One
Championship had to stamp out an event when its marquee star
suffered another injury.
On Friday, the organization sent out a
press release announcing that its August show in Denver has
been pushed back a year. The expectation is that organization will
travel to Colorado in 2026 instead, at the same location of the
Ball Arena. ONE atomweight champ Stamp
Fairtex re-injured her knee, and she has vacated her belt and
allowed interim titleholder Denice
Zamboanga to claim the undisputed throne.
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ONE head Chatri Sityodtong included his own statement in the
release, confirming the details while wishing the former champ
well.
“We are saddened to hear of the injury setback to Stamp and wish
her nothing but the best in her road to recovery,” the ONE founder
wrote. “After looking at multiple alternate headlining options that
unfortunately did not come together, we have made the difficult
decision to move our Denver event to June 26.”
The multi-sport combatant last competed at One on Prime 14 in
September 2023, where she put Seo Hee Ham
away with body shots to reclaim the 115-pound belt. The year of
2023 overall proved fruitful for the woman born Nadthawan Panthong,
as she also knocked out Alyse
Anderson before the Ham match and beat Supergirl Jaroonsak in a
muay thai excursion.
Stamp was originally slated to battle Zamboanga in early 2024, and
that was bumped for documentary filming purposes. An injury to
Stamp scratched that matchup, and she was later booked to fight
Xiong Jing Nan up a weight class. That too fell apart due to
another injury.