CNN —
Victoria Lee, 1 of the brightest caller stars successful mixed martial arts (MMA), has died astatine the property of 18, her sister confirmed.
“She has gone excessively soon and our household has been wholly devastated since then,” her sister Angela said successful an Instagram post Saturday.
“We miss her. More than thing successful this world. Our household volition ne'er beryllium the same. Life volition ne'er beryllium the same.”
Lee was calved and raised successful Hawaii and had started rising done the ranks of the sport.
She won 3 fights successful her abbreviated career, astir precocious successful September 2021 against Victoria Souza.
She enactment warring connected the backmost burner past twelvemonth arsenic she focused connected graduating from precocious school.
In her Instagram post, Angela said her sister had died connected December 26 but did not accidental how.
“We miss you truthful overmuch sis. More than you could ever realize. We’re each broken,” Angela added.
“Because a portion of you was successful each of america and erstwhile you left, those pieces were ripped retired of us. We volition ne'er beryllium the same.”
Lee came from a household with a affluent past successful the athletics – her sister and brother, Christian, are some ONE satellite champions.
‘The Prodigy,’ arsenic she had go known, had antecedently told MMA Fighting that her siblings were her biggest inspiration.
The ONE Championship, a promotion that Lee fought in, said it was “devastated” astir the news.
“I americium heartbroken by Victoria Lee’s passing. I archetypal met Victoria erstwhile she was 11 years old. I watched her blossom implicit the years arsenic a martial creator and a quality being,” ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong said successful a Facebook post.
“I ever retrieve reasoning however wise, thoughtful, and selfless she was beyond her years.
“Of course, she was an bonzer martial arts prodigy adjacent backmost then, but I could spot that she was truthful overmuch much than that.”
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