ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex won’t take any chances in Anissa Meksen fight, plans to ‘find the submission’
- Stamp will face Meksen in Bangkok on January 14 in bout that will alternate between Muay Thai and MMA rules
- She will first meet Jihin Radzuan in atomweight MMA clash on Saturday in Singapore
Stamp Fairtex is days away from a high stakes atomweight MMA clash with Jihin Radzuan, but that is not the only challenge on the horizon for the ONE Championship star.
No matter the outcome of her imminent fight with Radzuan, the Thai will head right back to training for a special-rules attraction with kickboxing ace Anissa Meksen early next year, also at atomweight.
“The schedule is quite busy,” the 25-year-old told the Post from Singapore on Tuesday.
Stamp’s fight with Meksen will co-headline ONE on Prime Video 6 on January 14 in Bangkok – the promotion’s first event in Thailand since a series of closed-door events in the summer of 2020. The bout will alternate between Muay Thai and MMA rules, starting with the former.
Meksen is considered one of the top female fighters in Muay Thai and kickboxing competition, which implies she will be at a big advantage in the opening Muay Thai round, but the Algerian-French star might have her work cut out against Stamp.
The Thai is now ONE’s No 1-ranked atomweight MMA contender, but she is a lifelong striker herself, and formerly held the promotion’s atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing titles – concurrently.
“I’m really excited for this fight,” Stamp said of the match-up. “It’s a special rules match with a really high level fighter. I think in the first round nobody will dominate.”