ONE Championship girls’s atomweight champion Stamp Fairtex is injured and out of her upcoming title battle, leaving a later scheduled champion vs. champion bout in query.
Fairtex was set to defend her atomweight title (115 kilos) for the primary time towards Denice Zamboanga at ONE 167 on Friday, June 7, in Bangkok, Thailand, however suffered a torn meniscus in coaching. On account of the incident, Fairtex has withdrawn from the competition.
The brand new fundamental occasion of ONE 167 shall be a muay Thai title bout between champ Tawanchai PK Saenchai vs. challenger Jo Nattawut, the promotion introduced Tuesday.
“My sparring accomplice was behind me, and she or he was going to take me down,” Fairtex mentioned within the announcement. “She grabbed my physique and lifted me up, however since she is smaller than me, when she lifted me up, she couldn’t elevate me that top, and my leg was nonetheless touching the bottom.
“Then, she twisted. When she twisted, my leg was nonetheless touching the bottom, so my knee received twisted. When it twisted, it made a loud noise. So, I finished instantly and went for an MRI after that. (And the physician mentioned) my meniscus was torn.”
Fairtex, the primary three-sport champion in ONE historical past, has already undergone profitable surgical procedure to restore the torn meniscus and would require a couple of months of restoration, in keeping with the promotion.
This leaves Fairtex’s headlining bout scheduled for Sept. 6 at ONE 168 in Denver unsure. She is at the moment scheduled to face strawweight (125 kilos) titleholder Jing Nan Xiong in a champion vs. champion bout on, however will not be able to compete.
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