Following the success of its all-female “ONE: Empower” event in 2021, the promotion’s top female stars will take center stage once again at “ONE Fight Night 14: Stamp vs. Ham” on Prime Video on September 29.
The blockbuster fight card is topped by some of the most fearsome female athletes on ONE’s roster, and we’ve broken down three of them below.
Xiong Jing Nan
ONE women’s strawweight MMA world champion Xiong Jing Nan is one of the most feared women in mixed martial arts today.
“The Panda” has left a trail of destruction through the strawweight division since making her debut in 2017 with a crushing, one-round demolition of April Osieno.
The Chinese superstar claimed the inaugural women’s strawweight crown in 2018 and hasn’t relinquished it since.
Among her swathe of promotional appearances is an unforgettable trilogy with ONE atomweight MMA world champion Angela Lee, which Xiong took 2-1.
The 35-year-old will look to make it 10 wins in her ONE tenure when she competes in a special-rules striking bout with muay Thai and MMA star Nat “Wondergirl” Jaroonsak at ONE Fight Night 14.
The former Chinese boxing standout’s style promises fireworks under the innovative ruleset, which will allow hand strikes only while the combatants compete in four-ounce MMA gloves.
Smilla Sundell
Despite her unassuming demeanor, Smilla Sundell has been utterly destructive in her ONE career so far.
“The Hurricane” has won all three of her bouts on the global stage in dominant fashion, which includes capturing the ONE women’s strawweight muay Thai world title last year at just 17 years old.
Just two months prior to her dominant world title win over Jackie Buntan, the teenage phenom made an instant impression on debut when she demolished Australian contender Diandra Martin inside three rounds with her signature power punches.
Most recently, Sundell was at her marauding best when she embarked on a foray into kickboxing and scored another one-sided decision win – this time over Serbia’s Milana Bjelogrlic in May.
The Swedish sensation will face, arguably, her biggest test yet when she defends her strawweight Muay Thai strap against atomweight muay Thai queen Allycia Hellen Rodrigues on September 29.
Stamp Fairtex
Stamp Fairtex is a formidable foe under any martial arts ruleset.
The Thai megastar has shown her prodigious talent across MMA, muay Thai, and kickboxing and has pulled out six finishes in her five-year promotional run.
Stamp’s popularity is undeniable, with a social media following that has swelled to 1.4 million since joining ONE with just 2,000 in 2018. To take a fight with the 25-year-old is to take on her dedicated fanbase, too.
Despite facing hometown hero Alyse Anderson at ONE’s landmark U.S. debut event in May, Stamp had the crowd cheering her name as she landed a showstopping liver kick to claim victory over her American foe.
The former atomweight muay Thai and kickboxing queen will look to win gold in a third sport in the ONE Fight Night 14 headliner, when she faces South Korean veteran Ham for the ONE interim women’s atomweight MMA world title.
