There are comebacks driven by unfinished business, and then there are returns forged in the furnace of self-doubt and online cruelty. Anna “Supergirl” Jaroonsak‘s journey back to Lumpinee Stadium belongs to the latter category—a twenty-two-year-old Thai sensation who nearly quit fighting entirely before finding reasons to return on Saturday, March 14, at ONE Fight Night 41: Rodrigues vs. Phetjeeja on Prime Video.
Her opponent, Hong Kong’s Yu Yau Pui, carries her own redemption narrative into their atomweight Muay Thai battle. Two consecutive defeats after a five-year winning streak create hunger that turns fighters either desperate or dangerous. Friday night will reveal which category Yu occupies.
Supergirl’s story began with precociousness that bordered on the absurd—becoming the youngest striker to compete in ONE Championship at age sixteen in September 2020. Her promotional debut lasted sixty seconds, the time required to knock out Milagros Lopez with the kind of finish that suggested a prodigy had arrived fully formed.
Her follow-up victory over Belarusian veteran Ekaterina “Barbie” Vandaryeva via hard-fought split decision reinforced that assessment. Then came January 2023 and the biggest test of her young career—standing toe-to-toe with three-sport megastar Stamp Fairtex in a kickboxing war that she lost via split decision but that showcased her gritty resilience.
She returned to winning ways against WBC Muay Thai World Champion Lara Fernandez, but ended 2023 with a heartbreaking knockout loss to ISKA Kickboxing World Champion Cristina Morales. The defeat combined with negative comments from online trolls nearly broke her—the little sister of fellow ONE Championship athlete Nat “Wondergirl” Jaroonsak who’d grown up in this sport but suddenly questioned whether it was worth the emotional toll.
Two years away followed. Time to heal, to reconsider, to decide whether the fire still burned or whether it had been extinguished by voices that exist only to tear down what they could never build.
Her scheduled August 2025 return against Bulgaria’s Teodora Kirilova at ONE Fight Night 34 ended before it began—failing the hydration test that prevented the bout from happening. More disappointment, more questions about whether this comeback was real or merely stubborn refusal to accept that some chapters close permanently.
Now, several months later, the explosive spear knees that made her a fan favorite will either validate her return or confirm the doubts that accumulated during her absence.
Standing across from her is the thirty-two-year-old Yu, a southpaw who earned her global roster contract through five consecutive victories at ONE Friday Fights. Her U.S. primetime debut against Fernandez in March 2024 produced a unanimous decision that suggested she belonged among the division’s elite.
But back-to-back defeats against European opponents Amy Pirnie and Martyna Dominczak ended a five-year winning streak and raised questions about whether her success was sustainable against international competition. The relentless attacking style that originally earned recognition from ONE Championship’s global fan base now requires validation against a fighter whose own career hangs in balance.
This atomweight Muay Thai clash promises the kind of desperation that creates either spectacular violence or tentative caution. Supergirl seeks to prove her two-year exile was preparation rather than retreat, that the voices nearly drove her away but ultimately forged something stronger. Yu aims to reclaim the momentum that carried her to five straight Friday Fights victories before European opponents exposed vulnerabilities that consecutive defeats magnified.
Friday the 13th in March carries its own superstitions, but neither fighter built careers by believing in luck over preparation. One leaves Bangkok having proven the comeback real. The other departs carrying the weight of another setback and the questions that accumulate when redemption remains elusive.
