Road to Gold: Recapping Anissa Meksen's run to strawweight kickboxing world title shot at ONE 169

Anissa Meksen has had only one thing on her mind since putting pen to paper on a deal to join ONE Championship — the promotion's coveted 26 pounds of gold.

And her mission continues in under a month when she faces Jackie Buntan for the inaugural ONE strawweight kickboxing world title at ONE 169 inside the world-renowned Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Ahead of her return, let's recap her road to gold on the promotion's hotly anticipated card inside the 'Mecca of Muay Thai', which will be available to active Amazon Prime Video subscribers in North America for free.

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Anissa Meksen debuts in style, finishes Cristina Morales in two rounds

Anissa Meksen took a step in the right direction in her bid to attain the only missing piece of gold from her haul of accolades when she debuted with a show-stopping finish of Spanish star Cristina Morales at ONE: Empower in Singapore.

The Korean Tiger Studios fighter tested her foe's defense from the get-go. Once she figured that she had her number, 'C18' was relentless in her pursuit of a finish, which came in the final minute of the second canto.

Meksen started her finishing sequence by planting a right high kick on Morales' neck. With the Spaniard still dazed from that shot, the Nancy native made sure she followed up with a barrage of rights and left hooks.

To everyone's surprise, the Sevilla native hung on. Not for long, though. Anissa Meksen put the kibosh on the victory off a pair of quickfire left hooks that earned her a highlight-reel win and a debut to remember at 2:27 of the frame.

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Anissa Meksen entertains the masses in clinical beatdown of Marie Ruumet

Precision, speed, power, and everything else you can imagine in a complete striker. All that was dished out to perfection by Anissa Meksen in her sophomore outing against Estonian upstart Marie Ruumet.

The multi-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion was in top shape as she sent waves of attacks in the direction of her opposite number throughout their nine-minute atomweight Muay Thai match at ONE 156 inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Whether it was her trademark right kicks or high-volume combinations, everything connected on the money to give her a 2-0 start in the world's largest martial arts organization.

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Anissa Meksen stays perfect in ONE with dominant showing against Dangkongfah

As she had done in her first two outings, Anissa Meksen authored another striking clinic to get her hand raised when she took to the circle against Dangkongfah Banchamek in 'The Lion City'.

'C18' was in cruise control throughout this three-round battle, relying on her effective footwork and educated hands to set up traps and unsettle the Thai for long durations of the tie.

Looking more confident as the match neared its end, Meksen let loose with some rarely seen unorthodox striking — spinning attacks, jumping kicks, and Superman punches — to cap off another emphatic win under the ONE banner.

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Anissa Meksen's suffers setback to Phetjeeja, road to redemption at ONE 169

Though she looked unstoppable through her promotional campaign, Meksen was handed a harsh reality check when she squared off with Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom for the interim atomweight kickboxing world title at ONE Friday Fights 46 last December.

Despite her best efforts to press forward and time her attacks to perfection, the young Thai warrior stayed one step ahead and outstriked the French-Algerian on her way to a comfortable unanimous decision triumph.

Eager to bounce back after enduring the first blemish on her career in almost four years, the multi-time world champion returned to the drawing board to work on her shortcomings.

Now, Meksen (103-6) has the perfect chance to showcase her upgrades and bless the watching world with another classic performance to ensure she leaves the Thai capital with the ONE strawweight kickboxing world title.