‘The Menace’ Denice Zamboanga is on the verge of making history, and she knows her fight at ONE Fight Night 27: Tang vs. Abdullaev is about more than a championship belt. The 27-year-old Filipina MMA fighter will face Ukraine’s Alyona Rassohyna for the ONE Interim Women’s Atomweight MMA World Title on January 10.
If victorious, Zamboanga will become the first Filipina MMA World Champion in history. A milestone she hopes will resonate beyond the ring.
“Just hearing those words—‘the first Filipina MMA World Champion’—I just can’t believe this is happening,” Zamboanga shared in an interview. “I’ve been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.”
For Zamboanga, this fight is about trying to inspire a new generation of female athletes, especially in the Philippines, to break barriers and pursue their dreams in combat sports. “I would like to inspire a lot of female athletes to pursue this kind of sport,” Zamboanga…