“I don’t feel like it’s a good driving force” - Christian Lee says beating Kiamrian Abbasov won’t serve as redemption for his family

[Photo Credit: ONE Championship] Christian Lee, Kiamrian Abbasov
[Photo Credit: ONE Championship] Christian Lee, Kiamrian Abbasov

'The Warrior' Christian Lee is not considering his family's honor when he competes against 'Brazen' Kiamrian Abbasov to capture a second world title in ONE Championship.

The atomweight queen 'Unstoppable' Angela Lee was the first Lee sibling to attempt to become a two-division world champion. The Singaporean-American athlete lost to 'The Panda' Xiong Jing Nan as she went up a weight division.

Christian Lee will be going up in weight to challenge for the welterweight world title when he faces Abbasov at ONE on Prime Video 4 on November 18. But ‘The Warrior’ does not view this fight as redemption for his sister losing in her match.

In an interview with The MMA Super-Fan, Lee explained his point of view;

"You know, in this case for me, I’m not doing this for any redemption. I’m not, I don’t feel like it’s a good driving force into doing something like this. For me, I’m just working as hard as I can and I’m gonna take my shot at it and give it everything I got."

Lightweight king Christian Lee will look to become a two-division world champion at ONE on Prime Video 4 on November 18, and the dangerous welterweight world champion will be looking to stop the Singaporean-American fighter.

Watch the full interview with Christian Lee below:

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Former world champion Eduard Folayang picks 'Brazen' over Christian Lee

As 'The Warrior' is attempting to make history by gaining a second world title, the former division champion Eduard Folayang is picking the welterweight king to defend his throne on November 18.

The Filipino-born fighter Folayang explained in an interview with ONE Championship why is picking the Kyrgyzstani fighter to walk away with the win. He said:

“Since Christian is moving up a weight class, I feel that the advantage always belongs to the champion Abbasov... I think the odds look like 55-45, Abbasov. This is still MMA and at the end of the day there are a lot of things to consider. It really is a battle of wits because Abbasov has the natural size advantage while Christian brings in a unique skill set. Let’s see, this will be interesting.”

This will be a highly anticipated showdown between the two reigning world champions. These divisional kings will face off at ONE on Prime Video 4 on November 18, live on Amazon Prime in US primetime.

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