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Filipina fighter Denice Zamboanga. Handout/ONE Championship

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736499829573DC-4050.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipina fighter Denice Zamboanga. Handout/ONE Championship"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipina fighter Denice Zamboanga. <em>Handout/ONE Championship</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Denice Zamboanga has seen one opportunity after another slip by in ONE Championship, mostly because of situations beyond her control.</p><p>This time around, however, Zamboanga&#x27;s fate is finally in her own hands.</p><p>She battles Alyona Rassohyna for the ONE Interim Atomweight MMA World Title at ONE Fight Night 27 on January 11 at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.  </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/11/14/mma-denice-zamboanga-gets-new-date-for-shot-at-interim-world-title-2206">READ: Denice Zamboanga gets new date for shot at interim world title</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/1/8/confident-rassohyna-downplays-denice-zamboangas-boxing-skills-0211">READ: Confident Rassohyna downplays Denice Zamboanga&#x27;s boxing skills</a></div><p>A win not only makes her the interim queen of the division -- it puts her at the head of the line for ONE Atomweight MMA World Champion Stamp Fairtex when she returns to action.</p><p>&quot;This is such an important fight for me. We&#x27;ve been working for this for a long time, and finally here we are. I&#x27;m excited,&quot; she said.  </p><p>The 28-year-old has been among the division&#x27;s top contenders since 2020, but the global pandemic became her first major roadblock to compete for a ONE World Title.  </p><p>After that, former ONE Atomweight MMA World Champion Angela Lee took time away from the sport to focus on motherhood, so Zamboanga couldn&#x27;t challenge Lee for her belt. Then a questionable decision loss to Ham Seo Hee derailed her momentum.  </p><p>Getting back in the front of the line with a couple of hard-earned wins, Zamboanga then saw her title aspirations pushed back once again. Stamp got injured while preparing for their fight.  </p><p>An injury to Zamboanga postponed the fight anew, just as she was preparing for her original bout with Rassohyna in October 2024.  </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/25/mma-injured-zamboanga-withdraws-from-interim-title-fight-1526">READ: Injured Zamboanga withdraws from interim title fight</a></div><p>&quot;The Menace&quot; believes that all these delays have only made her better, and she is eager to show how much she has improved. </p><p>&quot;I just brushed it off. All these struggles, the disappointments, the adversities. It&#x27;s all part of the process. I didn&#x27;t let those things get me down. It only made me better, and stronger,&quot; she said.  </p><p>&quot;With everything I went through, I can say I&#x27;m more motivated than ever in winning this belt.&quot;  </p>

<p>Denice Zamboanga has seen one opportunity after another slip by in ONE Championship, mostly because of situations beyond her control.</p>

Denice Zamboanga has seen one opportunity after another slip by in ONE Championship, mostly because of situations beyond her control.

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MMA: Denice Zamboanga determined to finally seize the moment

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Published January 10, 2025 10:00 PM PHT

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