在混合武术运动中，每个运动员都梦想成为世界冠军，因为这表明他们已经达到了成功的顶峰。
竞争者投入了大量的血液，汗水和眼泪，以达到终极职业生涯的关键时刻，即在腰间缠绕一条镀金表带，并听到播音员宣布自己的名字为冠军。
像其他职业混合武术家一样，日本老将梅“V.V. 山口 has the same desire of becoming a world champion 在 the sport.
山口, who has been competing 在 mixed martial arts for a decade with 28 bouts under her belt, seems destined to be a world champion after dominating both local and regional combat scenes.
这位35岁的日本人居住在日本东京，在日本武术综合赛道上独树一帜，赢得了三项重要赛事。
山口 further rose to prominence when she toppled three different opponents 在 Dream Jewels’2015年格兰披治大赛车夺冠公司’的轻量级腰带。
山口’在日本的成功使她参加了首届“ ONE Women”比赛’于2016年5月获得Atomweight World Championship冠军，面对新加坡人Angela“Unstoppable”李在一场史诗般的对决中获胜“Fight of the Year” honors.
However, 山口 fell short 在 capturing the gold-plated strap as she yielded to Lee 通过 way of unanimous decision.
“如果我赢了，那将是完美的。但是，即使我输了，还是有很多人告诉我，他们为我打气，说：‘Congratulations,’所以我并不难过没关系，因为我能够使观众兴奋，” she recalled.
“That is the thing —我想继续做职业运动员，” 山口 quipped.
山口 has been granted a second chance to vie for the ONE Women’的Atomweight世界冠军腰带，因为她将在新加坡举行的“ ONE：UNSTOPPABLE DREAMS”主赛事中挑战Lee 5月18日。
The second encounter between Lee and 山口 was supposed to happen at ONE: IMMORTAL PURSUIT last November, but the bout was cancelled after the Singaporean champion pulled out of the contest.
Lee was 在volved 在 a car accident weeks prior to her title defense against 山口, and the 在juries that she sustained 在 the unfortunate 在cident forced her to regretfully withdraw from the highly-anticipated championship rematch.
“有人告诉我安吉拉出了车祸。我很惊讶，但我很高兴她还好，” she shared. “由于我排在第二位，因此我只是继续训练。我没有理由停下来。它给了我更多的时间准备。”
Ever since 山口 lost to Lee for the 在augural ONE Women’在两年前的Atomweight世界冠军赛上，她磨练了自己的力量，并将自己的信心提升到了新的高度。
In 2017, 山口 won her two assignments 在side the 一届冠军 cage on an impressive note.
山口 submitted Jenny “Lady GoGo”黄在2017年6月，迫使她的前世界冠军争夺者在第一轮中通过后裸体的cho子来挖掘。
山口 cemented her position as the top contender for Lee’夺得菲律宾冠军，获得原子量级桂冠’ Gina “Conviction”Iniong参加2017年11月在新加坡举行的ONE：IMMORTAL PURSUIT比赛。
“我的目标是成为世界冠军。 2017年，我遇到了很多挑战，但这并没有阻止我。我注定要担任这个职位，” she said.
Both Lee and 山口 have grown tremendously since their epic clash two years ago as they have matured and expanded their skillset.
Unlike the last time that both ladies stood opposite each other, 山口 believes that she is entering the world title rematch with her morale at an all-time high.
“成为一名武术家最重要的事情是拥有良好的技术和良好的心态。不是每个人都能有机会争夺世界冠军。一世’有了这个机会，这给了我作为武术家的信心，” she stated.
山口 revealed that she is planning to make the most of her second crack at the title as her new mission is to walk out of the Singapore Indoor Stadium with an 在tricately-crafted hardware around her waist and leave the decision out of the judges’ hands.
“这将尽早结束。对我来说这将是一个明确的结局。这将是淘汰赛，” she guaranteed.
