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Luis Santos responds to criticism by Ben Askren, ONE boss Victor Cui

Luis Santos missed weight, and his ONE Championship welterweight title bout against Ben Askren was pulled off from Friday’s card in Singapore. The 170-pound champion made heavy accusations against "Sapo".

According to Askren, the Brazilian was seen eating for over an hour at the hotel before declining to hold his weight under 190 pounds to still fight him in a non-title bout, and went to a hospital to ask for an intravenous rehydration. Askren also said Santos contacted Titan FC officials asking to fight for the promotion after declining to face him twice earlier this year.