Stamp Fairtex gained’t get to defend her atomweight title in June and she or he’s additionally been pressured out of a champion vs. champion struggle that was set to happen when ONE Championship returns to the USA in September.
The 26-year-old multi-sport champion from Thailand suffered a critical knee damage in one among her last sparring periods that required her to bear surgical procedure. Consequently, Stamp gained’t face Denice Zamboanga on June 7 and she or he’ll even be pressured out of her scheduled struggle in opposition to ONE strawweight champion Xiong Jingnan on Sept. 6 in Denver.
ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong revealed the information when talking to MMA Combating on Monday.
“It’s a tragic factor,” Sityodtong mentioned. “Certainly one of her last sparring periods prepping for the massive occasion in a few weeks, she blew out her knee. 80 % of her meniscus was torn off her knee and it was on a nasty takedown the place her leg received caught. Her knee buckled. She simply went for surgical procedure, very profitable surgical procedure [on Sunday].”
There’s no actual timeline for Stamp to return to motion and Sityodtong hasn’t had the prospect to talk to her instantly for the reason that underwent surgical procedure to restore the injury executed.
It’s doable that she may make a comeback before anticipated however there’s no probability that Stamp fights in June or September because of the knee damage.
“I’ve talked to the Fairtex staff, appears to be like prefer it’s going to be six months however I actually don’t know,” Sityodtong mentioned. “I haven’t talked to the physician. Let’s see what occurs. It’s form of unhappy however on the identical time Atlanta is six months away so who is aware of. Stamp is a brilliant athlete. You by no means know.”
Dropping Stamp is certainly a blow to ONE’s future plans as the previous kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion has shortly develop into one of many promotion’s quickest rising stars.
She was already a significant draw for ONE throughout her hanging profession however since crossing over to MMA and claiming the atomweight title, the eye on Stamp has solely continued to develop.
Her rising reputation performed an element in Stamp getting the chance to develop into a two-division champion in addition to headlining ONE’s return to the U.S. in September. Sadly, these plans at the moment are cancelled with ONE trying to substitute Stamp on the high of the cardboard previous to the occasion in Denver.
“These items occur,” Sityodtong mentioned. “An important factor proper now’s for Stamp to relaxation and get well and rehab her knee so she’s again and hopefully she’s again in a number of months even doubtlessly for our Atlanta present and there’s extra exhibits within the states for subsequent 12 months. So I’m fairly relaxed about that from a timing perspective and plus we’ve got such a stacked card.
“We haven’t even introduced our card however we’ve got such a stacked card for Denver, one hundred pc the occasion goes to promote out. With zero advertising and marketing, we’re greater than half bought out, which is thoughts bogging to me. It’s a 20,000 seat enviornment the place world champion Denver Nuggets play. It’s a full blown NBA stadium. We’ve executed zero advertising and marketing, All we’ve executed is announce that we’re coming and put a ticket hyperlink up and a few fights and it’s greater than half bought out already. So I believe 4 months to go, we’ll most likely promote out with a number of weeks to go similar to we did for our final Denver occasion. We’re very excited.”
