Two-division ONE World Champion Christian Lee credited ONE Championship’s Global MMA Rule Set for enabling him to showcase mixed martial arts in its purest form after successfully defending his ONE Lightweight MMA World Title against Turkish challenger Alibeg Rasulov at ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
The Singaporean-American kingpin needed just 2:32 of the second round to demolish the undefeated Dagestani wrestling specialist via TKO, securing his 17th career finish in 18 victories while defending his lightweight throne.
Christian Lee highlighted how ONE’s allowance of knees to grounded opponents proved decisive in his title defence, demonstrating the effectiveness of the promotion’s complete martial arts approach.