ONE Championship: two weight misses but Fight Night 49 bouts go ahead

Magomed Magomedov and Gasham Mammadov missed weight ahead of ONE Championship’s Fight Night 49 in Bangkok, but both bouts will go ahead after compensation agreements were reached.

Magomedov came in at 175.4lb for his main event against Lucas Gabriel, 5.4lb above the lightweight limit. Mammadov weighed 173lb for his kickboxing clash with Bogdan Shumarov, putting him 3lb over the same 170lb ceiling.

ONE officials confirmed to the Bangkok Post that both bouts will go ahead, with Shumarov and Gabriel both accepting catchweights.

Both overweight fighters passed hydration after the official three-hour testing window had ended, according to ONE. The promotion did not disclose  compensation amounts or agreed catchweight limits.

For Shumarov, it was another weigh-in complication just three weeks after Rukiya Anpo’s hydration problems forced the cancellation of their scheduled fight at ONE Samurai 4 in Tokyo.

The pair were originally due to meet in August before Anpo withdrew through injury. Their rearranged lightweight kickboxing bout at Ariake Arena on October 17 was cancelled on the morning of the event after Anpo said he had failed his ninth hydration test.

Kongthoranee Sor Sommai (left) and Taiki Naito clear weight and hydration ahead of their flyweight kickboxing co-main event

Shumarov now faces Mammadov in what will be his first ONE appearance since a first-round knockout of Maciej Karpinski in October last year. He has won three of his four fights in the promotion, all by stoppage.

Magomedov, who is unbeaten in 15 fights, had stepped in at short notice to replace the injured Alibeg Rasulov as Gabriel’s opponent in the main event.

Gabriel has won five fights in ONE and is coming off a victory over former lightweight MMA champion Ok Rae Yoon in June.

Under ONE’s rules, fighters must register urine specific gravity of 1.025 or below to pass hydration. Those unable to complete the required checks within the official window may subsequently provide a hydrated sample and negotiate a catchweight, subject to the promotion’s weight-difference rules.

The other seven bouts on the card were unaffected by weight misses.

Kongthoranee Sor Sommai and Taiki Naito meet in the flyweight kickboxing co-main event. Their first meeting, under Muay Thai rules, ended in a unanimous decision victory for Kongthoranee.

Nontachai Jitmuangnon and Felipe Lobo also meet in a bantamweight Muay Thai rematch after both passed weight and hydration.

Nontachai Jitmuangnon (left) and Felipe Lobo pass their weigh-in and hydration checks ahead of their bantamweight Muay Thai rematch

The nine-bout card takes place at Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday from 9am Bangkok time, with live coverage in Thailand on Watch.ONEFC.com and ONE’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Channel 7HD’s coverage begins at 10am.

Full weigh-in and hydration results

Weights are in pounds. Hydration figures are urine specific gravity readings.

• MMA – originally lightweight: Lucas Gabriel – 167.8lb (hydration 1.0136); Magomed Magomedov – 175.4lb (hydration 1.0023). Magomedov missed weight; compensation agreed and bout proceeding.
• Flyweight kickboxing: Kongthoranee Sor Sommai – 134.4lb (hydration 1.0120); Taiki Naito – 134.6lb (hydration 1.0078).
• Strawweight MMA: Lee Seung Cheol – 123.6lb (hydration 1.0023); Nazareth Lalthazuala – 124.4lb (hydration 1.0210).
• Bantamweight Muay Thai: Nontachai Jitmuangnon – 144.6lb (hydration 1.0226); Felipe Lobo – 144.4lb (hydration 1.0233).
• Featherweight kickboxing: Zhou Jiaqiang – 153.8lb (hydration 1.0031); Mamuka Usubyan – 154.2lb (hydration 1.0244).
• Atomweight MMA: Victoria Souza – 113.2lb (hydration 1.0087); Magdalena Czaban – 113.8lb (hydration 1.0070).
• Kickboxing – originally lightweight: Bogdan Shumarov – 168.4lb (hydration 1.0074); Gasham Mammadov – 173lb (hydration 1.0248). Mammadov missed weight; compensation agreed and bout proceeding.
• Openweight submission grappling: Victor Hugo – 257.2lb (hydration 1.0144); Devhonte Johnson – 254.2lb (hydration 1.0009).
• Bantamweight MMA: Kalandar Tabarov – 144lb (hydration 1.0241); Ilmadi Israilov – 144.8lb (hydration 1.0152).