Thai megastar Stamp Fairtex believes that her home promotion, ONE Championship, is the best organization in the world. The ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Champion is one of the martial arts giant’s most recognizable faces. When quizzed about how ONE stacks up against fellow global organization UFC, her answer was clear.
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“I think ONE Championship is better [than the UFC]. It’s given a lot of opportunities to people,” she said. Stamp was plucked from relative obscurity to compete in ONE Warrior Series in 2018, and the 26-year-old has risen to global superstardom during her run that has yielded World Titles in Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA.
Why does Stamp Fairtex think that ONE is better than the UFC?
Echoing the sentiments of ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, Stamp Fairtex believes that ONE has better strikers than the UFC. Sityodtong caused a stir recently when he suggested that the striking skills on display in other organizations don’t compare to those on the ONE roster, and Stamp agrees.
“I think ONE Championship has the best strikers in the world, and there’s a lot of them. Most [fighters in other MMA organizations] don’t know Muay Thai, so their striking is not that good,” Stamp said.
While many organizations are focused on mixed martial arts, ONE’s multi-discipline platform produces mixed events that include MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, and submission grappling. The additional sports on offer not only provide variety but have also unearthed a bevy of superstar fighters from sports that wouldn’t otherwise have enjoyed a global platform.Alongside Stamp, some of the biggest beneficiaries in recent times have been two-sport ONE World Champion Jonathan Haggerty, ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon, and teenage Muay Thai phenom and strawweight Muay Thai queen Smilla Sundell. The trio are among ONE’s Muay Thai and kickboxing stars that have elevated the striking sports to unprecedented heights.