The last time "dark horse" Kevin Lee appeared on the field was two years ago. In November 2019, in "ONE Championship: Top of Destiny", Kevin Lee showed a fierce fighting style, and in only 2 minutes and 40 seconds, he completely defeated THE OPMMA featherweight champion "King" Paul Lumisi, and even broke his opponent's nose and jaw into a crushing fracture. During the epidemic, Kevin Lee came to the United States Alpha Boy Band to prepare for the competition, and after two years of hard work, he finally stepped on the field again.
On December 17, in "ONE: Winter God of War II", 26-year-old Kevin Lee will face Brazil's "Wonder Boy" Fabricio Andred, who ranks fourth in the welterweight mixed martial arts. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for Kevin Lee. Although the difficulty of playing against the world's fourth place is not small, it can test the results of training in the past two years, if Kevin Lee can beat the "Magic Boy", then he will become another Chinese male athlete to enter the world ranking after Tang Kai.
The 24-year-old and Andreid have played only 7 MMA matches in total, winning 5 and losing 2. Kevin Lee's record is 10 wins and 4 losses, which is twice as much experience as Andreide. Although there were not many MMA matches played, Andreide's victory was full of gold. In July 2020, "ONE Championship: Never Give Up" and Andred unexpectedly went bare and beredo to "Tyson" Mark Abelado. In February of this year, "ONE: Indestructible III", Andreide took on shoko Sato, the world champion of the second-class Shooto welterweight at the time. Few people were bullish on Andreid before the game, as Sato had more than 50 games of experience and was very technically comprehensive. But Andreid once again showed his "magic", relying on his stone-hard chin to withstand Sato's strong attack and breaking Sato's eyebrow arch with an elbow strike. Sato's wrestling tactics were also cracked by Andreide's excellent fall resistance. "Fantastic Boy" eventually won by unanimous judgment and came to the fourth place in the world.
In the ring, Kevin Lee's tactics are very clear, that is, to keep hitting hard until the opponent falls. Kevin Lee's biggest weapons are explosive fists and the ability to withstand heavy blows. In June 2018, "ONE Championship: Haojiang Storm", Kevin Lee koed his opponent in only 10 seconds, allowing people to see the power of his heavy punch. Half a month later, he staged a passionate confrontation with "Equal Brother" Emilio in the "ONE Championship Match: Power To the World", Kevin Lee showed the true color of "dark horse", "dead ended" in adversity, and won a victory in the third round of TKO opponents. Similar to Kevin Lee, who is good at heavy blows, Andred is also a very strong player in standing fighting, in addition to mixed martial arts experience, "Wonder Boy" also played a good record of 28 wins and 1 loss in standing matches. This game will undoubtedly be a hard-fought battle.
Kevin Lee doesn't like to have a war of words before the game, he once said: "We are fighters, not debaters." All I know is that the fist sees the real chapter. Andreid is also a low-key, wild boxer on the field. Two heavy gunners meet in a narrow way, and one of them is bound to fall!
Who do you think will be the winner of the competition? Can Kevin Lee make it to the world rankings?