Ben Askren and Luis Santos The main event title fight for Friday’s ONE Championship 26 event is now set. Welterweight champion Ben Askren and challenger Luis Santos both made weight without issue at today’s official weigh-ins. Each was 170 pounds on the button for the headliner. ONE Championship 26 takes place at Mall of Asia Arena in Manila in the Philippins, and the event streams as an online pay-per-view in North America. Askren, a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and Olympian who’s ranked No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings , puts his undefeated record on the line and looks for his first title defense when he meets Santos, a 15-year vet who’s riding a seven-fight winning streak with seven stoppages.
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ONE Championship 26 weigh-in results: Champ Ben Askren, Luis Santos hit marks – MMA Junkie