One Championship's first entry into the North American market to sign amazon Prime Video took a hit.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon, the leader of the new generation of Muay Thai and seen by the ONE Championship as the perfect candidate to expand the influence of Muay Thai around the world, withdrew from the semi-finals of the Flyweight Muay Thai Eight due to injury. His match against Savvas Michael has been removed from Saturday morning's match.
The UP Fighting Night 1, which starts at 8am this Saturday, will feature a total of 9 fights, including four Muay Thai matches and five MMA matches. In the headline mains, Adriano Moraes played Against "Hercules" Demetrious Johnson in the ONE Flyweight title defense.
Rotang played against Johnson in a mixed-rules match earlier this year, alternating rules between Muay Thai and MMA in each round, and after sticking to the first round of Muay Thai rules, Hercules subdued Rotang in the second round.
In May, Rotang defeated Jacob Smith in a flyweight Muay Thai eight to advance to the semi-finals, but unfortunately, after Thursday's weigh-up, Rotang retired due to illness.
With the removal of this match, the lineup of ONE Fighting Night 1 is as follows:
Adriano Moraes vs. Demitris Johnson – Flyweight Championship Match
Guyanha road vs. Harrison – WeltErvision Championship (Muay Thai)
Marcus Almeida vs. Kirill Grishchenko
Ariacubari vs. Mauro Cherelli
Suborek vs. Walter Gonçalves (Muay Thai)
Amir Nasseri vs. Jonathan Haggetti (Muay Thai)
Diandra Martin vs. Amber (Muay Thai)
Hirata Tree vs. Hayashi Ho-chin
Cardestan vs. Lapicous