ONE: Enter the Dragon: Christian Lee captures lightweight gold, Sage Northcutt suffers quick KO loss
Asian MMA organization ONE Championship’s Enter the Dragon event in Singapore will probably be remembered for a historic victory and a shocking loss.
Crossfire Vault – Angela Lee opens up on tough loss to Jing Nan Xiong
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship signs former UFC champion Vitor Belfort
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship signs veteran Yushin Okami
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship embarks on U.S. media tour
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship names Meghan Jenkins vice president of International
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship holds open Tokyo seminar
Crossfire Vault – Miesha Tate joins ONE as vice president
Crossfire Vault – Demetrious Johnson eager to ‘earn my way’ to ONE flyweight belt
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship signs Eddie Alvarez
Crossfire Vault – ONE Championship inks former UFC phenom Sage Northcutt
All the best highlights from ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON! 🐉 #WeAreONE #EnterTheDragon #Singapore #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/d3OAvBRdD5
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) May 18, 2019
At 20 years old, Christian Lee, the brother of atomweight champion Angela Lee, won the lightweight crown with an impressive KO of Shinya Aoki, becoming the youngest male MMA champion.
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Lee overcame some takedowns and an armbar attempt by Aoki in the first round to overpower him with strikes in the second round to secure the victory.
It wasn’t that long ago when Lee suffered his first career loss when The Crossfire spoke him about preparing for his bounce back fight against
Meanwhile, 23 year old former UFC phenom Sage Northcutt (11-3-0) suffered a 29 second TKO loss to Cosmo Alexandre (8-1-0), joining his colleague Eddie Alvarez in losing his debut fight with the company. Alexandre did not give Northcutt any time to get untracked, knocking “Super” down face first early with the first punch and forced referee Oliver Coste to call the bout.
JUST. LIKE. THAT! Cosmo Alexandre knocks out Sage Northcutt 29 seconds into the first round 👊 @CosmoAlexandre #WeAreONE #EnterTheDragon #Singapore #MartialArts pic.twitter.com/Nh32Z1LNjU
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) May 17, 2019
In other bouts:
Lightweight title bout: Christian Lee defeats Shinya Aoki via TKO (strikes) R2 0:51
ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship bout: Regian Eersel def. Nieky Holzken via UD
ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Quarter-final bout: Petchmorakot Petchyindee Academy def. Giorgio Petrosyan via SD
ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Quarter-final bout: Samy Sana def. Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex via UD
Lightweight bout: Cosmo Alexandre def. Sage Northcutt via KO (punch) R1 0:29
ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Semi-final bout: Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev def. Amir Khan via KO R1 2:56
ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Alternate bout: Geje Eustaquio def. Kim Kyu Sung via UD
Strawweight bout: Miao Li Tao def. Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke via KO R1 4:09
ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Quarter-final bout bout: Jo Nattawut def. Sasha Moisa via TKO R3 1:24
Strawweight bout: Yoshitaka Naito def. Alex Silva via UD
Featherweight bout: Garry Tonon def. Yoshiki Nakahara via submission (Heel Hook) R1 0:55
ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Quarter-final bout: Dzhabar Askerov defeats Enriko Kehl via UD
Atomweight bout: Mei Yamaguchi def. Laura Balin via submission (armbar) R1 3:46
Lightweight bout: Iuri Lapicus def. Shannon Wiratchai via submission (rear naked choke) R3 3:10
ONE featherweight kickboxing World Grand Prix alternate bout: Daniel Dawson def. Brown Pinas via SD
Lightweight bout: Rahul Raju defeats Richard Corminal via submission (rear naked choke) R1 4:43
