ONE Championship: Itsuki Hirata finds her way back with revenge over Jihin

Bangkok Post - Oct 22, 2026

Four years and seven months after Jihin Radzuan handed her a first professional defeat, Itsuki Hirata finally had her revenge. After everything that followed that night in Singapore, she also had reason to believe her career was moving forward again.

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