Kelly vs Lee

Who won Kelly vs Lee?

Edward Kelly beat Christian Lee by during the main card of ONE Championship – Beyond the Horizon, on Saturday 8th September 2018 at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Edward Kelly.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Kelly vs Lee stats

Edward Kelly stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Christian Lee made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Christian Lee marked his 22nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Edward Kelly's One Championship record stood at 8-8-0, while Christian Lee's came in at 17-4-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a massive power advantage over Kelly, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Kelly's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Kelly, boasting a 44% submission rate over Kelly's 0%.

Edward Kelly was the older man by 15 years, at 41 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kelly.

Kelly was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2003, 12 years and 9 months earlier than Lee, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 36 to Lee's 41.

Kelly vs Lee form

Lee had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4opponents and going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Iuri Lapicus at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship – Enter the Dragon on 17th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he was victorious against Edward Kelly at ONE Championship – Eternal Glory on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

He had won against Kazuki Tokudome at ONE Championship – Heart of the Lion on 9th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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