ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex set to face former teammate Denice Zamboanga at ONE 166
- Ex-Fairtex Gym stablemates will clash in atomweight title fight at Lusail Arena in Qatar on March 1
- Promotion also adds submission grappling bout to card, with Tye Ruotolo defending welterweight title against Izaak Michell
Stamp Fairtex is set to face former teammate Denice Zamboanga in an atomweight title fight at ONE 166, in Qatar on March 1.
The 26-year-old will be making the first defence of the title she won by beating Seo Hee Ham at ONE Fight Night 14, a victory that made her just the second fighter to wear the belt, Angela Lee announced her retirement a few days earlier.
Stamp (11-2) won the atomweight grand prix in 2021, and the following year she was handed a shot at reigning champion Lee, but was submitted in the second round at ONE: X.
That was the last time the Thai fighter lost. She rebounded from the defeat to Lee to win her next three fights, culminating in the second round stoppage win over Ham.
Zamboanga has a history with both Lee and Ham. She was pencilled in to face the former in an atomweight title fight in 2020, but the bout fell through when the champion announced she was pregnant.
In her absence, ONE Championship put together an atomweight grand prix, in which Zamboanga controversially lost by split decision to Ham in the quarter-finals.