{"id":504316,"date":"2026-02-26T02:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504316\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:05:08","slug":"allycia-hellen-rodrigues-embraces-brawl-with-phetjeeja-at-one-fight-night-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504316\/","title":{"rendered":"Allycia Hellen Rodrigues embraces “brawl” with Phetjeeja at ONE Fight Night 41"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allycia Hellen Rodrigues<\/a> has never been one to duck a challenge. She stripped Stamp Fairtex of the ONE Women\u2019s Atomweight Muay Thai World Title in her promotional debut back in 2020. She unified the division\u2019s gold against combat sports legend Janet \u201cJT\u201d Todd. She\u2019s answered short-notice calls twice without flinching.<\/p>\n

But nothing in her five-year reign compares to what awaits her at ONE Fight Night 41<\/a> on Friday, March 13, live on Prime Video from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/p>\n

Standing across from her will be ONE Women\u2019s Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Phetjeeja \u2014 a fighter Rodrigues has been watching since before she ever set foot in Thailand. Back in Fortaleza, Brazil, a teenage Rodrigues was already captivated by the Thai phenom known as \u201cthe girl who could defeat boys.\u201d Years later, both ended up in ONE Championship, and the admiration never left. It only grew into a burning desire to finally test herself against the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve known Phetjeeja since before I came to live in Thailand, back when she used to fight boys. She was a girl whose style I liked a lot. I was already following her,\u201d Rodrigues said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew that this opportunity would come. And now it has arrived, and it is one of the biggest [fights] of my career. I am very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Allycia Hellen Rodrigues identifies the clinch as Phetjeeja\u2019s weak point<\/p>\n

Allycia Hellen Rodrigues has studied Phetjeeja closely for years. Since transitioning to kickboxing, \u201cThe Queen\u201d has leaned heavily on her hands and footwork, moving away from the full Muay Thai arsenal.<\/p>\n

Even in her return to the striking art last December at ONE Fight Night 38 \u2014 a first-round TKO of Martyna Dominczak \u2014 those patterns held. The Brazilian champion spotted it, and she intends to make Phetjeeja pay for it inside the clinch.<\/p>\n

The task isn\u2019t simple. Phetjeeja\u2019s hand speed, combinations, and movement will make every step forward costly. Rodrigues knows she is stepping into the most dangerous fight of her career.<\/p>\n

But the 27-year-old Phuket Fight Club representative entered this camp with a clear game plan, full belief in her own abilities, and a career\u2019s worth of championship experience to draw from. She acknowledges the fight could go either way \u2014 and that only seems to excite her more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe advantages I believe I have over Phetjeeja are mainly the clinch game. It has always made a big difference in fights for me. She doesn\u2019t really like to clinch in fights. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because she\u2019s fighting in kickboxing. But even in Muay Thai, I\u2019ve seen that she doesn\u2019t like to clinch much. So, I believe that is a weak point of hers,\u201d Rodrigues said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe this fight is 50-50. It could go either way. It is a fight that is as dangerous for me as it is for her. I just want to be able to put up a good fight and put on a great show for the fans, which I have no doubt will come from both my side and hers. But I do believe that the vast majority of the rounds will be a brawl.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allycia Hellen Rodrigues has never been one to duck a challenge. She stripped Stamp Fairtex of the ONE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[253420,64,63,786,785,2843,210888,85],"class_list":["post-504316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-allycia-hellen-rodrigues","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-fight-night-41","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}