A win over one opponent has already changed into a blueprint for beating three extra.
Kana improved to 25-7 with a unanimous resolution over Yu Yau Pui in an atomweight kickboxing bout at ONE Struggle Night time 46, streamed reside from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium this previous Friday, August 14. The end result marked her third promotional win and saved alive her pursuit of a rematch with ONE Ladies’s Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Phetjeeja, who beat her by resolution in 2025.
Kana has laid out a selected two-step path again to that title alternative, constructed round avenging her solely different losses within the division.
“First I misplaced in opposition to Vero. And second, Antonia Prifti, I misplaced to her earlier than throughout my Okay-1 interval. So at the least I have to win in opposition to these two fighters with a view to get a revenge in opposition to Phetjeeja,” she mentioned.
Kana eyes Rodrigues crossover combat
Past her kickboxing hit checklist, Kana has additionally floated a Muay Thai crossover matchup in opposition to ONE Ladies’s Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues, the fighter who denied Phetjeeja two-sport glory earlier this yr.
“There’s one other one I’m taking a look at, which is Allycia Hellen Rodrigues, who gained in opposition to Phetjeeja. So if attainable, I need to combat Allycia in Muay Thai guidelines,” she mentioned.
Kana has additionally named ONE SAMURAI 4 in Tokyo this October as her most popular stage for her subsequent look, giving her a transparent roadmap spanning two disciplines and a number of opponents heading into the again half of the yr.
Combating in Muay Thai guidelines would mark new territory for the Japanese veteran, who has spent her whole ONE Championship tenure competing in kickboxing’s bigger gloves. She has acknowledged the adjustment overtly, calling the smaller four-ounce gloves utilized in Muay Thai “an entire new factor” she has but to expertise in competitors.
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