Jackie Buntan to attempt to win a second belt against Stella Hemetsberger in ONE Fight Night 35 main event

Val Dewar

•
Jackie Buntan to attempt to win a second belt against Stella Hemetsberger in ONE Fight Night 35 main event image

ONe

The holder of the newest belt in ONE Championship is set to challenge for a second belt in September. 

Jackie Buntan (27) is scheduled to challenge for the vacant women's strawweight Muay Thai title against Stella Hemetsberger in the ONE Fight Night 35 main event, per sources with the promotion.

Smilla Sundell, the division's former champion, was stripped of her title last year after failing to make weight for a title defense, leaving the belt vacant.

Despite a loss to Sundell in the past, the Filipino-American won the inaugural kickboxing title at the same weight at ONE 169 last year by beating women's kickboxing legend Anissa Meksen.

Yet her new opponent will be almost ten years younger than the aging former GLORY champion.

Austria's Hemetsberger (26) cut her teeth on the WAKO amateur kickboxing scene where she won a number of medals, including five of the gold variety, as she rose from Hungarian to European to World Championships.

After signing with ONE in 2024, she went on a Friday Fights run, winning two fights by decision before a knockout which really announced her to the world at large.

Buntan will be Hemetsberger's hardest test by far, though, having been competing at a top level in ONE since 2021, i.e. her entire pro career.

The event will take place on September 5th and, like most ONE Championship cards, will be held in Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Combat Press' 2024 Female Fighter of the Year will likely be a strong favorite as she looks to bring that belt back home once more to her family in California.

The first scheduled bout for ONE Fight Night 35 is a Muay Thai title fight between inaugural ONE strawweight champion Jackie Buntan, and contender Stella Hemetsberger, who will fight live on Prime Video, September 5th, 2025 in Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp

Val Dewar

Val was initiated into Steelers Nation from the moment he was born — his first memory is a game vs. New England from when "Slash" was QB — and doing sports writing has always been a dream career for him. In 2022 he broke into the industry by writing about combat sports for Cageside Press, and now has the opportunity to continue that work with TSN as an MMA writer, as well as get his feet wet on the Steelers beat.