{"id":316244,"date":"2019-06-12T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316244"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:01:17","slug":"18-year-old-muay-thai-star-alma-juniku-breaks-down-shanghai-showdown-with-stamp-fairtex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/18-year-old-muay-thai-star-alma-juniku-breaks-down-shanghai-showdown-with-stamp-fairtex\/","title":{"rendered":"18-year-old Muay Thai star Alma Juniku breaks down Shanghai showdown with Stamp Fairtex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, June 15, in the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/events\/legendary-quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ONE: Legendary Quest<\/a> in shimmering Shanghai, China, 18-year-old Muay Thai star Alma Juniku will take on champion Stamp Fairtex for the ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Title.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of this mammoth Muay Thai showdown, the Albanian-Australian talent had a quick chat with BJPenn.com&#8217;s Tom Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been training really hard and getting my strength and fitness up, so I feel I\u2019m pretty prepared for this fight,&#8221; she said shortly after the official pre-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>This bout will mark the WBC Muay Thai World Champion&#8217;s first bout under the ONE Championship banner. 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