Ham Seo-hee says Denice Zamboanga should ‘go and study ONE Championship rules’ after call for review

‘If she knows the rules from start to end, I believe she would agree I won the fight,’ Ham says after edging Filipino by split decision

‘I really don’t understand why this is causing some controversy. Just look at our faces. Faces speak the result,’ South Korean veteran adds

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Ham Seo-hee celebrates her victory over Denice Zamboanga in the ONE atomweight grand prix. Photos: ONE Championship

Published: 2:55am, 4 Sep 2021Updated: 8:43am, 6 Sep 2021

Ham Seo-hee was not having any of it after Denice Zamboanga suggested the judges got things wrong in their tight ONE Championship atomweight grand prix quarter-final.

The Filipino (8-1) has called for a review of her split decision defeat by the South Korean veteran (24-8), who marked her promotional debut by taking out the No 1-ranked fighter in the division on Friday night’s all-female ONE: Empower card in Singapore.

“In my opinion I think she should go and study the rules first, because if she knows the rules from the start to the end, I believe she would agree I won the fight, so I don’t know what to say,” Ham told media on a post-fight virtual interview.

Asian promotion ONE uses the Global MMA Ruleset, which scores the whole fight rather than round by round, and where effort to produce a finish and damage inflicted are more important for judges to consider than under the more widely-adopted Unified Rules.

“I really don’t understand why this is causing some controversy,” Ham added. “Just look at our faces. Faces speak the result. I think if the fans would study more about ONE rules they might feel the same way.”