Mayssa Bastos is looking to maintain her perfect run in ONE Championship when she returns at ONE Fight Night 26.
After earning a win on her debut over Kanae Yamada at ONE Fight Night 20 in March, the acclaimed Brazilian moved into the title picture.
At ONE Fight Night 24, she added yet another trophy to her cabinet by beating Danielle Kelly in a closely contested match to become the new ONE atomweight submission grappling world champion.
The two women are now set to run it back at Lumpinee Stadium on December 6 where Bastos believes that she is even more focused than before.
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She's always looking to test herself at the elite level and that means staying active and challenging herself in different ways.
However, she revealed to ONE Championship that since beating Kelly, her only focus has been on No-Gi, which has been a big benefit to her training:
"My preparation is going very good. I have been training a lot in No Gi. Usually, I train a lot with kimino and No Gi, because I fight all year long in kimono and No Gi. But since my first fight against Danielle Kelly, I have been focusing more on No Gi."
Mayssa Bastos will look to seal the deal this time around
A lot of the best martial artists in the world are perfectionists and in her rematch with Danielle Kelly, you can be sure that Mayssa Bastos will want to improve upon her performance in their first meeting.
She believes that the key to doing this is by pushing Kelly more and forcing her to answer more questions which could lead to a submission.
The divisional queen doesn't intend on playing it safe to keep her place on the throne but the same fire can be seen in the eyes of the challenger also.