MMA: Mum-to-be Angela Lee targets end-2021 return to One Championship cage

Angela Lee during One Championship’s Dynasty of Heroes fight night at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in May 2017. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Angela Lee believes becoming a mother will give her a "higher purpose" when she eventually returns to the cage, the mixed martial arts (MMA) star told The Straits Times on Wednesday (Oct 7).

The 24-year-old, One Championship's atomweight world champion, had on Oct 1 announced on social media that she was 11 weeks pregnant with her first child together with her husband, fellow One fighter Bruno Pucci.

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