Lee defends the lightweight title against Ruotolo

Christian Lee defends the ONE lightweight title against Tye Ruotolo on Friday, November 6, at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The fight is the main event of The Inner Circle 37. Lee is also the welterweight champion. Ruotolo is the welterweight submission grappling champion. This is Ruotolo’s third MMA fight.

Lee is 28. The filed record is 18-4, with one no contest. His last fight was a second-round stoppage of Alibeg Rasulov at ONE 173 on November 16, 2025. The finish was knees, at 2:32. That was a lightweight title defense.

Ruotolo is 23. He is 2-0 in MMA. He submitted Adrian Lee, Christian’s younger brother, with a rear-naked choke at 4:14 of the second round. He then submitted Shozo Isojima with a rear-naked choke at 2:26 of the first round at ONE 173. His twin, Kade Ruotolo, holds the lightweight submission grappling title.

Start time

The Inner Circle 37 is listed from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Indochina Time. It streams for members on live.onefc.com.

Indochina Time is seven hours ahead of UTC. The United States is on standard time. London is on Greenwich Mean Time. Sydney is on daylight time, eleven hours ahead of UTC.

6:30 p.m. in Bangkok:

• Bangkok: 6:30 p.m.
• London: 11:30 a.m.
• Sydney: 10:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m. local is the listed start. In New York that is 6:30 a.m. Eastern. In Las Vegas it is 3:30 a.m. Pacific.