ONE Championship 157: Wondergirl Jaroonsak plans to ‘go slow like Stamp Fairtex’ on move from Muay Thai to MMA
- Muay Thai star will make her MMA debut against India’s Zeba Bano at ONE 157 on Friday in Singapore
- Wondergirl says ‘two years would be perfect’ as she charts course to strawweight champ Xiong Jingnan
Wondergirl Jaroonsak is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Stamp Fairtex as she transitions from Muay Thai to MMA.
The Thai will make her MMA debut at Friday night’s ONE Championship 157 event in Singapore, taking on India’s Zeba Bano at strawweight.
Her popularity among fans could give her the inside track to a fight with the division’s reigning champion Xiong Jingnan – especially given the lack of other contenders in the division at the moment – but she is content to take the scenic route to a title shot.
“I’m still pretty new to this sport so I would like to go up slow like Stamp Fairtex,” Wondergirl, a veteran of more than 50 Muay Thai fights, told the Post on Monday. “Slow and strong.”
Stamp, who previously held ONE’s atomweight kick-boxing and Muay Thai titles, debuted in MMA in 2019, and challenged Angela Lee for the promotion’s atomweight MMA title in March.
Wondergirl likes the pace set by her fellow Thai, but believes she might be able to work her way to a title shot a little more quickly.
“I think two years would be perfect,” she said. “It’s not too fast, it’s not too long.”