5 ONE Championship fighters have misplaced their titles on the size during the last 12 months.
Jonathan Di Bella, Smilla Sundell, Rodtang Jitmuangnon, and Superlek have all surrendered their gold after failing to satisfy weight and/or hydration necessities in some unspecified time in the future within the final 12 months. Now you can add Regian Eersel to that rising checklist.
On Thursday, Eersel stepped on the size forward of his ONE light-weight kickboxing world title protection in opposition to Alexis Nicolas at ONE Battle Night time 30 in Bangkok. Eersel failed his hydration check 3 times earlier than lastly being stripped of his 26 kilos of gold.
As of this writing, it’s unsure if the battle will transfer ahead with Nicolas nonetheless eligible to take dwelling the title, or if Eersel will pull a web page out of Superlek’s e-book and demand the battle be renegotiated as a three-round catchweight.
Regian Eersel joins a protracted checklist of ONE Championship Fighters who’ve misplaced their title throughout weigh-ins
Champions shedding their titles earlier than ever stepping contained in the Circle has turn into an unsettling development for ONE as of late. All of it seemingly began round this similar time final 12 months when Jonathan Di Bella declined to weigh in for a strawweight kickboxing world title protection in opposition to Prajanchai at ONE Friday Fights 58.
A month later, Smilla Sundell was stripped of her ONE strawweight Muay Thai world championship after failing to make weight for a battle with Natalia Diachkova.
Rodtang grew to become probably the most notable fighter to lose his belt on the size after weighing in 0.5 kilos over the flyweight restrict for a scheduled title protection in opposition to Jacob Smith in November. ‘The Iron Man’ was subsequently stripped of his ONE flyweight Muay Thai world championship, ending his five-year reign with the title.
Then there’s Superlek, who failed each weight and hydration for a title unification rematch with Nabil Anane at ONE 172 in Japan. However not like Rodtang vs. Smith, the place the Brit was nonetheless eligible to win the title, Superlek reportedly refused to battle Anane in something however a three-round catchweight.
Anane ended up successful the battle by way of unanimous resolution, however on account of Superlek’s calls for, he didn’t depart with the undisputed ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title as anticipated.
Regardless of all of the drama ONE Championship’s hydration testing has triggered, the promotion has remained adamant that they won’t change their coverage, selecting to place fighter security above all else.
