 26, 2022
Lee had reason to celebrate as she had to overcome some real adversity inside the cage. Stamp had her badly hurt with a left hook to the liver in the opening round.
But survive the champion did and she came back to submit the Thai challenger with a rear naked choke in the second stanza. Afterwards she joked that it had been a lot less painful than giving birth!
Lee remains the first and only ONE Championship atomweight champion. She has held the title since 2016 and successfully defended it on five separate occasions.
Given that she was returning from an absence of over two years, facing the atomweight Grand Prix winner and bringing her one year old baby along for the ride we think this might be her most impressive win yet!
