FREE FULL FIGHT: Kickboxing legend Anissa Meksen knocks out Cristina Morales in stunning ONE Championship debut
Former WMPF, WAKO Pro, GLORY, and ISKA K-1 world champion Anissa Meksen made his ONE Championship debut in September 2021 at ONE: Empower against Cristina Morales, which took place inside the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
The full fight replay of this exciting atomweight kickboxing showdown was published by the world's largest martial arts organization on their YouTube channel, and they wrote its description with:
"Pound-for-pound kickboxing superstar Anissa Meksen stole the show with a KNOCKOUT debut against Spanish warrior Cristina Morales at ONE: EMPOWER!"
'C18' began the match with a very comfortable fighting stance as she fired her patented boxing combinations. At times, she ends her combinations with kicks to mix up the attack against Morales.
This was the story in the opening round, and Meksen punctuated it with her being the more aggressive fighter.
In the second frame, the Algerian-French superstar went on another gear as she pressed Morales even further on her back foot and added more volume on her strikes.
Meksen finally found the breakthrough in the last minute of the round, where she unleashed a barrage of punches that wobbled Morales and eventually dropped her on the canvas.
Although the Team Jesus Cabello representative was able to beat the referee's eight-count, the bout was called off because she was still visibly compromised, and Meksen was awarded the TKO finish.
Anissa Meksen to face Jackie Buntan for the inaugural ONE strawweight kickboxing world title at ONE 169
Despite dropping her previous bout against Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom in December 2023 at ONE Friday Fights 46 for the ONE interim atomweight kickboxing world title, Meksen has been given another chance to capture a 26-pound golden belt in ONE Championship.
The Korean Tiger Studios representative is set to face Filipino-American Jackie Buntan on Nov. 8 as part of the stacked ONE 169 card, which goes down inside the iconic Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, to determine the inaugural ONE strawweight kickboxing world champion.