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Stella Hemetsberger Defeats Jackie Buntan to Win ONE Strawweight Muay Thai Title

The 26-year-old becomes the first Austrian to win a ONE world championship.

Overview

  • Hemetsberger earned a unanimous decision after five rounds at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Boxing Stadium during ONE Fight Night 35, which aired on Amazon Prime Video.
  • The victory clinched the vacant women’s strawweight Muay Thai belt and marked a milestone for Austrian fighters in the promotion.
  • Buntan’s bid for two-sport supremacy ended in defeat, leaving her as the reigning strawweight kickboxing champion after returning to competition motivated by her father’s death.
  • Tye Ruotolo, a ONE submission grappling titleholder, made a successful MMA debut by submitting previously unbeaten Adrian Lee.
  • Shadow Singha Mawynn delivered a highlight finish with a second-round spinning back-fist knockout of Bampara Kouyate in featherweight Muay Thai.