MMA star Stamp Fairtex needed to sit out for over a yr as a result of a extreme knee damage. Previous to that, the younger fighter had held world titles in MMA, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai in ONE Championship. She is on the restoration path and is trying to make a comeback in 2025 and has an thought of when she is going to return to the cage.
Stamp Fairtex Injured
The reigning ONE Girls’s Atomweight MMA World Champion Stamp Fairtex suffered a big knee damage that compelled her to withdraw from her scheduled title protection at ONE 167. the companion tried to carry and twist Stamp, however her leg remained on the bottom, inflicting her knee to twist unnaturally and would later require surgical procedure. Stamp Fairtex suffered a torn meniscus in her left knee.
On this damage, Stamp defined in a latest interview:
“I used to be coaching with my buddy, my companion, and we had been sparring. She locked me to take my again, and he or she needed to carry me. She’s stronger than me, so when she lifted me, my face was nonetheless within the automotive. When she twisted, my knee twisted too, and it obtained damage.
“After surgical procedure, it was actually, actually dangerous. Like, why? Why did I get damage? Why did I’ve to have surgical procedure? I hadn’t fought for a very long time—already one yr. I couldn’t stroll, I couldn’t do the identical issues as earlier than. Every little thing felt dangerous for me.”
Now the Thai-born athlete is in restoration, Stamp added that she misses coaching. She continued:
“My restoration goes so significantly better. Now I really feel like perhaps 65 or 70 %. I believe by December, I can practice at 100%, or one thing like that. I’m not again to coaching 100% but. I’m solely doing PT to construct the muscle in my knee. That’s it.
“After I see everybody struggle, once I see everybody coaching, I really feel like I’m hungry to coach once more. I’m hungry to struggle once more. It’s so boring once I’m at my hometown.
“After surgical procedure, I felt like I misplaced a yr. It’s already virtually 500 days, and I really feel like all the things went backward. I misplaced my ability, I misplaced my focus. Now, I do know I’ve to construct my muscle, focus once more, and listen once I come again to coaching. Everybody desires my belt. My opponents are coaching and bettering their expertise, however I really feel caught. After I come again, I’ve to focus, study extra, and replace my expertise.”
Stamp Fairtex Comeback
Being unable to coach within the gymnasium, Stamp Fairtex went dwelling to stick with her dad and mom and assistance on their farm. She started her Muay Thai profession when she was nonetheless a toddler as a method to assist herald more cash for her household. Now, she has turn into a star in fight sports activities having collected gold in Muay Thai, Kickboxing, and, most just lately, MMA.
On staying at dwelling, she stated:
“I simply sleep, don’t do something. I stroll to the Douyin farm, come again, sleep, eat, play on my telephone. I actually, actually miss coaching, Muay Thai, and MMA. I miss everybody as a result of normally I discuss rather a lot with everybody. However once I’m again dwelling, nobody talks to me. I’m actually quiet. I discuss to my canine, Oli.”
For her subsequent struggle in ONE Championship, Stamp Fairtex says that after her knee restoration and hitting the gymnasium, she will likely be able to go in April or Could 2025. She added:
“Possibly Could or April … I really feel like I’m falling behind whereas everybody else is bettering their expertise, energy, and muscle … It’s been one yr, and nobody has seen me coaching on social media—simply dancing or one thing. I’m nonetheless the identical, nonetheless humorous, however I promise I’m going to return again. I’m 27, and I don’t know the way lengthy I’ll struggle.
“Now could be my time to shine and present everybody who I’m. I’ll be again.”
