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Yu Yau Pui is riding a six-fight winning streak in ONE Championship, but that will be far from her mind when she enters the ring this weekend.

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On Friday, August 2, the Hong Kong native will welcome Scottish star Amy Pirnie to ONE when they square off in an atomweight Muay Thai bout to kick off ONE Fight Night 24: Brooks vs. Balart inside the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Yu Yau Pui’s perspective on maintaining an undefeated record

The 31-year-old earned a six-figure contract to compete on the organization’s main roster following three finishes in five fights at the ONE Friday Fights series. Then, in her U.S. primetime debut at ONE Fight Night 20 last March, she bested former ONE World Title challenger Lara Fernandez to improve to 6-0.

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Carrying an undefeated slate may put pressure on some fighters, but it isn’t something Yu is thinking about, as she views losing in a positive light.

“I’m not the kind of person who’s very afraid of losing. I don’t think anybody can be undefeated for their entire career. There are so many opponents who are stronger than you, smarter than you. You will be defeated one day,” she said in an interview with ONE.

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“The problem is how you take the failure and how you treat it as a lesson to grow, to learn, to reveal the mistakes, and to improve yourself. That’s all that matters.”

Clash of titans: Yu vs. Pirnie

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Yu has two losses against 28 wins in her professional career. Her recent run of form is a testament to her self-improvement, but she’ll be tested by her upcoming opponent.

Pirnie became widely regarded as one of the best female fighters in her division after she won the ISKA, WBC, and Lion Fight titles. She will enter the world’s largest martial arts organization with a 19-fight win streak that was capped off by a successful defense of the Lion Fight Super Flyweight title against Fernandez in August 2021.

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The Scottish striker has been away from competition for the past three years, so she’ll be out to remind the world how dominant she can be in her return.

It will be a battle of old form versus new when these two strikers collide at ONE Fight Night 24, and Yu will aim to further establish her name on the global stage by taking out an undeniable force in Pirnie.

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