{"id":253371,"date":"2025-10-31T23:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253371\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:57:25","slug":"stamp-fairtex-on-choosing-kickboxing-for-exciting-173-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253371\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp Fairtex On Choosing Kickboxing For Exciting 173 Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former three-sport ONE World Champion Stamp Fairtex<\/a> has revealed her reasoning for choosing kickboxing over mixed martial arts for her highly anticipated comeback<\/a> against four-time K-1 Champion Kana Morimoto at ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri<\/a> on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The 27-year-old Thai superstar will make her first appearance in over two years following a knee surgery that forced her to relinquish the ONE Women\u2019s Atomweight MMA World Title in May. Stamp explained that it was important to test herself in a three-round atomweight kickboxing bout before returning to MMA competition.<\/p>\n

Stamp Fairtex Views Morimoto as Perfect Comeback Challenge<\/p>\n

The former atomweight kickboxing, Muay Thai, and MMA champion explained her rationale for accepting this specific matchup, emphasizing Morimoto\u2019s elite status in Japanese kickboxing. Stamp Fairtex believes facing top-level competition provides the best pathway forward regardless of the outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I accepted the fight with Kana is that I feel she is the best in kickboxing in Tokyo, in Japan. I feel it\u2019s a challenge. Whether I win or lose, there\u2019s no harm in fighting her. I feel that fighting someone great is always a good thing,\u201d Stamp Fairtex offered.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Morimoto brings a 23-6 career record and four K-1 titles into this ONE Championship bout. The Japanese striker captured her first promotional victory against Moa Carlsson in January 2025, establishing herself as a legitimate threat in the atomweight kickboxing division.<\/p>\n

Kickboxing Provides Strategic Warm-Up for Stamp Fairtex\u2019s MMA Return
\n\"Stamp<\/a>Image Courtesy of ONE Championship.<\/p>\n

The Fairtex Training Center representative provided a detailed explanation for choosing kickboxing over immediately returning to MMA competition, citing the need to gradually rebuild her physical conditioning and mental sharpness after an extensive rehabilitation period. Stamp\u2019s methodical approach demonstrates the strategic thinking that originally paved her way to the gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to go for kickboxing before MMA because I wanted to warm up my body first. I\u2019ve been away for two years, and the muscle I lost after the surgery is all gone. I need to see how things go. I want to check my mental state, my physical condition, and if my endurance is still there. I want to see how this fight goes, and then move on to MMA,\u201d Stamp said.<\/p>\n

The Thai champion\u2019s 14 ONE Championship victories include her most recent triumph, a third-round TKO over Ham Seo Hee in September 2023 that earned her the vacant atomweight MMA crown. The four-bout winning streak was interrupted by the knee injury that required surgical intervention and extensive recovery time.<\/p>\n

Thai Megastar Stamp Fairtex Determined to Prove Elite Status Remains<\/p>\n

Despite the lengthy layoff and physical challenges of returning from major surgery, Stamp is determined to prove that she is still an elite competitor who is fully capable of defeating world-class opposition. The former three-sport queen refuses to serve as a stepping stone for anyone\u2019s career progression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want to show in this fight is that I\u2019m still here. I\u2019m not just a stepping stone for you to cross over. If you want to get past me, it\u2019s going to be tough. I will try to show what I have, I will give it my best, and I will show everyone what Stamp Fairtex is all about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

This clash goes down at ONE 173, taking place on Sunday, November 16, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former three-sport ONE World Champion Stamp Fairtex has revealed her reasoning for choosing kickboxing over mixed martial arts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-253371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}