Angela Lee to defend title on May 18 in first fight since November car accident

Angela “Unstoppable” Lee will look to get back to her winning ways this spring.

ONE officials announced on a media call Wednesday that its 21-year-old strawweight champion will defend her title against Mei Yamaguchi (17-10-1) at the appropriately titled ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams card on May 18 in Singapore.

The bout was previously reported by The Strait Times.

This will be a rematch of their five-round back-and-forth grappling battle from May 2016 that was widely hailed as one of that year’s best bouts. That match ended with Lee winning a unanimous decision to claim the vacant ONE strawweight title.

Lee and Yamaguchi were originally supposed to fight again last November, but Lee was forced to withdraw after being involved in a frightening car accident that fortunately left her with only minor injuries.

Since winning the 115-pound title, Lee has successfully defended it twice, most recently with a second-round submission win over Istela Nunes at ONE Championship: Dynasty of Heroes last May. She is 8-0 as a professional.

Yamaguchi, 35, has won two straight, submitting Jenny Huang in June and outpointing Gina Iniong in November to secure her rematch with Lee.