ONE Championship: Jackie Buntan vows upset win vs Wondergirl Fairtex, and dreams of Muay Thai title
- Filipino-American admits ONE debut at Fists of Fury in Singapore against Thai progidy will be a ‘big jump’
- But Bunstan insists ‘I’m ready to show the world who I am and what I can do’
Jackie Buntan has been spinning her wheels for a year and a half since signing with ONE Championship. Now the Filipino-American Muay Thai star will finally get to throw down in the Circle come Friday night.
The 23-year-old is being thrown straight in at the deep end against Thai prodigy Wondergirl Fairtex at ONE: Fists of Fury in Singapore on February 26.
And there’s sure to be a huge release of emotion, after she was supposed to make her debut in September 2019 only for it to be cancelled, and then seeing another match in March 2020 scratched because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s not much of a frustration, more just anticipation, eagerness to just get back and fight and compete again, really,” Buntan told SCMP MMA last week before flying to Asia. “It’s been like a year and a half since I last fought.
“There’s a mix of feelings going into this camp, having not fought for so long, But I just have to remember during that hiatus I wasn’t just sitting around.