Mikey Musumeci has lastly spoken out after controversially shedding the ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Title on the scales.
“Darth Rigatoni” confronted a sequence of hurdles within the lead-up to ONE 168: Denver on September 6.
Initially, he was slated to maneuver up in weight for a showdown with light-weight king Kade Ruotolo. However the latter was pressured to withdraw as a consequence of an damage he sustained in the course of the Craig Jones Invitational.
With Musumeci’s spot on the cardboard in jeopardy, ONE Championship scrambled to seek out him an opponent. They secured one in Bebeto Oliveira.
Musumeci was now set to defend his flyweight belt slightly than vie for Ruotolo’s light-weight crown.
Simply when every part appeared again on monitor, catastrophe struck. Musumeci didn’t make weight and couldn’t move the hydration check. Due to this, he misplaced his World Title.
The mishap raised questions on how ONE dealt with issues. However in a uncommon second of vulnerability, the 28-year-old selected to take full accountability.
“I need to make clear that ONE Championship by no means pressured me to do 135 [pounds] for this match. I’ve all the time made 135 slightly simply, and I used to be precisely the place I wanted to be in weight to make it,” he wrote in an Instagram put up.
All through his profession, Musumeci has practiced Rickson diaphragm respiratory workout routines. Sadly, it worsened his state. He raced straight to the hospital with pneumomediastinum. It’s a severe situation the place air escapes from the lungs into the mediastinum, a central compartment of the thoracic cavity.
The harmful unwanted side effects pressured Musumeci to withdraw from the affair solely, even after an openweight bout had been negotiated.
“I all the time did this respiratory as a type of meditation earlier than competitions, and the day earlier than weigh-ins, I used to be simply doing it to unwind and loosen up my thoughts post-training, and swiftly my neck, throat, and chest acquired extraordinarily sore,” he stated.
