Former UFC fighter stripped of title

Former UFC bantamweight John Lineker, who signed to ONE Championship in 2019, could not make championship weight for his planned title defense against Fabricio Andrade at this weekend’s ONE event. Therefore, he was stripped of his bantamweight belt.

ONE’s bantamweight limit is 145 pounds, but the former UFC fighter failed to make weight twice, and was fined 20 percent of his purse.

The promotion has a developed system that doesn’t allow competetors to rehydrate. Lineker passed the hydration test but came in too heavy on the scale.

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Fabricio Andrade accepted to fight John Lineker

Jonh Lineker’s manager Alex Davis commented on the situation to MMA Fighting.

“When a fighter doesn’t make weight at ONE, he goes back to square zero because he has to make weight and pass the hydration test,” Davis said. “That mistake happened because his scale was off in his room, lighter than the official one. When that happens, you have a second attempt to make weight but you have to pass the hydration test again. He couldn’t do it. Having two attempts to make weight in three hours is a bit complicated. That’s the rule and we’ll respect it. Fabricio accepted the fight, and we’ll see John’s situation after the fight.”

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