Rodtang is formally out of ONE 173.
The Iron Man’ was scheduled to sq. off with fellow Thai famous person Nong-O Hama this Sunday in Tokyo to crown a brand new ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion. Sadly, that’s not on the docket after Rodtang was rushed to the hospital instantly after efficiently weighing in on Saturday.
In line with a report from Nick Atkin of the Bangkok Post, he’s at present present process therapy and analysis.
Whereas Rodtang made each weight and hydration throughout his weigh-in, Nong-O didn’t go hydration on two makes an attempt. Moreover, Nong-O didn’t make weight as nicely, leaving no likelihood of the battle transferring ahead with a short-notice substitute opponent for Rodtang.
As a substitute, the bout has been scrapped from the extremely anticipated occasion, with ONE officers seeking to reschedule the competition for a later date.
“I gave every thing I had,” Rodtang wrote in a put up on Facebook. “I did every thing to make it via, however my physique simply couldn’t deal with it. I wish to grow to be champion once more, but when my physique isn’t in good situation, ONE additionally can not enable me to battle. I settle for that, and I actually hope we’ll meet once more within the subsequent battle. I’m sorry to all of the followers who had been ready to see me and have all the time supported me.
Rodtang is not any stranger to weigh-in struggles
Rodtang reigned because the ONE flyweight Muay Thai titleholder for 5 years, however his run got here to a crashing halt final November when he stepped on the scale overweight for a title protection in opposition to Jacob Smith at ONE 169. Since then, he’s solely competed as soon as, scoring an 80-second knockout over Takeru Segawa in March.
As for Nong-O, the previous bantamweight champion competed as a flyweight in his final two outings, main many to consider that he would don’t have any points making weight for his dream match with Rodtang.
The one different fighter to overlook the mark through the weigh-ins was Japanese debutant Rukiya Anpo. He returned a hydration rating of 1.0292, above the 1.0250 threshold, after which missed weight at 155.4 kilos. With round 40 minutes left, he didn’t return for a second try.
His battle with former three-time GLORY Kickboxing champ Marat Grigorian will transfer ahead as scheduled.
