‘Everyone Expects It’ – Stamp Fairtex Promises To Show Upgraded Version At ONE Fight Night 47
The former three-sport ONE World Champion locks horns with Selina Flores on September 4.
By Chris Mohan
Aug 30, 2026, 04:35 UTC
Former three-sport ONE World Champion Stamp Fairtex has not quite felt like herself since her return to competition, and she is determined to change that when she steps under the bright lights for the main event of ONE Fight Night 47 on Prime Video.
She faces two-time WBC Muay Thai World Champion Selina “Teep Queen” Flores in an atomweight Muay Thai clash, streaming live in U.S. primetime this Friday, September 4, from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium.
The Thai megastar is chasing a second straight triumph, building on her win over Cynthia Flores at The Inner Circle 20 this past June. She left the ring with her hand raised via split decision that night, but by her own admission, the performance left her far from satisfied.
Stamp has never been one to hide behind a result, and this was no exception. She has been open about exactly where that standard slipped, and what it revealed to her in the process.
She said:
“My last fight was bad. That was the most disappointed I’ve ever been with myself after a fight. I saw some comments saying Stamp doesn’t have that killer instinct anymore, and I think there was a little truth to that because I didn’t feel very fresh.
“But I won’t blame anyone. I’ll blame myself because I didn’t get enough sleep or eat properly for that fight. And I was also nervous because I was coming back to Muay Thai for the first time in six years.”
For much of the six years away from Muay Thai, Stamp’s focus shifted almost entirely toward mixed martial arts.
That pivot delivered one of the finest nights of her career, a TKO finish over Ham “Hamzzang” Seo Hee that crowned her the ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Champion and completed her rare three-sport distinction.
Climbing back to the top of the mountain has not been easy, though. Rebuilding trust in her own body proved just as demanding as rebuilding her skill set.
She said:
“I also read some of the comments, and I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll take that and use it to improve for my next fight.’ But the defeat didn’t affect me to the point where I thought, ‘Oh, was it really that bad?’ The judges clearly saw that I was the winner, so that means I won.
“Looking back at that fight, I must say I felt like I wanted to become the old Stamp again. I tried to push myself, but there was still a little voice saying, ‘What if I get hurt again?’ So part of me thought I should play it safe and fight smarter.”
That version of Stamp is not the one people have come to expect. Fans have made their expectations clear every time the Fairtex Training Center athlete steps onto the global stage, hoping for a return to the electrifying form that first turned her into a fan favorite.
The Pattaya-based athlete understands that hunger, and even shares it herself, but she has also learned that side of her will not return overnight. After all, time away from competition taught the 28-year-old lessons no training camp ever could – the value of patience over instant results.
She carries that same perspective into her return at ONE Fight Night 47:
“Honestly, there’s a lot of pressure for this fight because a lot of people expect me to come back and be the same as before. Even I expect that from myself too. I want to fight the way I used to and be the version of myself that I was back then. But things have changed.
“I was away for two or three years, so that was the starting point of me getting slower and losing some of that fighter’s instinct. It felt like I had to start from zero again. Right now, I’m trying to build myself back up and get better and better.”
Stamp Is Rebuilding Smarter, Not Just Harder
Building up from zero has meant doing things differently this time. Stamp Fairtex has approached every camp since her injury with a new mindset.
The three-sport superstar has traded the volume and grit that once defined her training for something more calculated. It is a shift built out of necessity, a body that can no longer take the same abuse it once shrugged off without consequence.
She has been open about what that looks like in practice.
Stamp said:
“When I trained in the past, I went all-out with everything. I’d do anything. But now, after the injuries, as I said, I have to train smarter.
“What does training smarter mean? It means using sports science to help with my training. If there’s something that can be adapted to complement my running, I’ll incorporate it. That way, I can build my strength in another way.”
Still, that adjustment has not erased every obstacle. Some of the physical costs of a lengthy layoff have proven harder to shake off than others.
Fitness, in particular, has demanded more patience than Stamp initially expected. The gap between where her body once operated and where it currently stands has been a humbling one to close.
She added:
“What I realized after recovering from the injury and coming back is that I get tired easily. Being away from competition for so long affected my cardio, my muscles, my speed – everything. My confidence too.”
Through it all, however, Stamp heads into this clash in noticeably better shape. Flores enters the main event as a two-time WBC Muay Thai World Champion riding a five-fight winning streak, a legitimate threat in her own right.
Yet for all the danger the American presents, Stamp concedes her toughest opponent this week may still be the one she sees in the mirror.
The 28-year-old concluded:
“The biggest challenge for me right now is becoming the old Stamp again. That’s the biggest challenge. Everyone expects it, and I expect it from myself too. I’ve been trying really hard to come back as much as possible as the Stamp everyone knows.”
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