By:  | August 9, 2023 4:18 pm

Jackie Buntan will not be competing on the ONE Fight Night 14 card. The Fil-Am strawweight had been scheduled to fight for the strawweight Muay Thai title.

She was booked to rematch reigning champion Smilla Sundell. But Buntan will no longer be fighting at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on September 30th.

It remains to be seen whether an alternative opponent for Sundell can be found. But Buntan made the decision to pull out due to ‘family matters’ explaining that,

“This was a very difficult decision for me to make and is still difficult to sit with but it’s a decision that I know is for the best. I will not be fighting on ONE Fight Night 14 due to family matters.”

 

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Interim title

As previously announced Stamp Fairtex will face Seo Hee Ham in the main event of ONE Fight Night 14. The  interim atomweight title fight will be on the line.

The belt has been introduced because regular champion Angela Lee is out of action and looks likely to retire. She has not fought since the tragic death of her sister, Victoria Lee but will be cageside in Singapore..

Stamp earned her shot at the belt by stopping Alyse Anderson at ONE Fight Night 10. She has also held the atomweight kickboxing and Muay Thai titles.

Ham is the former Deep-Jewels 105lbs champion, Road FC 105lbs champion and Rizin 108lbs champion. She has spent much of her career competing in Japan and beaten the likes of Ayaka Hamasaki, Miyuu Yamamoto and Mina Kurobe.

 

New base

The event will take place on Saturday morning (local time) and be broadcast live by Amazon Prime in the US. It is the first ONE Championship event to be held in Singapore since March 25th with Thailand having emerged as the promotion’s new base.

Another title fight is on the ONE Fight Night 14 card. Danielle Kelly and Jessa Khan will rematch with the inaugural atomweight submission grappling title on the line.

Kelly and Khan first went head to head in 2021. The Cambodian/American claimed a decision win that day but it is her opponent who has gone on to enjoy success with ONE Championship.

Kelly has won three and drawn one of her four bouts for the promotion. Meanwhile Khan has yet to make her ONE Championship debut having seen several matches fall through.

Sweet science

The card will also feature a boxing match between two strawweights wearing MMA gloves. Nat Wondergirl will face Xiong Jing Nan with  spinning back fists allowed under the ruleset.

Xiong Jing Nan is the reigning strawweight champion in MMA. Meanwhile Wondergirl is coming off a loss to Lisa Kyriacou at ONE Friday Fights 26.

Xiong has a background in boxing and was on the national team in her native China. Meanwhile Wondergirl’s roots are in Muay Thai although both have been more focused on MMA in recent years.

ONE Fight Night 14, Singapore, September 30th
Stamp Fairtex vs. Seo Hee Ham (For interim atomweight title)
Muay Thai: Smilla Sundell (c) vs. TBC (For strawweight Muay Thai title)
Submission grappling: Danielle Kelly vs. Jessa Khan (For atomweight submission grappling title)
Boxing: Xiong Jing Nan vs Nat Wondergirl (Strawweight)