Christian Lee says he's "learned a lot" in the fight game from his amateur days to coaching his younger brother Adrian in ONE

Christian Lee (left) Adrian Lee (right) [Photos via: ONE Championship]
Christian Lee (left) Adrian Lee (right) [Photos via: ONE Championship]

Reigning ONE lightweight and welterweight MMA world champion Christian Lee has centered most of his life around MMA, including mentoring the next generation of stars headlined by his younger brother Adrian Lee.

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The 26-year-old looked back on his career in an interview with ONE Championship, saying:

"Yeah, it's definitely helped to improve my own fight game. I've actually coached since I was like 15 years old. But it was different, coaching the guys in the gym at the amateur level and going from that to now coaching my brother at a professional level. It's a very different game and I have learned a lot. Just the little things that I would do naturally as a fighter."
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Many fans noticed Christian Lee's influence on Adrian's style after 'The Prodigy' rattled off back-to-back submission victories over Antonio Mammarella in his June promotional debut and Nico Cornejo at ONE 168: Denver on Sept. 6 inside the Ball Arena.

On the other hand, 'The Warrior' will be gunning for his 18th win in ONE by thwarting Alibeg Rasulov's hopes of taking the lightweight MMA world championship from him at ONE Fight Night 26 on Friday, Dec. 6.

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The event will take place inside the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. It will air live and free to all Prime Video subscribers in the United States and Canada.


Christian Lee had been expecting to fight Alibeg Rasulov

Christian Lee was not shocked to learn that Alibeg Rasulov would be his next challenger for the lightweight MMA crown after the Turkish star's stellar promotional debut in July.

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In a sit-down interview on The Brian Campbell Experience, Lee explained:

"I found out I was going to fight Alibeg because the Ok [Rae Yoon] fight, Ok and him, they called it a title eliminator, so after that fight, I knew that he was going to be my opponent."

Watch the entire interview:

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