'Most beautiful soul': MMA prodigy dead at 18

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One of the world's astir promising young MMA fighters has died astatine the property of 18, her household has confirmed.

Victoria Lee, calved and raised successful Hawaii, was the sister of MMA champions Angela and Christian.

Lee, dubbed 'The Prodigy,' had been tipped for akin occurrence and won her archetypal 3 fights successful the Singapore-based 'ONE Championship' earlier taking clip disconnected to ore connected her acquisition this year.

"She has gone excessively soon and our household has been wholly devastated since then," sister Angela wrote successful an Instagram post.

"We miss her much than thing successful this world. Our household volition ne'er beryllium the same.

"Life volition ne'er beryllium the same. Victoria was the astir beauteous psyche who ever lived. She was the champion small sister successful the world."

ONE's chairman, Chatri Sityodtong, besides paid tribute to Lee.

"I archetypal met Victoria erstwhile she was 11 years old," helium wrote successful a Facebook post.

"I watched her blossom implicit the years arsenic a martial creator and a quality being. 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. Victoria had the purest bosom of golden and a superb mind. She looked aft others earlier herself.

"She wanted to usage her beingness to assistance the world. I volition ever retrieve Victoria for the beauteous and precious psyche that she was."

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