RELEASED: 18 Jan 2024 at 04:00
Stamp Fairtex’s very first defence of her ONE females’s atomweight mixed martial arts world title will come versus a familiar face at ONE 166: Qatar.
The Thai megastar is set to combat good friend and previous colleague Denice Zamboanga at ONE’s smash hit on-ground launching in Doha, which happens at the Lusail Sports Arena on March 1.
Stamp made history when she declared a psychological world title win over South Korean veteran Ham Seo-Hee in September. The 26-year-old ended up being the very first professional athlete in history to win world titles in 3 different disciplines with the third-round blockage.
Ending up being the atomweight mixed martial arts queen topped a near-perfect 2023 project for Stamp, which saw her tape-record a highlight-reel liver kick knockout of Alyse Anderson on United States soil in Might after outpointing Anna “Supergirl” Jaroonsak under kickboxing guidelines in her very first trip of the year.
Zamboanga, who presently inhabits the No. 2 position in the females’s atomweight rankings, has actually been on a tear considering that dropping a set of choice losses to the leading competitor and previous world title opposition in Ham.
The Filipina star was in action last April 2023 when she outworked Brazil’s Julie Mezabarba. That triumph followed a hard-fought choice win over ultra-tough Chinese professional athlete Lin Heqin at ONE Battle Night 5.
The 27-year-old will bring distinct insight into Stamp’s video game, owing to their time invested training together at Fairtex Training Center in Pattaya, Thailand.
Their relationship will be put to the side for ONE 166, nevertheless, as Zamboanga– who now represents T-Rex mixed martial arts– will try to battle the 26-pound gold belt far from Stamp.
ONE Champion likewise revealed that a person welterweight submission grappling world champ Tye Ruotolo will put his belt on the line versus Australia’s Izaak Michell at the exact same occasion.
