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ONE on TNT II results: Champ Christian Lee stuns Timofey Nastyukhin with first-round TKO

While challenger Timofey Nastyukhin promised a first-round finish, it was Christian Lee who delivered that result at ONE on TNT II.

While challenger [autotag]Timofey Nastyukhin[/autotag] (14-5) promised a first-round finish, it was [autotag]Christian Lee[/autotag] (15-3) who delivered that result at ONE on TNT II.

The 22-year-old Lee retained his lightweight title with the impressive victory, which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium and aired Wednesday on TNT.

Lee was cautious in the face of the aggressive Nastyukhin early staying on the outside and moving well. But as the challenger leaped forward to strike, Lee clipped him with a clean counter left that sent Nastyukhin to the canvas.

Lee pulled back on a takedown that was coming after the clean left and instead started to rattle off right hands. Some 15 shots followed, and as Nastyukhin tried to tripod and stand, they continued to land clean, opening up a cut near the challenger’s right eye. Lee didn’t show any signs of slowing down, and the referee called off the fight just 73 seconds after it began.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better story, really,” Lee said before dedicating the fight to his pregnant wife. “This was the most important fight of my life.”

For his part, Nastyukhin protested the result, but it was difficult to paint his attempted recovery as intelligent defense in the face of relentless punches. The result served as Lee’s second successful title defense.

“Speed and accuracy beats power, and that’s what happened tonight,” Lee said.

ONE on TNT II’s MMA results included:

MAIN CARD

  • Christian Lee def. Timofey Nastyukhin via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:13 – to defend lightweight title

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • [autotag]Yoshiki Nakahara[/autotag] def. [autotag]Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg[/autotag] via disqualification (illegal kick) – Round 2, 4:53
  • [autotag]Wang Shuo[/autotag] def. [autotag]Kim Kyu Sung[/autotag] via knockout (elbow, punches) – Round 3, 1:51
  • [autotag]Shuya Kamikubo[/autotag] def. [autotag]Mitchell Chamale[/autotag] via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:13

Christian Lee: I’ll ‘exploit a weakness’ vs. Timofey Nastyukhin, finish him to retain ONE title

A confident Christian Lee is expecting a short night against Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE on TNT II.

[autotag]Christian Lee[/autotag] is expecting a short night against [autotag]Timofey Nastyukhin[/autotag] 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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How to watch ONE on TNT II: Fight card, start time, odds, live stream for Lee vs. Nastyukhin

Here’s how to watch the Christian Lee vs. Timofey Nastyukhin ONE Championship welterweight title bout from Singapore.

ONE Championship continues the most prolific month in its history this week with the second of four straight events on TNT.

Here’s how to watch the [autotag]Christian Lee[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Timofey Nastyukhin[/autotag] welterweight title bout from Singapore.