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Stamp Fairtex scored the fourth win of her burgeoning MMA career at ONE: A New Tomorrow in Bangkok on Friday. The Thai finished Puja Tomar late in the opening round to delight the fans in attendance at the Impact Arena.
After a cautious start from both fighters Tomar caught a kick from Stamp and took her down, but the Thai fighter popped straight back up. The Indonesian then went for a trip, but ended up giving up her back on the ground.
Stamp sunk in her hooks and briefly had a body triangle, but Tomar was able to escape. The Thai was in high mount, but her opponent was able to throw her legs up and push her off.
However, Stamp was still in top position and swiftly took Tomar’s back for the second time in the round. She attacked with a series of light punches that weren’t doing any damage, but the Indonesia was covering up and making no effort to fight back or improve her position.
Stamp switched strategy and started throwing elbows. After three in succession, the referee had seen enough and stepped in to call off the contest at the 4:27 mark.
With the win Stamp improves to 4-0 and the reigning kickboxing and Muay Thai atomweight champion takes another step towards her ambition of winning a ONE Championship title in a third discipline. Tomar drops to 4-4.
Stamp Fairtex ?? runs through Puja Tomar ?? in DOMINANT fashion, winning by first-round TKO on her quest for a third ONE World Title! #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #ANewTomorrow pic.twitter.com/IVCQR3AsGr
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) January 10, 2020
Earlier in the evening, Ayaka Miura (10-2-0-1) finished Maira Mazar (6-3) with her trademark scarf hold armlock in the second round of their strawweight bout. Meanwhile, Thanh Le (11-2) made short work of Ryogo Takahashi (13-4) in a featherweight fight, stopping the Japanese fighter with strikes in the opening minute.
Judo black belt Ayaka Miura ?? weathers the early storm to submit Maira Mazar ?? with a slick Americana! @ayk917m #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #ANewTomorrow pic.twitter.com/Zum2ECOnUd
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) January 10, 2020
? ANOTHER ? KNOCKOUT ?
Thanh Le ???? records his third-straight KO since coming to ONE, finishing Ryogo Takahashi ?? with a furious first-round combo!@ThanhLeMMA #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #ANewTomorrow pic.twitter.com/92sY3r2bCt— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) January 10, 2020
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ONE: A New Tomorrow official results
- Muay Thai: Rodtang Jitmuangnon def. Jonathan Haggerty by TKO (Punches) at 2:39 of Round 3 (Defends flyweight title)
- Stamp Fairtex def. Puja Tomar via TKO (Elbows) at 4:27 of Round 1
- Muay Thai: Sangmanee Sathiangym def. Kenta Yamada by Decision (Unanimous)
- Muay Thai: Muangthai PKSaenchaigym def. Brice Delval by Decision (Split)
- Thanh Le def. Ryogo Takahashi via KO (Punch) at 2:51 of Round 1
- Raimond Magomedaliev def. Joey Pierotti bySubmission (D’Arce choke) at 3:50 of Round 1
- Kickboxing: Adam Noi defeats Victor Pinto by Decision (Unanimous)
- Shinechagtga Zoltsetseg def. Ma Jia Wen by KO (Punches) at 0:55 of – Round 1
- Muay Thai: Mehdi Zatout def. Han Zi Hao by Decision (Split)
- Ayaka Miura def. Maira Mazar by submission (Scarf Hold Armlock) at 3:01 of Round 2,
- Roel Rosauro def. Yohan Mulia Legowo by Decision (Unanimous)