ONE girls’s atomweight kickboxing world champion ‘The Queen’ Phetjeeja has displayed her world-class talents throughout two disciplines on the worldwide stage of ONE Championship.
Subsequent, the hanging specialist desires to present blended martial arts a go.
Earlier than she steps contained in the legendary Lumpinee Stadium to lock horns with fellow former WMC Muay Thai world champion, Poland’s Martyna Dominczak, the Group Mehdi Zatout fighter revealed that she’s lengthy had her eyes on stepping out of her consolation zone to battle in MMA.
“Yeah. MMA has been on my bucket checklist. I’ve been fairly fascinated with MMA,” the 23-year-old advised Nick Atkin.
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“However I believe my first focus now’s to be a double champ, after which perhaps we’ll see. However I believe it’s additionally fairly harmful [fighting in MMA].”
Watch Phetjeeja’s interview with Atkin right here:
Phetjeeja, in fact, has been wanting in on an opportunity to turn into a two-sport world champion contained in the Circle.
A victory over Dominczak of their atomweight Muay Thai battle ought to convey her a step nearer to a dream battle in opposition to divisional queen, Brazilian dynamo Allycia Hellen Rodrigues.
Maybe, if she will conquer Rodrigues and be part of different world-class athletes who’ve tasted two-sport glory beneath the ONE highlight, there’s each purpose to imagine that she will go on to turn into a three-sport world champion similar to her Thai compatriot Stamp Fairtex.
Earlier than any speak concerning the future, nevertheless, the 23-year-old is totally locked in on claiming a victory over Dominczak this Friday, Dec. 5.
Their conflict will probably be a part of ONE Battle Night time 38: Andrade vs. Baatarkhuu, which will probably be accessible reside in U.S. primetime totally free to lively Amazon Prime Video subscribers in america and Canada.
Dominczak eyes win over Phetjeeja to shut in on her world title dream
Trying to cancel Phetjeeja’s two-sport dream on the worldwide stage is Dominczak, who’s fired as much as turn into her nation’s first martial artist to assert ONE gold.
Throughout her pre-fight interview with the promotion, the 23-year-old Legion Glogow athlete revealed that she intends to make use of her battle in opposition to ‘The Queen’ as a stepping stone to e book a ticket at a world title duel in opposition to Rodrigues.
She additionally shared what it will imply to her if she ever claims the coveted strap sooner or later.
“It is actually vital for me [to claim the belt] as a result of as the primary Polish fighter contracted in ONE Championship, it makes me actually proud and I wish to open the doorways for Polish fighters and present that Polish fighters are actually sturdy, that we’re giving tremendous thrilling fights, and we might be the very best. I used to be the primary Polish fighter contracted in ONE, and my plan is to be the primary Polish ONE World Champion,” she shared.
Can she shut in on her dream with an enormous win over Phetjeeja, or will the Thai keep on her profitable kind and transfer to 8-0 within the group? Share your predictions beneath!
ONE Battle Night time 38 would be the promotion’s closing American primetime spectacle of 2025. The spectacle, which options MMA, Muay Thai, and submission grappling motion, takes place contained in the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
Edited by Aziel Karthak