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Ben Askren title fight scratched from ONE Championship event

A welterweight title fight between Ben Askren and Luis Santos at a ONE Championship event will not go forward after Santos couldn't make weight. A few times.

ONE Championship had been promoting two title fights for their "Pride of Lions" card this weekend. After a debacle on the scales, neither bout ended up being on the line. And the most anticipated fight, a bout between Ben Askren and Luis Santos, didn't happen at all.

Askren and Santos were set to rematch after a No Contest earlier this year. But Santos ended up coming in at 172 pounds, two pounds over the welterweight championship fight limit.