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Hawaii Mixed Martial Arts Prodigy Victoria Lee Dies at 18
KHON2 ^ | Jan 7, 2023 | Christian Shimabuku

Posted on 01/07/2023 8:38:56 PM PST by nickcarraway

Victoria Lee, a mixed martial arts prodigy and younger sister of current ONE Championship champions Angela and Christian Lee, has died at the age of 18.

Lee’s death, which occurred on Dec. 26, 2022, was announced on Angela Lee’s personal Instagram account on Saturday morning. The cause of death was not disclosed at the time of the announcement.

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As a wrestler at Mililani High School, Lee won an HHSAA championship in the 117-pound weight class in 2020. She signed her first professional mixed martial arts contract later that year at the age of 16, joining her two older siblings at ONE.

Lee went 3-0 as a professional, winning all three of her fights in 2021. All three fights were finished by Lee using different methods.

Her pro debut was a victory over Sunisa Srisan via rear-naked choke on Feb. 26, 2021. She followed that with an armbar submission over Wang Luping in the first round of a fight that took place on July 30, 2021. Lee then finished off a dominant 2021 with a TKO over Victoria Souza in the second round of a Sept. 24 bout. All three of her ONE fights took place in Singapore.

After not fighting in 2022, Lee was set to take on Zeba Bano on Jan. 14, 2023 at ONE on Prime Video 6 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Lee seemed to be on a fast track to MMA stardom, a path that was cultivated by her parents, Ken and Jewelz, as well as siblings Christian, younger brother Adrian, and Angela and her husband, Bruno Pucci, who also competes in ONE Championship.

At her young age, Victoria Lee was considered to be an MMA phenom. She finishes her career undefeated, though it ended far sooner than fans of the sport thought it would.

Angela Lee’s statement is below:

“On December 26, 2022 our family experienced something no family should ever have to go through… It is incredibly difficult to say this…

Our Victoria passed away.

She has gone too soon and our family has been completely devastated since then. We miss her. More than anything in this world. Our family will never be the same. Life will never be the same.

Victoria was the most beautiful soul who ever lived. She was the best little sister in the world. The best daughter, the best granddaughter and the best godma / aunty to Ava and Alia.

We miss you so much sis. More than you could ever realize. We’re all broken. Because a piece of you was in each of us and when you left, those pieces were ripped out of us. We will never be the same.

Each and every little thing makes me think of you. From the sun rays, to the sunset. You taught us to see the beauty in the simple things. You were our bright light. Our sunshine. And that will never change. You were perfect in every way. The best person I knew. The most beautiful girl, inside and out.

We love you Victoria. I love you Sprout. Until the end of time.

Please give our family grace and respect during this most difficult time. And please, check on your loved ones. Keep checking on them. Give them hugs and tell them how much they mean to you. You just never know.”


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: coven; hawaii; mma; suddendeath
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To: Chode

“did she die from unexpectedly or suddenly???”

You can do both these days.


41 posted on 01/08/2023 3:25:52 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: Gene Eric

These FR Pharma reps are disgusting.

FaRma


42 posted on 01/08/2023 3:29:49 AM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: zipper

Wow, Geller has gone a bit nuts with the page jam full of low quality ads.


43 posted on 01/08/2023 3:33:07 AM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: Gene Eric

Dr Peter McCullough explains that latest analysis shows Myocarditis now running at 25,000 per million and we’re still relatively early days.

Pre Covid it was 4 in a million.

https://peterhalligan.substack.com/p/dr-mccullough-myocarditis-now-running


44 posted on 01/08/2023 3:44:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: tennmountainman

Or illicit drugs.

Any of those big three tend to families not revealing a cause.


45 posted on 01/08/2023 3:51:33 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: semimojo

“Sounds like drugs or suicide.”

At that age, I agree...But you know the crowd...


46 posted on 01/08/2023 4:10:56 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: semimojo

Sounds like suicide, from the verbiage in the sister’s announcement. “Check on them”, “tell them you love them”.

She could have been dealing with a lot of pressure to succeed from family with the MMA competition. A lot of teen girls cut in these situations; suicide would be the extreme cutting.


47 posted on 01/08/2023 4:59:42 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Just what I was thinking.
Poster board for healthy teen struck down suddenly.


48 posted on 01/08/2023 5:14:07 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: semimojo

Why?
I hope you are being sarcastic.


49 posted on 01/08/2023 5:15:52 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: DesertRhino
What kind of society has it’s little girls beat each other like gladiators for our entertainment?

There's a big difference between women choosing to participate as athletes in martial arts and slaves being forced to fight as gladiators.

There's also a big differences between this and people beating each other up in the streets.

If she or any other woman wanted/wants to participate in martial arts competitions, I'm not going to tell them it's wrong.

50 posted on 01/08/2023 5:36:37 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Sounds like suicide, from the verbiage in the sister’s announcement. “Check on them”, “tell them you love them”.

That’s what I thought, too. When the family statement about a young person’s death doesn’t mention a medical issue it’s often self-inflicted.

51 posted on 01/08/2023 5:40:35 AM PST by semimojo
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To: GranTorino
Why?

Obviously I don’t for sure, but neither the story nor the family statement mentions a medical problem.

And when the family says “…please, check on your loved ones. Keep checking on them. Give them hugs and tell them how much they mean to you.” it makes me suspect suicide or an overdose.

52 posted on 01/08/2023 5:48:28 AM PST by semimojo
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To: SoConPubbie
True, but in nowhere near the numbers they are dying now.

Do you have any evidence to back that up?

53 posted on 01/08/2023 5:49:48 AM PST by semimojo
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To: Gene Eric
You’d rather insult her legacy than consider the possibility of SADS?

I considered it and it’s certainly a possibility, but the way the story’s written makes me doubt it.

54 posted on 01/08/2023 5:52:09 AM PST by semimojo
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To: from occupied ga
Oddly enough otherwise healthy seeming people including athletes have died suddenly before the existence of Covid shots.

That's not possible, and I hope you are banned from FR for life for even suggesting that the covid jab is the only plausible explanation. Shame on you. /s

55 posted on 01/08/2023 5:57:03 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: semimojo

Don’t be reasonable here.


56 posted on 01/08/2023 6:22:55 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: nickcarraway
Did she take that hideous and criminal vaccine? Almost certainly.

It's almost certainly what Hamlin collapsed from. The BILLS’ entire roster was vaccinated and boosted.

Why is the Delusional Lying Media so silent about all of this? Tells you a lot right there.

Every time we see this in regard to this hideous and criminal vaccine, we should include Hamlin and declare something like,

"Young, healthy, strong, and unexplainable except for the history of the COVID vaccine of which Hamlin is presumptively a victim.

"STOP GOVERNMENT DEATH PROTOCOL (AKA falsely named 'government healthcare')"!!!!!

57 posted on 01/08/2023 7:16:47 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: algore

I saw my first porn movie the other day .... I was so young and handsome


59 posted on 01/08/2023 7:34:46 AM PST by al baby (Yes he did he said how come i wasnt invited )
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To: 353FMG

Fauci and all the federal health agencies will never be held accountable. They are linked together and none of them want to be held to account. Plus there is so much federal money being pumped into the program.


60 posted on 01/08/2023 7:42:02 AM PST by Texas resident (Who is running our country?)
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