Chatri Sityodtong is accused of disrespectful bullying following ONE 172. Japanese star and Shoot Boxing Champion Kaito Ono was scheduled to face former contender Marat Grigorian. Ono made weight with no challenge whereas Grigorian was greater than an hour late after which did not make weight, the Japanese fighter declined the catchweight bout. This was adopted by insults from ONE Championship chief Chatri Sityodtong.
Chatri Sityodtong Insults and Disrespects Fighter
After ONE 172, on the post-fight press convention, Chatri Sityodtong hurled vitriolic disrespectful insults at Kaito Ono (59-8-0) for refusing to struggle Grigorian who missed weight. “When a fighter wants to fight, they will fight. When a fighter is scared, they find every reason not to fight. I’ve been in this business a long time, I’ve seen it every time,” Chatri mentioned, insulting Ono’s integrity.
The Shoot Boxing champion Ono responded by declaring that he made the contracted weight inside the agreed-upon timeline, respecting all guidelines of ONE Championship and retaining the struggle integrity intact. He mentioned, “Is [Chatri Sityodtong] serious? The one who didn’t show up for the weigh-in and ran away was your fighter, wasn’t it? I didn’t run away, not even for a millimeter … How can you say anything when you couldn’t even handle things properly before the fight? I’ve held back and kept quiet about a lot of things, but there are limits to what can and cannot be said.”
Kaito Ono will not be a fighter with ONE Championship however was set to compete at ONE 172 attributable to Shoot Boxing agreeing to a cross-promotion struggle. Now, Chatri has tarnished the connection he had with the group. However Chatri’s insults weren’t solely geared toward different fighters, as he additionally bullied his personal world champion, Jonathan Di Bella, publicly disrespecting the Italian-Canadian following his world title protection at ONE 172.
Shoot Boxing Calls for Apology
The group Shoot Boxing has labored on crossover matches up to now with RISE, Ok-1, and Glory with no challenge. Shoot Boxing approached an settlement to share the fighter Kaito Ono in good religion, Ono made weight whereas Marat Grigorian did not. ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong bullied and publicly shamed an athlete. Given the circumstances, Shoot Boxing has demanded an apology from Chatri attributable to his disrespectful habits.
On social media, the group wrote:
“Because the Shootboxing Affiliation, we protest towards sure statements made by Occasion CEO Chatri throughout the press convention held after ‘ONE172’ on Sunday, March 23.
Initially, Kaito from our affiliation was scheduled to take part on this occasion, going through Marat Grigorian. On the official weigh-in held from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on the day earlier than the occasion (twenty second), Kaito cleared each the hydration take a look at and weight measurement, and was ready for Grigorian’s outcomes.
Nonetheless, Grigorian didn’t seem on the weigh-in venue throughout the specified time (11:00 AM to 1:00 PM) and didn’t submit a urine pattern for the hydration take a look at or bear weight measurement.
ONE’s official rulebook mentions circumstances the place fighters exceed hydration take a look at values or weight limits inside the specified time, however there isn’t any point out of exceeding the desired time itself. We obtained no clarification from ONE’s competitors employees on website relating to subsequent dealing with of the state of affairs.
Amidst this confusion, our affiliation employees confirmed by telephone with ONE that if Grigorian cleared the hydration take a look at even outdoors the desired time, there could be a proper to barter a catchweight struggle.
Nonetheless, when Grigorian appeared about an hour after the official weigh-in time (2:00 PM), Japanese medical employees had already left the weigh-in venue as a result of time overrun, leaving doubts in regards to the hydration take a look at Grigorian underwent.
Given these circumstances, an settlement was not reached to carry a catchweight struggle between Kaito and Grigorian.
Kaito had ready himself to the fullest, staking every part on this struggle towards an opponent he really revered on the ONE stage, which he additionally deeply revered. He had cleared the hydration take a look at and weight measurement in accordance with ONE’s laws and was prepared for the struggle.
Contemplating Kaito’s emotions on this state of affairs, we can not overlook the irresponsible and outrageous feedback made by Chatri final evening, similar to “He was only 300 grams over” and “He chose not to fight out of fear.”
Whereas the Shootboxing Affiliation primarily goals to develop the fight sports activities business in a more healthy route and doesn’t want for troubles with any group or occasion, we demand a retraction and apology for the insulting feedback made in direction of Kaito, who had revered ONE’s guidelines and was wanting ahead to the struggle greater than anybody else.”
