For an 18-year-old following three family members into ONE Championship, two of whom have been multiple-time world champions, it would be easy to understand if they were daunted by the prospect.
\nHowever, Adrian Lee seems to be taking all the attention in his stride.
\nThe Lee family name is a storied one in ONE Championship. Adrian\u2019s brother, and training partner, Christian, is the current lightweight and welterweight MMA champion, while older sister Angela has retired from the ring after being ONE\u2019s atomweight world champion.
\nThis week at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II the 18-year-old gets to start his journey with the world\u2019s biggest martial arts organisation.
\nAt the Impact Arena in Bangkok, the same arena Angela defended her title for the first time, Adrian takes on\u00a0 Antonio Mammarella in a lightweight MMA clash in what feels like the culmination of a lifetime\u2019s work despite his tender age.\u00a0
\nHe seems remarkably relaxed though.
\n\u201cOf course, all the competition that I\u2019ve had previous to this are all things that will help me handle the pressure,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, I just believe in my training and when the time comes, I\u2019ll be ready for it.\u201d
\nHe has already realised he won\u2019t be paid by the minute in Bangkok – and plans on finishing the night as quickly as possible.
\n\u201c\u201cDuring this camp, we\u2019ve been practically focused on everything, but the main thing we\u2019ve been focused on is just how to get the job finished as soon as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, the ideal scenario would first off just be to finish as fast as possible in round one, either by TKO or submission, whatever comes first.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u201cHowever, my main goal is just to get out there, win, and finish.\u201d
\nIf all goes to plan this weekend, then his next steps will be to stay busy in the next 12 months and see where that takes him – including the possibility of a fight on home soil.
\n\u201c\u201cAfter this fight, I plan on being very frequent, hopefully getting in another one or two fights this year and a few fights next year.\u00a0
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s great that ONE is coming over to the U.S. again, and I\u2019m excited to see how they\u2019re going to do.\u00a0
\n\u201cI would love to compete on a show in Hawaii. I don\u2019t know if ONE will ever be able to come to Hawaii, but if so, I\u2019d love to be able to compete in front of my friends and family.\u201d
\nMiddle East fight fans can watch ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II live on BeIN SPORTS\u00a0 as well as watch.onefc.com on Saturday June 7 from 3am AST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For an 18-year-old following three family members into ONE Championship, two of whom have been multiple-time world champions, it would be easy to understand if they were daunted by the prospect.
\nHowever, Adrian Lee seems to be taking all the attention in his stride.
\nThe Lee family name is a storied one in ONE Championship. Adrian\u2019s brother, and training partner, Christian, is the current lightweight and welterweight MMA champion, while older sister Angela has retired from the ring after being ONE\u2019s atomweight world champion.
\nThis week at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II the 18-year-old gets to start his journey with the world\u2019s biggest martial arts organisation.
\nAt the Impact Arena in Bangkok, the same arena Angela defended her title for the first time, Adrian takes on\u00a0 Antonio Mammarella in a lightweight MMA clash in what feels like the culmination of a lifetime\u2019s work despite his tender age.\u00a0
\nHe seems remarkably relaxed though.
\n\u201cOf course, all the competition that I\u2019ve had previous to this are all things that will help me handle the pressure,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, I just believe in my training and when the time comes, I\u2019ll be ready for it.\u201d
\nHe has already realised he won\u2019t be paid by the minute in Bangkok \u2013 and plans on finishing the night as quickly as possible.
\n\u201c\u201cDuring this camp, we\u2019ve been practically focused on everything, but the main thing we\u2019ve been focused on is just how to get the job finished as soon as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, the ideal scenario would first off just be to finish as fast as possible in round one, either by TKO or submission, whatever comes first.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u201cHowever, my main goal is just to get out there, win, and finish.\u201d
\nIf all goes to plan this weekend, then his next steps will be to stay busy in the next 12 months and see where that takes him \u2013 including the possibility of a fight on home soil.
\n\u201c\u201cAfter this fight, I plan on being very frequent, hopefully getting in another one or two fights this year and a few fights next year.\u00a0
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s great that ONE is coming over to the U.S. again, and I\u2019m excited to see how they\u2019re going to do.\u00a0
\n\u201cI would love to compete on a show in Hawaii. I don\u2019t know if ONE will ever be able to come to Hawaii, but if so, I\u2019d love to be able to compete in front of my friends and family.\u201d
\nMiddle East fight fans can watch ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II live on BeIN SPORTS\u00a0 as well as watch.onefc.com on Saturday June 7 from 3am AST.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=400271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400272,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400271\/revisions\/400272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=400271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=400271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=400271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}