ONE Championship returns to the United States this fall. Two matches between four world champions will be the highlight of the thrilling card. Atomweight MMA Queen Stamp Fairtex takes on longtime ONE Women's Strawweight MMA World Champion Xiong Jingnan in the main event of ONE 168: Denver on Friday, September 6th inside Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Challenge for the throne.
ONE Championship USA cards stacked on top of each other
In the co-main event, Jonathan Haggerty, the king of two sports, will defend his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title against flyweight Muay Thai titleholder Superlek Kiat Mu9.
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Zion has held the women's strawweight MMA strap since its inception in 2018 and has defeated every challenger that has come her way. Even former long-time ONE Women's Atomweight MMA World Champion Angela Lee couldn't defeat the Chinese powerhouse, who twice defeated “Unstoppable” in the strawweight division. “The Panda'' virtually wiped out that division, so a new challenge with Stamps will be a welcome test.
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The Fairtex Training Center product has grown from an impressive star to a full-fledged multi-disciplinary force. After winning the ONE Women's Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing world titles, Stamp shifted her focus to the multi-disciplinary sport of MMA, achieving her goal of becoming a world champion last year.
The Thai megastar defeated Korean veteran Ham So Hee at ONE Fight Night 14 last September to win the recently vacant division title. For Stamp, September is about to take a turn for the worse as he is scheduled to headline ONE 167 in June, where he will defend his new belt against his friend and former teammate Dennis Zamboanga. Dew.
The clash of styles will be a welcome one for American fans, as Stamp and former national boxer Zion both have illustrious careers. Speaking of high-level striking, the co-main event will feature two of the best practitioners on the planet.
Clash between Hagerty and Super Rec giants
2023 was an unforgettable year for Hagerty, to say the least. “The General” shocked the world by defeating the powerful Nong-O Hama by knockout at ONE Fight Night 9 in April and winning the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship. About seven months later, he got a chance to assert supremacy in another sport, taking on bantamweight MMA king Fabricio Andrade for the vacant kickboxing belt.
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The Orpington native asserted his superiority over 'Wonderboy' and won the strap with a second round knockout. Haggerty started the 2024 season in style by defending his Muay Thai gold medal against Andrade's teammate Felipe Lobo at ONE Fight Night 19 in February, but once he set foot on American soil, You will be faced with a different kind of beast.
Super Rec competes in both Muay Thai and kickboxing and is on a nine-fight winning streak. In recent matches, he defeated arguably two of the best pound-for-pound strikers of his generation.
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At ONE Friday Fights 34 last September, he defeated Rodtang Jitmuangnon in a record-breaking Muay Thai showdown. And earlier this year, he added another notable fighter to his list of conquests when he defeated Japanese star Takeru to retain the flyweight kickboxing belt. 'Kicking Machine' has moved up to bantamweight with the aim of taking Haggerty's world title shot, and their bout is sure to be a war. More matches for ONE 168 are expected to be announced in the coming weeks and months.
