Vero Nika Signs With ONE Championship

Myanmar’s Vero Nika has signed with ONE Championship. The former Lethwei fighter turned Muay Thai fighter is expected to compete in the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing divisions.

Nika is one of Myanmar’s best female Lethwei fighters, having only been defeated once in 18 fights. She made her Muay Thai debut in 2022 and has a record of 18-2. Nine of her wins came by way of (T)KO. She has primarily fought under the Thai Fight banner, with her most recent fight being a win over Argentina’s Florencia Greco in August of 2024.

She trains at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand. She relocated to Thailand after the pandemic as fighting opportunities in Myanmar were scarce in conjunction with the coup d’état that started in 2021.

She is nicknamed “The Fighting Idol” because, in 2018, she appeared on Myanmar Idol, their equivalent to American Idol.

Nika will undoubtedly set her sights on the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing Championships. Brazil’s Allycia Hellen Rodrigues holds the ONE Women’s Atomweight Muay Thai Title. Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom holds the ONE Women’s Atomweight Kickboxing Title.