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Stamp Fairtex
picked up One Championship's atomweight mixed martial arts world championship in the main event of ONE on Prime Video 14.

The fight was preceded by an announcement from Angela Lee that she was retiring from mixed martial arts and relinquishing the atomweight title. Fairtex had a stern test in Seo Hee Ham, who withstood many thudding kicks early on. However, Ham would knock Fairtex down with a counter punch and make a statement in the second frame. Fairtex would strike back in a major way in the third frame as a right hand to the body would stun Ham, and follow-up punches to the body and head led to the fight being over. The fight was officially stopped at 1:04 of Round 3, making Fairtex a three-sport world champion.

The second title fight of the night was for the strawweight muay thai world championship as titleholder Smilla Sundell took on Allycia Hellen Rodrigues. The first round was close before Sundell would badly rock Rodrigues with just seconds to go. "The Hurricane" would live up to her nickname, coming forward and walking down Rodrigues in the second frame. Sundell would continue wearing down her opponent in the third, which culminated with a series of knees and punches along the fence that saw the referee wave the fight off. The official stoppage came at the 2:58 mark.

The inaugural ONE atomweight submission grappling world championship was on the line between Danielle Kelly and Jessa Khan. The 10-minute match began with Khan jumping guard but getting pressed against the cage and unable to do anything. After defending several leglock attempts, Kelly would eventually get her back taken by Khan. Kelly would eventually escape and then go for a kneebar that was ruled a catch by the referee. After both were stood up and separated, Kelly would get a takedown and stay in control for the rest of the bout. Having come the closest to a submission, Kelly was declared the winner via unanimous decision and declared the first-ever champion in the division.

In early MMA action, John Lineker picked up a second straight win at the expense of Stephen Loman, who was slightly outgunned over three rounds of action; Eduard Folayang picked up a come-from-behind knockout against Amir Khan at 1:57 of Round 3 in their lightweight fight; Mauro Cerilli picked up a stoppage win at heavyweight after mauling Paul Elliott, who was unable to continue after the first round due to a bicep injury; and welterweight Maurice Abevi put away Blake Cooper via TKO at 4:36 of the first round.

Additionally, in a special rules striking bout, Jingnan Xiong picked up a questionable TKO stoppage over Nat Jaroonsak at the 2:42 mark of Round 3. In muay thai fights, lightweight Dmitry Menshikov picked up a stoppage of Sinsamut Klinmee at 2:41 of Round 1 after scoring three knockdowns within a round, and Asa Ten Pow wrecked Rambolek Chor Ajalaboon with a brutal head kick knockout at bantamweight.

This article first appeared on Sherdog and was syndicated with permission.

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