ONE Championship's Victoria Lee dead at 18

[ispy]

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/...ship-star-dies

Rising mixed martial arts phenom Victoria Lee has died. She was 18.

Lee’s death occurred Dec. 26, according to an Instagram post Saturday by her older sister, ONE Championship atomweight title holder Angela Lee. A cause of death has not been shared.

The surname “Lee” bears much weight in the history of ONE. Angela and brother Christian Lee have held titles as two of the promotion’s biggest stars. Victoria was pegged as the next sibling to follow their path.

[iloveus]

Oh damn...

RIP Victoria Lee

Great entertaining fighter

[IronILLinois]

very sad.

the end of her sisters post makes it sound like suicide..

[bicmane123]

i've met her before, srs. hawaii mma scene is pretty small.

if suicide, id be very surprised. they have a strong family and lots of support.

[iloveus]

[q0c0p]

I wonder if CTE played a part. She started mma very very young. Her brain was still developing and maybe too much head damage and she was depressed n sh*t

[Lastro]

I wonder if CTE played a part. She started mma very very young. Her brain was still developing and maybe too much head damage and she was depressed n sh*t

not a doctor but as far as i know its easier to recover from brain damage when you are young. the fact that your brain is still developping means it has some capacity to regenerate. thats why concussions at a young age are less severe

[iloveus]

I wonder if CTE played a part. She started mma very very young. Her brain was still developing and maybe too much head damage and she was depressed n sh*t

Who knows