The weigh-ins for Friday’s ONE FC 18 are in the books, and the 10-fight card is official in Taiwan.
Only one fighter missed the weight, and that is in a bout that saw him get a new opponent at the last minute.
Zhang Zheng Jie didn’t pass his pre-fight medical exam and was removed from his fight against Rayner Kinsiong. Jie teammate Eliot Corley was called on as a replacement and successfully made weight for the lightweight bout at 154 pounds. But Kinsiong came in heavy at 157, forcing the preliminary-card fight into catchweight status.
Everyone on the main card, though, is good to go. In the headlining spot, featherweights Eric Kelly (10-1) and Rob Lisita (14-5) each weighed in at 145 pounds. And in the co-feature, unbeaten Brazilian Rafael Nunes (10-0) was 154 for his lightweight fight against Koji Ando (9-3-2), who was 155.
“ONE FC 18: War of Dragons” takes place Friday at National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei City. The card streams in North America as an online pay-per-view
Complete ONE FC 18 weigh-in results included:
MAIN CARD (Online pay-per-view)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Online pay-per-view)
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(Pictured: Rob Lisita and Eric Kelly)
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