MMA News: Here's Why Former Champion Christian Lee Should Face Eddie Alvarez Next

Christian Lee lost his title to South Korea’s Ok Rae Yoon after an explosive five-round war for the lightweight title at ONE: Revolution last Friday, September 24.

Ok was awarded the unanimous decision victory and the former champion had some scathing remarks about the judging, believing that he should have won the fight instead and asked for an immediate rematch.

His comments led to major backlash from the mixed martial arts (MMA) community as he displayed an attitude that was not befitting of a champion of his caliber.

Lee will need to recoup from his unanimous decision loss. It would then make sense for the former lightweight champion to face an established veteran like Eddie Alvarez.

“The Underground King” has been calling for a fight against Lee, but the then-lightweight titleholder repeatedly shut the whole thing down.

In June, Lee stressed that Alvarez is yet to make a name for himself in the promotion after having only one win.

“Aside from his win over Eduard Folayang, he hasn’t won inside the promotion,” Lee said.

“As much as people want that fight to happen, it’s not going to happen anytime soon because Eddie hasn’t done anything to prove he’s earned his way up to the top.”

Then a couple of days before the ONE: Revolution event last Friday, Lee once again reiterated his stance on a potential fight between him and Alvarez.

“I’ve heard that Eddie’s been wanting to fight me for some time now,” Lee stated. “He keeps calling for that fight and I’m all for it. I’d love to accept the challenge, but so far he hasn’t been (able) to put together a string of wins to get himself a title shot.”

However, losing the title to Ok puts things in a different light.

With no title on the line, ONE Championship has a super fight on its hands between a legend of the sport and one of its top stars.

It is a fight that the MMA fans have been feverishly waiting for, and the organization needs to make it happen soon.