Stamp Fairtex gained’t get to defend her atomweight title in June and he or she’s additionally been pressured out of a champion vs. champion struggle that was set to happen when ONE Championship returns to america in September.
The 26-year-old multi-sport champion from Thailand suffered a critical knee damage in one among her ultimate sparring periods that required her to endure surgical procedure. Consequently, Stamp gained’t face Denice Zamboanga on June 7 and he or she’ll even be pressured out of her scheduled struggle towards ONE strawweight champion Xiong Jingnan on Sept. 6 in Denver.
ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong revealed the information when chatting with MMA Combating on Monday.
“It’s a tragic factor,” Sityodtong stated. “One among her ultimate sparring periods prepping for the large occasion in a few weeks, she blew out her knee. 80 p.c 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 precise timeline for Stamp to return to motion and Sityodtong hasn’t had the possibility to talk to her straight for the reason that underwent surgical procedure to restore the injury performed.
It’s attainable that she might make a comeback earlier than anticipated however there’s no likelihood that Stamp fights in June or September because of the knee damage.
“I’ve talked to the Fairtex group, seems prefer it’s going to be six months however I actually don’t know,” Sityodtong stated. “I haven’t talked to the physician. Let’s see what occurs. It’s form of unhappy however on the similar time Atlanta is six months away so who is aware of. Stamp is a brilliant athlete. You by no means know.”
Shedding Stamp is certainly a blow to ONE’s future plans as the previous kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion has shortly grow to be one of many promotion’s quickest rising stars.
She was already a significant draw for ONE throughout her putting profession however since crossing over to MMA and claiming the atomweight title, the eye on Stamp has solely continued to develop.
Her rising recognition performed an element in Stamp getting the chance to grow to be a two-division champion in addition to headlining ONE’s return to the U.S. in September. Sadly, these plans are actually cancelled with ONE trying to substitute Stamp on the high of the cardboard previous to the occasion in Denver.
“These items occur,” Sityodtong stated. “A very powerful factor proper now could be for Stamp to relaxation and recuperate and rehab her knee so she’s again and hopefully she’s again in a number of months even probably for our Atlanta present and there’s extra reveals within the states for subsequent yr. So I’m fairly relaxed about that from a timing perspective and plus we’ve such a stacked card.
“We haven’t even introduced our card however we’ve such a stacked card for Denver, 100% 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 performed zero advertising and marketing, All we’ve performed 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 in all probability promote out with a number of weeks to go similar to we did for our final Denver occasion. We’re very excited.”
