ONE Championship will hold “ONE: Enter the Dragon” on for May 17, 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. In the main event, newly crowned ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki, 35, of Japan will defend his title against rising star Christian “The Warrior” Lee, 20, of Singapore.
Shinya Aoki
Aoki is the most successful submission specialist in Asian martial arts. An iconic figure, he is known for his overpowering ground game, which had already won him titles with WAMMA, DREAM, and Shooto before he began his reign as the king of ONE Championship’s lightweight division.
For many, the reigning ONE Lightweight World Champion is the face of Asia in the cage. He holds an incredible slew of submission wins and almost 75 percent of his overall victories coming inside the distance.
Throughout Aoki’s fabled career, the Japanese lightweight legend has beaten some of the biggest names in the world, including Tatsuya Kawajiri, Caol Uno, and Eddie Alvarez. At “ONE: A New Era”, Aoki defeated celebrated Filipino martial artist Eduard “Landslide” Folayang to become a 2-time ONE Lightweight World Champion.
Christian Lee
A five-time Pankration World Champion, Lee comes from a family of true martial artists. His oldest sister, ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee, is already an international star with ONE Championship, and his parents are both black belts in various disciplines who began teaching their children techniques from a very early age.
A highly-decorated martial artist, Christian is a member of the famed Evolve Fight Team in Singapore, who trains amongst his accomplished elite peers. He holds black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Total Defense System and is an astonishingly early achiever.
Christian was voted Most Outstanding Athlete at the 2013 FILA World Championship after winning five world titles across the disciplines of BJJ, pankration, mixed martial arts, and submission grappling. In his last bout, he defeated Team Lakay veteran Edward “The Ferocious” Kelly of the Philippines via first-round technical knockout.
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