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Jackie Buntan fights for ONE championship world title motivated by grief | ‘That is my cause why now’
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Jackie Buntan fights for ONE championship world title motivated by grief | ‘That is my cause why now’

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By Tycoon Herald 7 Min Read Published September 5, 2025
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Jackie Buntan will step into the ring for the primary time because the dying of her father when she challenges Austria’s Stella Hemetsberger for the ONE strawweight Muay Thai world title.

They are going to struggle at Bangkok’s well-known Lumpinee Stadium, stay on Sky Sports activities within the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Filipino-American, who already holds the organisation’s strawweight kickboxing world championship, has acknowledged that the premature passing of her dad, Jessie, in December has modified her outlook on life and competitors.

His dying got here only a month after she celebrated the largest win of her profession – a unanimous choice victory over legendary French-Algerian striker Anissa Meksen to say the strawweight kickboxing world title.

What ought to have been a interval of pleasure was as an alternative adopted by heartbreak, and Buntan admits that grief nonetheless lingers as she returns to motion in Thailand.

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Buntan has a spot on the worldwide stage of martial arts

For a lot of her profession, Buntan fought to show her place on the worldwide stage. Together with her father’s passing, nonetheless, her perspective has shifted. What started as a private pursuit is now rooted in one thing much more significant.

“Combat sports, sports when it’s just you in there, it’s a very selfish, selfish sport. You have no one else to blame but you, and you’re honestly doing it for yourself, and that’s kind of how I was up until a year ago when I lost my father. And that’s my reason why now,” she stated.

That dedication is combined with an trustworthy recognition of the waves of grief that also come unexpectedly.

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Buntan is already a ONE kickboxing world champion

Even to at the present time, she nonetheless battles with the considered shedding him.

“Grief is – the best way I can explain it – is it’s a trip. It’s ongoing, and it comes in different waves. It comes in different emotions and, again, I don’t think it’s ever going to go away. It comes up randomly at the weirdest times,” she stated.

Nevertheless, the 28-year-old has additionally discovered power in opening up publicly about her loss, selecting to share her story so others going by the identical wrestle know they don’t seem to be alone.

Buntan often retains her personal life away from the highlight, preferring to let her combating profession and coaching updates do the speaking. However after refusing to talk on the matter for a number of months, she lastly felt compelled to make use of her platform to attach with followers who may be struggling with the identical ache.

“It was important to share it,” she defined, “so other people who’ve had similar journeys or are experiencing it know that they’re not alone.

“Anyone in any stroll of life can expertise this, sadly. I do know there are followers, individuals who observe me, who’ve that very same expertise that I had.”

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Jackie Buntan is a high class fighter

Jessie’s satisfaction in his daughter’s success had grown steadily throughout her meteoric rise.

At first, he struggled to know why she would select to compete in fight sports activities, however that modified when her fights started making headlines within the Philippines. After her breakout win over Nat “Wondergirl” Jaroonsak in 2021, he realised how far she may take her profession.

“For me, it was like: ‘Oh my God, this is big. I’m in ONE.’ But for him, he’s like: ‘Oh, my God, I saw you on ABS-CBN’, this news channel in the Philippines. That’s when he realised: ‘she’s a star,'” Buntan stated.

Though he hardly ever watched her compete stay – unable to abdomen the considered his daughter getting harm – he supported her in each different means.

The extra Buntan gained, the extra her dad calmed down. By the point she rattled off three straight victories in 2021, he understood she couldn’t solely survive however thrive within the ring.

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“We’re Filipino. The biggest love language is food. He’d always make sure I was eating. If I visited him, he tried to feed me food. I know those were big things for him, that he was watching out and that he cared for me,” she stated.

“But apparently, as I progressed in my career, the more he sat back and relaxed. In his head, he’s [thinking:] ‘Okay, she’s pretty good, she keeps winning, and maybe I don’t have to be so worried.'”

Via each step of her journey, Jessie’s affect remained a continuing – from shaping her self-discipline outdoors the ring to giving her the quiet assurance that somebody was at all times in her nook. These small however regular gestures are what Buntan now carries together with her into every struggle, lengthy after his passing.

Now, as she prepares to struggle Hemetsberger for a second world title, Buntan says her motivation comes from the bond she shared together with her father.

“A part of it of course ego wise, you want to be the best in the world, you want all the accolades and all that,” she stated. “But it’s really to continue making my dad proud, continue making him happy.”

Watch Jackie Buntan struggle Stella Hemetsberger for the ONE Championship strawweight world title stay on Sky Sports activities Combine from 1am on Saturday morning.

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