Yosuke Saruta has Covid-19 and his fight with Gustavo Balart tonight is off. The Japanese fighter says he is asymptomatic and hoping the bout will be booked again soon:
バラート選手今回は申し訳ない🥷🙏
無症状だからすぐに戦いに戻れると思う‼︎必ず戦いましょう🔥#ONEChampionship@ONEChampionship https://t.co/JD20BTlOTN— 猿田 洋祐 Yosuke"THE NINJA"Saruta (@tobizaru0708) February 10, 2022
Once again ONE Championship lost a headliner to Covid-19 this week. This time it was John Lineker who has tested positive.
It means the bantamweight title fight with Bibiano Fernandes at ONE: ‘Bad Blood’ is off. The champion’s long wait for a fight looks set to continue even further.
The interim heavyweight title fight between Anatoly Malykhin and Kirill Grishenko will now serve as the headliner. The two were originally set to face off at ONE: ‘Only the Brave’ but the fight had to be postponed due to Covid-19 protocols.
Elsewhere Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke faces Danial Williams in a strawweight fight between two Muay Thai specialists. In the atomweight division Mei Yamaguchi has been matched with Jihin Radzuan, the former stepping in as a late replacement for Jenelyn Olsim.
ONE: ‘Bad Blood’, Singapore, February 11th
Bibiano Fernandes (c) vs. John Lineker (For bantamweight title)
Anatoly Malykhin vs. Kirill Grishenko (For Interim heavyweight title)
Muay Thai: Jonathan Haggerty vs. Mongkolpetch Petchyindee (Flyweight)
Yosuke Saruta vs. Gustavo Balart (Strawweight)
Mei Yamaguchi vs. Jihin Radzuan (Atomweight)
Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke vs. Danial Williams (Strawweight)
Chen Rui vs. Mark Abelardo (Bantamweight)
Dustin Joynson vs. Hugo Cunha (Heavyweight)
Lin Heqin vs. Bi Nguyen (Atomweight)
Yodkaikaew Fairtex vs. Woo Sung Hoon (Flyweight)
Thomas Narmo vs. Odie Delaney (Heavyweight)
Sunoto vs. Tial Thang (Bantamweight)
