An undercard fight in One: Spirit of Champions has been cancelled when one fighter suffered severe dehydration a day before the card on Friday.
In a statement, the mixed martial arts outfit said the fight between Filipino Geje Eustaquio and Chinese Yang Jianbing has been cancelled when the latter got severely dehydrated while trying to make weight.
Yang is also suspected to have suffered from heat stroke. The fighter, officials said, is in a hospital getting treatment.
Eustaquio and Yang were supposed to face off in a flyweight match in the Friday card, which has Filipino-American Brandon Vera and Taiwanese Paul Cheng squaring for the first One world heavyweight title.
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