Luis Santos skulle möta Ben Askren i fredags på One Championship: Pride of Lions. Matchen blev inställd och Santos har fått mota anklagelser från både Askren och VDn Victor Cui. Nu svara Santos på anklagelserna.
One Championship: Pride of Lions gick av stapeln förra fredagen men huvudmatchen blev inställd. Huvudmatchen skulle vara en titelmatch i weltervikt mellan mästaren Ben Askren och utmanaren Luis Santos. De har tidigare möts i en match som Santos dominerade men matchen varade inte länge utan slutade i en No Contest på grund av ett ögonpet.
Vad som hände under fredagen är fortfarande oklart utöver att Santos inte klarade av viktgränsen. Askren kom med sina anklagelser och Ones VD Victor Cui var förbannad på sociala medier. Santos har nu släppt ett officiellt uttalande om händelserna som du kan läsa här nedan:
”Man, I never said I wouldn’t fight him. I don’t know where this garbage took that from. I’m a well known fighter and it is normal that organizations come offering contracts. If he wants to see messages from Titan FC offering me a title fight, he will realize that he doesn’t know shit. I’ll fight him anytime. He’s hiding behind this accident that happened with me at the weigh-ins.
He’s saying that I went to the hospital, and I really did. I wanted to check on my health. I have the right to do that, and this garbage has nothing to do with it. He should dress like a man and have fought me because I was just a pound over.
He did a scandal, wanted me to cut more weight on the day of the fight. I didn’t accept his rules because he wanted me to weigh-in again five hours before the fight. This guy is afraid. He has a dozen fights and wanted to say I am scared? He doesn’t know shit.
Victor is like that, he’s explosive. He has two options, to release me or not. When this guy poked me in the eye on purpose, ONE didn’t do anything against him, and Victor even got upset that the fight was over. But I understand his side, I only didn’t accept (Askren’s) conditions. I can guarantee you this: he’s afraid and he used this as an excuse.”
