As Stamp Fairtex enters her mixed-rules fight with Anissa Meksen next month, many forget that she’s already earned belts in three different sports under the ONE Championship banner.
Before winning the ONE women's atomweight world Grand Prix belt last year, Stamp had collected belts in the ONE Muay Thai and kickboxing divisions.
ONE Championship has uploaded the highlights from Stamp Fairtex’s first world title win to their YouTube channel, a hurricane of a fight with Taiwanese kickboxing world champion Kai Ting Chuang.
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Just 21 years old at the time, the fight put Stamp Fairtex on the map for ONE Championship fans. She’d go on to challenge for the inaugural ONE atomweight Muay Thai world championship in her next fight, beating Janet Todd by unanimous decision.
Four years later, Stamp will fight Anissa Meksen in a four-round, mixed-rules fight, where rounds one and three will be contested under ONE’s Muay Thai rules and rounds two and four under MMA rules.
Given Stamp’s experience as a world champion in both Muay Thai and kickboxing, it’s unlikely that she’ll feel out of her depth during the Muay Thai rounds. However, Meksen is undefeated in ONE Championship, fighting in both Muay Thai and kickboxing-rules fights.
Meksen is a multi-time world champion, competing in various promotions around the globe to amass over 100 wins in her storied career.
Her fight with Stamp Fairtex happens on the main card of ONE on Prime Video 6, which takes place on January 13 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event airs live and for free on Amazon Prime Video for North American subscribers in US primetime.
Stamp Fairtex proud of 2022 despite world title loss to Angela Lee
One of the busiest fighters on the ONE Championship roster, Stamp Fairtex is proud of her accomplishments in 2022.
She rolled into the year as the ONE women's atomweight World Grand Prix winner and fought Angela Lee in the main event of ONE X, the promotion's 10th-year anniversary showcase.
While Lee would win by submission in round two, Stamp had Lee badly hurt early in the fight and made a good case for an eventual rematch down the road. Speaking to ONE Championship, Stamp reflected on the year:
"With my performance in that [Angela Lee] fight, I proved the haters wrong. Previously, a lot of people underestimated my MMA skills. I’ve been able to prove myself in fights and make those trolls silent. It was a great year."
Stamp followed up the world title loss with an exciting decision win against Malaysian atomweight Jihin Radzuan last September at ONE on Prime Video 2. Still just 25 years old, Stamp Fairtex has a bright future not just in ONE’s MMA division but potentially in their pure striking divisions as well.
She’ll look to kick off the year by proving that she can still hang with the elite strikers in her home country of Thailand.