ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex plots Muay Thai return in 2023, but still set on ‘challenging Angela Lee again’ in MMA

Stamp hopes to return to Muay Thai competition in 2023, but remains focused on avenging a submission loss to atomweight MMA champion Lee

Thai will first need to get through a special rules fight with Anissa Meksen, set for ONE on Prime Video 6 on January 14 in Bangkok

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Stamp Fairtex walks to the Circle for a fight with Jihin Radzuan. Photos: ONE Championship

Published: 9:15pm, 27 Dec 2022

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Stamp Fairtex has big plans for 2023.

The 25-year-old is currently ONE Championship’s No 1-ranked atomweight MMA contender, but got her start in Muay Thai and kickboxing, famously winning titles in both sports under the promotion’s banner.

She has not competed in a striking-only contest since August 2020, when she surrendered the atomweight Muay Thai belt with a decision loss to Allycia Rodrigues, but hopes to do so again in the new year – if she can get ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong’s blessing.

Stamp Fairtex holding the ONE atomweight Muay Thai and kickboxing belts.

“I think I’ll find a way back to fight in Muay Thai for fans who miss me,” she told ONE recently. “I hope that Chatri would allow me to come back to Muay Thai sometime next year.”

While Stamp hopes to return to Muay Thai in 2022, that does not mean she has lost interest in MMA.