Tiffany Teo just isn’t enthused by the upcoming mixed-rules bout between adorned kickboxer Anissa Meksen and former ONE two-sport world champion Stamp Fairtex.
Following the large success of the Demetrious Johnson versus Rodtang Jitmuangnon crossover bout at ONE: X this previous March, the promotion not too long ago introduced a singular matchup between two of one of the best feminine strikers on the earth.
ONE on Prime Video 6, which is scheduled to happen at Affect Enviornment in Bangkok, Thailand on January 13, will function a homecoming for Stamp in opposition to the French-Algerian standout.
Tiffany Teo, although, has her reservations about that matchup. So far as ‘No Chill’ is worried, the 23-year-old Thai celebrity hasn’t finished sufficient in her blended martial arts profession to earn such billing.
If Teo had her manner, she would relatively have girls’s strawweight queen Xiong Jing Nan as MMA’s consultant in opposition to the hanging arts savant Meksen. The No.5-ranked girls’s atomweight fighter mentioned in an unique interview with ONE Championship:
“I don’t assume so. Little question she could be very adorned as a Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion, however as an MMA athlete, I really feel like she’s nonetheless fairly uncooked and there may very well be a greater illustration of the MMA aspect of issues. Even in the event you get Xiong versus Anissa, that will nonetheless be good matchup.”
Whereas Meksen was a multi-time kickboxing world champion earlier than signing with ONE, Stamp is arguably essentially the most completed feminine striker within the promotion. The ONE Ladies’s Atomweight World Grand Prix winner held world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai earlier than transitioning to MMA full-time.
Stamp has racked up a good 9-2 MMA file to this point, together with her final bout being a dominant unanimous determination win over Jihin Radzuan. Tiffany Teo, however, put the ladies’s 115-pound division on discover with a profitable atomweight debut in opposition to Ritu Phogat.
A collision course between these two appears inevitable, however ‘No Chill’ might need to attend for Stamp to complete her enterprise in opposition to Meksen early subsequent 12 months.
Tiffany Teo lauds Stamp Fairtex’s efficiency in opposition to Jihin Radzuan
After submitting Ritu Phogat with a suffocating rear-naked choke at ONE on Prime Video 2, Tiffany Teo paid shut consideration to the Stamp Fairtex versus Jihin Radzuan conflict.
The Singaporean, in any case, will doubtless face the victor of that match someplace down the road.
Stamp outclassed ‘Shadow Cat’ for quarter-hour to earn a unanimous determination. Teo admitted she was impressed by the Thai’s wonderful efficiency on the toes, notably with that pinpoint elbow strike that almost ended the struggle within the third spherical.
Tiffany Teo mentioned in the identical interview:
“Yeah, she landed a very nice elbow, actually good timing on that. It was a extremely thrilling struggle, and I really feel like that bout actually puffed up the vitality within the stadium.”
Moreover, ‘No Chill’ gave props to Stamp for dominating a tricky opponent like Radzuan.
“I really feel like even with out that elbow, Stamp would have nonetheless gained that struggle. I really feel like when Jihin was making an attempt to shut the gap for the takedown, she was taking a number of clear photographs. So I felt that Stamp did extra harm.”
