ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex overwhelms Sunisa Srisen to go 5-0 in MMA with TKO at No Surrender
- ONE atomweight Muay Thai champ marches on in MMA with dominant first-round victory at empty Impact Arena in Bangkok
- Stamp keen to compete again soon with ONE sticking around in Thailand – ‘I can fight anything but it would be good to fight MMA again’
There was no “Stamp Dance” for her walkout entrance given coronavirus regulations, but otherwise it was business as usual for Stamp Fairtex on ONE Championship’s return to action.
The atomweight Muay Thai champ cruised to 5-0 in MMA after overwhelming ONE debutant Sunisa Srisen at No Surrender inside an empty Impact Arena in Bangkok on Friday night.
It was the Singapore-based Asian martial arts promotion’s first event since February 28’s King of the Jungle in the Lion City, when Stamp relinquished her atomweight kick-boxing belt in a decision loss to Janet Todd.
Stamp looked like she was letting five months of frustration out as she made quick work of 19-year-old judo brown belt Srisen – who was 3-0 but coming off a three-year hiatus in the sport – getting a first-round TKO.
“I’m very happy I get to fight again after five months absent,” Stamp said after the fight. “I miss the Stamp Dance very much, though,” she added.
The 22-year-old Stamp tore Srisen up in the clinch with knees to the midsection early on. She repeated the trick later in the round and took Srisen down in side control, then mounted her and took the back as she looked to finish things quickly.
Stamp fired off punches as Srisen held an arm around her opponent’s neck hoping for a possible stand-up, but Stamp was teeing off on her head and referee Nick Chapman stepped in to end the one-sided contest.