Tiffany Teo is just not enthused by the upcoming mixed-rules bout between embellished kickboxer Anissa Meksen and former ONE two-sport world champion Stamp Fairtex.
Following the huge success of the Demetrious Johnson versus Rodtang Jitmuangnon crossover bout at ONE: X this previous March, the promotion lately introduced a singular matchup between two of the very best feminine strikers on this planet.
ONE on Prime Video 6, which is scheduled to happen at Influence Area 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 famous person hasn’t completed sufficient in her blended martial arts profession to earn such billing.
If Teo had her method, she would moderately have girls’s strawweight queen Xiong Jing Nan as MMA’s consultant in opposition to the placing 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 embellished as a Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion, however as an MMA athlete, I really feel like she’s nonetheless fairly uncooked and there could possibly be a greater illustration of the MMA aspect of issues. Even should you get Xiong versus Anissa, that might nonetheless be good matchup.”
Whereas Meksen was a multi-time kickboxing world champion earlier than signing with ONE, Stamp is arguably probably the most completed feminine striker within the promotion. The ONE Girls’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 document to this point, along with her final bout being a dominant unanimous determination win over Jihin Radzuan. Tiffany Teo, then again, 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’ may 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 probably 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 ft, significantly 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 very thrilling struggle, and I really feel like that bout actually overvalued the vitality within the stadium.”
Moreover, ‘No Chill’ gave props to Stamp for dominating a troublesome opponent like Radzuan.
“I really feel like even with out that elbow, Stamp would have nonetheless received that struggle. I really feel like when Jihin was attempting to shut the space for the takedown, she was taking lots of clear photographs. So I felt that Stamp did extra injury.”