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Ramadan Ondash will face Shimon Yoshinari in a flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix quarter-final at ONE Friday Fights 178 after passing hydration and making weight outside Thursday’s three-hour testing window, ONE Championship confirmed to the Bangkok Post.
The promotion said Ondash weighed 134.8lbs and recorded a hydration reading of 1.0183 after the deadline.
ONE will deduct 20 per cent of Ondash’s purse and pay it to Yoshinari, with a semi-final place still at stake.
ONE said the arrangement was in line with its rules. The Bangkok Post understands the bout will be contested at the 135lb flyweight limit.
Yoshinari questioned how the testing window had been applied in a post on X responding to the Bangkok Post’s initial reporting.
Rodtang Jitmuangnon (left) and Nong-O Hama pose after both cleared weight and hydration for their Grand Prix quarter-final at The Inner Circle 38
“ONE has a rule that you have to pass the hydration test and make weight within three hours of the scheduled start time. I guess this means it doesn’t matter when you pass, as long as you do,” he wrote in Japanese.
Eiwa Sports Gym chairman Natsuo Nakagawa told Japanese outlet Gong Kakutogi on Thursday that Yoshinari’s camp had yet to agree to the bout on those terms. Nakagawa said the camp had received no advance notice that a late pass could still count for a tournament bout.
ONE’s updated Thai-language weigh-in report says both fighters confirmed they would compete.
Lebanon’s Ondash, 20, had failed three hydration tests during the official window, recording 1.0285 at 133.8lbs, 1.0266 at 134.6lbs and 1.0285 at 135lbs. All three readings were above ONE’s 1.025 limit.
Yoshinari failed his first hydration test before passing both checks at 134.8lbs on his second attempt, drawing cheers from his team backstage at Lumpinee.
ONE’s published weigh-in rules allow fighters who miss the three-hour deadline to retest and weigh in for catchweight negotiations. If a catchweight is agreed, the fighter who missed the deadline gives up a percentage of their purse.
At ONE Samurai 4 last month, Marat Grigorian advanced to the final of the promotion’s featherweight kickboxing tournament after Luo Chao missed the 155lb limit by 9.4lbs and catchweight negotiations fell through.
Superlek Jitmuangnon (left) and Anar Mammadov pose after their bantamweight Muay Thai bout was moved up to the ONE Friday Fights 178 main event
ONE moved the quarter-final from the members-only Inner Circle 38 to the opening bout of ONE Friday Fights 178 earlier on Thursday, making it available on free television in Thailand.
The move also puts the bout on U-NEXT’s live broadcast in Japan. Japanese fans voiced disappointment on social media after U-NEXT said it would carry only ONE Friday Fights 178. Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Nong-O Hama headline the earlier card, which streams on ONE’s subscription service.
Both cards take place at Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium on Friday.
The winner of the Yoshinari–Ondash bout is scheduled to face either Rodtang or Nong-O in the semi-finals.
Both former ONE champions cleared weight and hydration without difficulty, with Rodtang weighing 134.6lbs and Nong-O 134.4lbs.
Rodtang’s nutritionist, Peter Miller of Condition Nutrition, said the former flyweight champion had stuck to his training and diet plans throughout camp.
The two were due to contest the vacant flyweight Muay Thai title at ONE 173 in Tokyo last November. Rodtang fell ill shortly after passing both checks and the bout was cancelled. Nong-O, who turned 40 on Tuesday, had missed weight and failed hydration at that event.
Several more late changes were made to Friday’s line-ups on a dramatic day at Lumpinee.
Superlek Jitmuangnon and Anar Mammadov were moved up to the ONE Friday Fights 178 main event after Yodlekpet Or Atchariya withdrew through illness. Superlek, who is seeking a third straight win in ONE, weighed 137.8lbs for the bantamweight Muay Thai bout, with Mammadov at 137.4lbs.
Kyaw Swar Win (left) poses with late replacement Sherzodi Sadullo ahead of their ONE Friday Fights 178 co-main event
Sherzodi Sadullo stepped in for Yodlekpet against Kyaw Swar Win in the new co-main event. Superjung Sor Rungsak replaced Saiyok Kiatpraison against Superchamp Wutdychonburipraleasing after Saiyok failed a medical check.
Two bouts on The Inner Circle 38 will go ahead after weight misses. PTT Apichart Farm weighed 147.6lbs, 2.6lbs over the bantamweight limit, and agreed to compensate Hamza Rachid, who weighed 144.6lbs.
PTT’s bout with Kulabdam last December was first announced at bantamweight and took place at featherweight, with PTT weighing 147.4lbs. He weighed 149lbs for another featherweight bout in March after Arian Esparza replaced Rachid, then made bantamweight at 144.4lbs against Julio Lobo in June.
In a Facebook post quoted by Khaosod, PTT apologised to Rachid and said this would be the last time he tried to make 145lbs.
Songpandin Chor Kaewwiset came in at 136lbs, 4lbs over the agreed 132lb limit for his bout against Petubon Sor Teanchai. Petubon weighed 131.6lbs and agreed to proceed after Songpandin accepted a weight penalty.
The Inner Circle 38 starts at 6.30pm Bangkok time on Live.ONEFC.com for members. ONE Friday Fights 178 follows at 8.30pm, with coverage in Thailand on Channel 7HD and ONE’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
PTT Apichart Farm (left) poses with Hamza Rachid, who agreed to go ahead with their Inner Circle 38 bout after PTT weighed in 2.6lbs over the bantamweight limit
Full weigh-in results
The Inner Circle 38
- Rodtang Jitmuangnon (134.6lbs) vs Nong-O Hama (134.4lbs) – flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix quarter-final
- PTT Apichart Farm (147.6lbs) vs Hamza Rachid (144.6lbs) – Muay Thai, bout goes ahead after PTT’s weight miss
- Lenny Blasi (145lbs) vs Adam Benwarwar (144.6lbs) – bantamweight Muay Thai
- Petubon Sor Teanchai (131.6lbs) vs Songpandin Chor Kaewwiset (136lbs) – Muay Thai, bout goes ahead after Songpandin missed the agreed 132lb limit
- Banluelok Sitwatcharachai (115lbs) vs Mya Lone Chaw (113.8lbs) – atomweight Muay Thai
ONE Friday Fights 178
- Superlek Jitmuangnon (137.8lbs) vs Anar Mammadov (137.4lbs) – bantamweight Muay Thai
- Kyaw Swar Win (136.4lbs) vs Sherzodi Sadullo (135.8lbs) – bantamweight Muay Thai
- Pek Por Tor Tor Thongtawee (115lbs) vs Cihan Dogu (114.8lbs) – atomweight Muay Tha
- Kumanngern Jitmuangnon (121.4lbs) vs Ali Al-Kinani (121.2lbs) – strawweight Muay Thai
- Nattakorn Kesorn (125lbs) vs Mathew Gesto (123.6lbs) – strawweight MMA
- Superchamp Wutdychonburipraleasing (126lbs) vs Superjung Sor Rungsak (125.8lbs) – flyweight Muay Thai
- Suhyeon Kim (144.6lbs) vs Takumi Fukamachi (144.4lbs) – bantamweight MMA
- Nongnuk Sor Dechapan (112.2lbs) vs Giorgia Pieropan (111.4lbs) – atomweight Muay Thai
- Shimon Yoshinari (134.8lbs) vs Ramadan Ondash (134.8lbs, 1.0183 after the testing window) – flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix quarter-final
