It doesn’t happen in most MMA promotions based out of North America, but you’ll see it happen on Friday night if you’re a spectator with tickets for A1 Combat 19 in Wheatland, CA. Most often, when you think of fighters competing at strawweight, you’ll think of women competing at a championship maximum of 115 lbs.
Atypical of some other MMA organizations, A1 Combat will hold a strawweight championship fight between two male contenders this weekend. It’s the start of a tripleheader of title fights in the professional ranks.
A1 Combat 19 begins this Friday at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on the promotion’s YouTube channel with the amateur undercard, continuing at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on UFC Fight Pass.