Som ett resultat av att One Championship infört ett nytt unikt invägningssystem tvingas nu deras fighters att hoppa upp en viktklass.
Den asiatiska organisationen One Championship fick tragiska nyheter förra månaden efter att en av deras fighters avlidit efter en hård bantning. One valde att agera snabbt och redan två veckor senare kom de med ett nytt unikt system för invägningar som ska se till att fighters går match i sin vardagliga viktklass.
Ones VD, Victor Cui medverkade i Fox Sports Asia där han bekräftar att alla fighters kommer att byta viktklass:
”It’s really quite simple, all our athletes will move up a weight class together and in unison.”
”All champions will retain their titles.”
”First and foremost, it allows athletes to compete at the weight that they walk around every single day and that makes it a level and safe playing field for all athletes. What we’re implementing has been in place for several years already in collegiate wrestling in the United States and been a topic of discussion with multiple industry experts all around the world.”
”We are very fortunate on the ONE Championship team that we’ve got some of the most respected and experienced people in the industry. Matt Hume, who has been in the industry for over 25 years, is our VP of competition, our VP Rich Franklin is a former world champion himself, and we have consulted with doctors in the West and in the East to put forward what we think is really a game changing plan to make this a safer sport for all athletes.”
Det nya systemet ska börja gälla denna månaden.
