Jackie Buntan carries Filipino pride as she enters title fight

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00:00Filipino-American fighter Jackie Buntan will be gunning for the One Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship next month.

00:08Should she succeed, she will be the first ever athlete of Filipino descent to win a kickboxing title in one championship.

00:16Rafael Bandayrel has more.

00:19Jackie Buntan!

00:26Filipino-American kickboxer Jackie Buntan's hunt for one championship gold is back on.

00:33The California native will take on French contender Anissa Mexen for the inaugural One Women's Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship at 1169 Inside Lumpini Stadium on November 9.

00:46Buntan will receive another shot at the gold after losing her initial attempt at the Muay Thai belt when she fell to Smila, the Hurricane Sundela.

00:55Ever since losing to the Swedish teen phenom, Buntan racked up four impressive victories, including an all-out war against the tough Martine Micheleto in her last time out.

01:06Should Buntan win the belt, she'll be the first fighter of Filipino descent to win either a kickboxing or Muay Thai crown in the Asia-based promotion.

01:15The Filipinos really took me in and I think they can, you know, I'm very relatable to them.

01:21Not just as an athlete, but just as a normal Filipino daughter, Filipino-American sister or whatever.

01:28So they always have my back, whether it's win or lose, they're always coming to my defense.

01:33And I don't even know these people, but it's like a whole army behind me.

01:37However, it will be easier said than done against Meksen, a staple in the women's pound-for-pound list in the world of kickboxing.

01:45Most of this fuel is knowing that I, you know, on paper with our numbers stacked together, I am the underdog in this fight.

01:54You know, she has way more experience. She's been in kickboxing.

01:58So that's my fuel is being able to fight somebody on paper better than me.

02:04And that's the whole goal behind it.

02:06Buntan will be joining Filipino Danny, the King Kingad, who takes on top-ranked Adriano Miquino Moraes in a flyweight MMA rematch.

02:14Rafael Bandayrel, from the National TV Network of the New and Better Philippines.

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