ONE Championship: “Train hard, fight easy” - Stamp Fairtex shares why she gives her 100 percent with each training session

Stamp Fairtex is already one of the most accomplished female fighters on the planet - Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA World Titles all under the ONE banner. But if you ask her how she got there, it’s not about flashy talent or shortcuts. Instead, it’s about grinding every single day.

Her fight camps are intense, and not always fun. But she understands exactly why her longtime coach, Mr. Wong, pushes her so hard.

"I’d be like that, oh my God, it’s a lot," she said in an interview with Mightycast. "But I know Mr. Wong pushes me because he wants me to win. I understand that. It’s a good that I have a good mentality."

That mindset drives her daily routine as she clocks in long hours without complaint.

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"I just think that I train hard because I’m going to fight easy. Then I keep doing it. In the evening, I do BJJ again. That’s my schedule normally at fight camp."

And even with the demands of professional fighting, she’s still putting in the work for her academic passions.

"Then on Sunday, I go to university to study."

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“Increase my strength” - Stamp Fairtex taking things easy in rehab after knee injury setback

Lately, though, things have had to slow down for Stamp. After suffering a knee injury in training, she is currently on the long road to recovery. Running is off the table, but she's still finding ways to keep moving:

"In the morning, I ride a bicycle because I can't run very well right now," she said. "I mostly kick the pads and weight training to increase my strength."

At present, Stamp is still deep in recovery, even having to give up the title of ONE atomweight MMA world champion because of it.

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Charlene is a MMA writer with 5 years of experience writing content in various formats. She inadvertently fell into the rabbit hole of MMA after she (begrudgingly) joined her friend for a class and ended up enjoying it far beyond her expectations. She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and once dreamed of becoming a sports doctor before she found her true calling in writing.

She has ghostwritten for various health, fitness, and martial arts businesses. Despite the busyness of her day-to-day, she occasionally finds the time to practice Boxing and Muay Thai at home with her coach/husband and their many cats as their rapt audience.

She has organized a few local MMA events and aspires to establish her own little gym someday.

Outside of work, Charlene enjoys books, video games, and anime.

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