ONE Championship: Stamp Fairtex thinks Angela Lee is ‘much tougher’ than interim title opponent Ham Seo-hee
- Stamp earned an interim atomweight title fight with South Korean veteran by stopping Alyse Anderson with a body shot at ONE Fight Night 10
- It will be the Thai star’s second MMA title shot after coming up short against the undisputed champion Lee in 2022
Stamp Fairtex is not worried about Ham Seo-hee.
The Thai, ONE Championship’s No 1-ranked atomweight contender, was back in action at Friday’s ONE Fight Night 10 event in Denver, where she stopped Alyse Anderson with a second-round body shot. The victory set her up for a fight with South Korea’s Ham – the division’s No 2 contender – with an interim belt on the line.
She is ready for that opportunity, but believes it will be an easier challenge than her 2022 title fight with undisputed atomweight champion Angela Lee, which she lost by second-round submission.
“I’m ready any time,” she said at the ONE Fight Night 10 post-fight press conference. “Angela Lee is much tougher. She’s the toughest opponent I’ve ever faced.”
Lee is currently out of action indefinitely following the death of her 18-year-old sister Victoria, also a ONE fighter, hence the promotion’s creation of an interim atomweight belt.
Stamp has meanwhile rebounded from her loss to Lee with a decision victory over Malaysia’s Jihin Radzuan, and her win over Anderson at ONE Fight Night 10. She also picked up a decision win over Supergirl Jaroonsak under kickboxing rules in January, though that has little bearing on her status as a contender in MMA.
The Denver event was ONE’s first in the United States, and it is hard to imagine it going better for the Singapore-based promotion, as many of the fighters on the bill delivered star-making performance.
