Christian Lee: I’ll ‘exploit a weakness’ vs. Timofey Nastyukhin, finish him to retain ONE title
Christian Lee is expecting a short night against Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE on TNT II.
Lee (14-3) defends his ONE Championship lightweight title against Nastyukhin on Wednesday at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The main card airs on TNT following prelims on B/R Live.
Having only gone the distance once in his career, Lee will be in search of his second title defense when he meets fellow finisher Nastyukhin (14-4), who picked up a first-round TKO over former UFC lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in the ONE grand prix quarterfinal.
But Lee is confident that he’ll have the edge wherever the fight goes.
“Timofey and I, we are similar in a sense that we both go for the finish,” Lee said. “However, I feel that my skills are much greater in every area, so what I’m going to do is mix it up, play through the full range of mixed martial arts, and I feel that my game will match up with his, and I’ll be able to exploit a weakness.”
He continued, “I’m very confident to defend my work title. I train every day, and I push myself so extremely hard. I know I’m the best fighter in the world.”
A 22-year-old soon-to-be-father, Lee is not only anticipating a finish over Nastyukhin, but he expects to make quick work of him.
“I think the fight is going to start very quickly,” Lee said. “There’s going to be a lot of action early on, and I’m going to end the fight in the first round with a finish.”
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