Adrian Lee has been added to the ONE 167 card, following in the footsteps of his three older brothers as he fights for the promotion for the first time.
The 19-year-old will begin his MMA journey on the road to becoming the third member of the Lee family, facing Antonio Mammarella, who is 1-0 as a professional and 5-1 as an amateur. . to win the title.
Christian Lee holds the ONE Championship lightweight and welterweight belts, but has not fought since 2022. Angela Lee was the reigning atomweight champion when she decided to retire from the sport at the age of 27 to focus on her nonprofit Fight Story.
Victoria Lee competed in ONE Championship three times and won all three, but she took her own life on December 26, 2022, just days before she was scheduled to compete. She is only 18 years old and neither of her older siblings have competed since then.
As a result, it's inevitable that a lot of attention will be on Lee, who is making his professional debut but won an MMA title as an amateur in his hometown of Hawaii.
The teen holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and won the Hawaii High School Athletic Association 160-pound title at last year's high school wrestling tournament.
There are two title fights on the June 8 card at Impact Arena, with the main event pitting Stamp Fairtex against Dennis Zamboanga for the charismatic Thai fighter's atomweight title.
The sub-main event will be an all-Thai event. Tawanchai PKS Saenchai Gym is putting the featherweight Muay Thai belt on the line in a rematch with Joe Nattawut, whom he narrowly defeated last year.
Another popular Thai fighter will compete in a non-title fight. Current flyweight Muay Thai champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will take on Dennis Pulic in a kickboxing match.
ONE 167, Bangkok, June 8th
mixed martial arts: Stamp Fairtex (c) v Dennis Zamboanga (atomweight title)
muay thai: Tawanchai PKS Saenchai (c) v Joe Nattawut (Featherweight title fight)
Kickboxing: Rodtang Jitmuangnon v Dennis Pulic (flyweight)
submission grappling: Mikey Moussi v Gabriel Souza (Bantamweight)
muay thai: Johan Gazzali vs Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat (flyweight)
muay thai: Liam Harrison vs Katsuki Kitano (Bantamweight)
mixed martial arts: Kade Ruotolo v Blake Cooper (Lightweight)
mixed martial arts: Adrian Lee vs Antonio Mammarella (lightweight)
