Reigning ONE Women’s Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion Jackie Buntan puts her kickboxing gold on the line against Austria’s Stella “Always Hungry” Hemetsberger in a high-stakes rematch, while Filipino fan-favorite Danny “The King” Kingad takes on China’s “Wolf Warrior” Hu Yong at ONE Fight Night 40 on Prime Video.
The developing card goes down at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, February 14.
Buntan will settle unfinished business with familiar foe Hemetsberger in the main event.
The two first met last September at ONE Fight Night 35, battling for the vacant ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Title in a five-round war.
Hemetsberger dropped the 28-year-old Californian twice in the opening round and weathered Buntan’s comeback attempts over the final four frames to claim a unanimous decision victory.
The win made Hemetsberger Austria’s first-ever ONE world champion while denying Buntan’s bid to become just the third woman to capture titles in both kickboxing and Muay Thai.
Now the Boxing Works product gets her chance at revenge, determined to protect her kickboxing crown from the woman who temporarily derailed her two-sport dreams.
Meanwhile, Kingad finally gets his long-awaited showdown with Hu Yong in flyweight MMA action.
The two were originally scheduled to clash at ONE Fight Night 15 in 2023, but the 30-year-old withdrew due to a foot injury.
The Lions Nation MMA stalwart started his ONE career with a brilliant 9-1 run that included wins over current ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Yuya Wakamatsu and former World Title challenger Tatsumitsu Wada.
However, recent form has been unkind to the Filipino veteran, who dropped back-to-back defeats to Wakamatsu and Adriano Moraes.
Against the heavy-handed Chinese knockout artist, Kingad aims to prove he still belongs among the elite in ONE’s stacked flyweight division.
