ONE Fight Night 16 weigh-ins: Haggerty, Andrade make main event official

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ONE Championship returns to action in Bangkok this weekend, but first all 20 fighters on the card had to weigh in on Thursday night in Bangkok.

All eyes were on Jonathan Haggerty and Fabricio Andrade at the host Best Western Plus Wanda Grand Hotel, as they looked to make the ONE Fight Night 16 main event official.

The vacant ONE bantamweight kickboxing belt will indeed be on the line at Lumpinee Stadium on Saturday, after both passed their checks without any issues. Muay Thai king Haggerty was surprisingly more than 3lbs under the limit.

All athletes competing had to pass a hydration test – below the threshold of 0.0250 – before stepping on the scale and making their contracted weight. They had a 3- hour window to pass both, which started at 8pm local time.

After failing hydration on their first attempts, Halil Amir and Lito Adiwang returned to pass and make weight.

But debutant Mouhcine Chafi came in a whopping 7.75lbs over for his lightweight Muay Thai bout against Sinsamut Klinmee, and will try to negotiate a catchweight.

Here is how everything unfolded.