Stamp Fairtex survived the comeback. Now she wants the crown back.<\/p>\n
The former three-sport ONE World Champion returned from a career-threatening knee injury<\/a> last November against Kana Morimoto in atomweight kickboxing at ONE 173<\/a> inside Tokyo\u2019s Ariake Arena.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old Thai megastar lost via unanimous decision but gained something more valuable than victory.<\/p>\n Her surgically repaired knee held up for nine minutes of elite competition, proving she could still hang among the best.<\/p>\n The torn meniscus in May 2024 destroyed everything. Camp preparation for Denice Zamboanga collapsed when Stamp\u2019s knee gave out during training. Surgery followed, then rehab, then more setbacks when her recovery timeline betrayed her again.<\/p>\n She made the selfless decision to vacate the ONE Women\u2019s Atomweight MMA World Title rather than hold the division hostage.<\/p>\n But validation tastes sweeter than any belt sometimes. Stamp entered 2026 healthy and hungry, ready to reclaim what she sacrificed for the greater good.<\/p>\n \u201cI expect to be the best version of myself that I can possibly be,\u201d she said. \u201cMy goal is to hunt for my title back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Stamp Fairtex maps out strategic path before title pursuit<\/p>\n Stamp Fairtex captured the sport\u2019s most prized possession by finishing Ham Seo Hee at ONE Fight Night 14 in September 2023, becoming the first three-sport World Champion in ONE history.<\/p>\n The achievement felt monumental until injury erased it before her reign truly began.<\/p>\n Zamboanga now holds undisputed status after Stamp\u2019s sacrifice allowed the atomweight MMA landscape to move forward. The Thai striker plans a full campaign designed to rebuild momentum and remind everyone why she became a three-sport queen in the first place.<\/p>\n She\u2019s targeting three to four fights this year, though she admits she\u2019s in no rush to dive straight back into World Title contention. Another striking bout would allow her to rebuild conditioning inside the environment where she first rose to prominence.<\/p>\n \u201cFor this year, whenever ONE gives me a date, I\u2019m ready,\u201d she said. \u201cIt might be another Muay Thai fight first to get my cardio and rhythm back in place.\u201d<\/p>\n Vero caught Stamp\u2019s attention as a potential opponent. The Myanmar striker\u2019s aggressive style would provide exactly the test needed before transitioning back to MMA. Whether that matchup materializes or ONE fast-tracks her return remains unclear. But one truth stays crystal clear.<\/p>\n Stamp didn\u2019t endure two years on the sidelines just to take things slowly. She\u2019s approaching 2026 at full throttle to regain ONE gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stamp Fairtex survived the comeback. Now she wants the crown back. The former three-sport ONE World Champion returned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,1865,82,18534],"class_list":{"0":"post-405604","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-one-championship","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-stamp-fairtex"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405604","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=405604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}