Arnaud Lepont Enjoys Baiting Shinya Aoki at the ONE Fighting Championship: 'Rise of Kings' Weigh In

The One FC: 'Rise of Kings' weigh in took place in Singapore this afternoon and the highlight was the antics of French fighter Arnaud Lepont who went to a lot of effort to bait Shinya Aoki.

The fight between the DREAM lightweight champion and Lepont will be the main event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Lepont stepped onto the stage holding book entitled 'Beating Aoki for Dummies'. He then proceeded to graffiti the photo of the Japanese fighter in the souvenir programs he was given to sign (see below).

Lepont will be an underdog but he seems determined to make the most of his moment in the spotlight as he was smiling and laughing and challenging his Japanese opponent to stand and trade with him instead of shooting for an immediate takedown. For his part Aoki looked determined and focussed and distinctly unimpressed with his opponents antics.

All the fighters made weight at the first attempt:

ONE FC: RISE OF KINGS OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN RESULTS

SUPER FIGHT

Arnaud Lepont ( 70.2 kg, 154.8 lbs.) VS Shinya Aoki (69.9 kg, 154.1 lbs.)

LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT

Kotetsu Boku (70.1 kg, 154.5 lbs.) VS Zorobabel Moreira (70 kg, 154.3 lbs.)

BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT

Soo Chul Kim (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.) VS Leandro Issa (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.)

MAIN CARD

Ryo Kawamura (83.6 kg, 184.3 lbs.) VS Melvin Manhoef ( 83.9 kg, 185 lbs.)

BANTAMWEIGHT GRAND PRIX

Zhao Ya Fei (60.9 kg, 134.3 lbs.) VS Jens Pulver (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.)

Min Jung Song (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.) VS Masakatsu Ueda (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.)

Yusup Saadulaev (61.2 kg, 135 lbs.) VS Kevin Belingon (61 kg, 134.5 lbs.)

PRELIMS

Gianni Subba (56.7 kg, 125 lbs.) VS Bruce Loh (56.7 kg, 125 lbs.)

Ngabdi Mulyadi (65.7 kg, 145 lbs.) VS Mitch Chilson (65.6 kg, 145 lbs.)

ONE FC: RISE OF KINGS will be available on Pay-Per-View in the United States on 6 October at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT on iN DEMAND, Avail-TVN, DIRECTV and DISH for a suggested retail price of US$29.95.

For more information visit: www.onefc.com

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