Or do you keep that side very separate when you come home? Is there enough fight-related stuff around the house that would influence her to become curious about the sport? I am sure she’s seen your shadow boxing and gotten interested. I’ll support her in whatever she wishes to do but I sure hope it is not fighting. That would be my responsibility especially given the fact that I have so much knowledge in the field. I will definitely train her in martial arts and I want her to have the ability to defend herself if she needs to. Do you hope this torch gets passed on to the next generation?įor me, even though fighting is what I chose to do, I really hope my daughter does not want to become a fighter.
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That being said, you’re from a family of trained professional fighters. I don’t see any man getting past me in the cage. I am not just fighting for myself anymore but my daughter and my family. It has always been “do or die,” but now it has been applied to another level. Has becoming a father increased that survival instinct or even made it harder to take damage? Everything was pretty much the same except this time I have a daughter and there was a bit of adjusting with the schedule in spending time with her. I took a 10-week camp and really everything was the same. It was similar to my last two title defenses. Have you had to prepare any differently for this match? When I step in there, I am only thinking “life or death.” No casual mindset. MMA is a sport but it is a fight at the end of the day. Is that what gives you that killer instinct - the fear of “kill or be killed?”Ībsolutely. So you don’t even look at it as a sport but more like a game of survival. So when I get in there, my only focus is taking them out as quickly and efficiently as possible.
A lot of fighters try and stick around all five rounds to get the decision and are happy leaving it to the judges, but for me, I look at it like it is just me and my opponent in that circle and only one is getting out alive. I am not going in there to coast through it. Yeah, the way I approach my fights is similar to how I would act in a real survival situation. I plan on taking this seriously and taking him out as quickly as I can.Īre you always looking for a first-round finish? His last two opponents did that and ended up losing. He is dangerous and the worst thing I could do is look past him. Is there anything that you’re cautious about when it comes to your opponent Rae Yoon Ok? I see me taking him out in the first round. How do you see this fight going? Is this just a day at the office or is there a different feeling leading up to this match? One of those opponents was MMA legend, Eddie Alvarez.Ĭatching up with Lee as he awaits his Friday evening fight in Singapore, we discussed some of his game plans, how the pandemic has affected his training, the mental toll of fighting on the same card as his sister, and just what makes him one of the greatest pound-for-pound MMA lightweights in the world. Ok Rae Yoon is the only person left in his way from cleaning up ONE Championship’s lightweight division, but make no mistake, this will be no walk in the park as the last two opponents that took Ok lightly paid the price. Going on record to say that this will certainly be his toughest opponent, Lee fights with a new purpose now with the birth of his daughter, commenting that his killer instinct has only been amplified as he now has more to lose. Born into a family of martial artists, Lee sits in the middle of three siblings that are currently signed to ONE Championship - His older sister Angela (the youngest person to ever win a world title in MMA) is just 25 while his younger sister, Victoria, signed to the organization last year at the age of 16, and is currently 2-0.
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