VERO NIKA

Biography

Vero Nika ( Burmese : ဘရော်နီကာ ) is a Burmese Lethwei and Muay Thai fighter. She is one of the most successful female Lethwei fighters in the sport. In 2022, amid unrest in Myanmar because of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état , she started competing in Muay Thai in neighboring Thailand where she reached the no.1 spot in the female world Muay Thai rankings at 53 kg according to World Muay Thai Organization and became Thai Fight Kard Chuek Champion. In 2025, she signed with ONE Championship . Vero Nika was born in East Kahpu, a small village north of Mobye . She is a Christian and although she was born in the Shan State , she is an ethnic Kayan , and was named after Saint Veronica . After her fights, she can sometimes be seen carrying the flag of the Karenni and/or Kayan people. When she was young she had to help her mother sell the alcohol she made herself. Her father was sick, so she would get up early before school and deliver around town, missing some time at school. Vero Nika is the fifth child out of six, and they relied on the Roman Catholic monastery in Pekon for their education.