When Stamp Fairtex makes a dancing ring entrance she could almost be mistaken for a bubblegum pop idol, an odd contrast to her grim reputation in the ring. But no fans bore live witness to either her dance or her loss of her ONE Championship Atomweight kickboxing title to Janet Todd. For no fans were present at the event in Singapore, ONE’s de facto homebase. The arena was closed to the public, “ONE: King of the Jungle” consigned only to streaming, for fear of Corovid-19, better known as the Coronavirus.
Mixed-martial arts is very much the most international sport.