"The King Malykhin" - Fans shiver at the devastation Anatoly Malykhin left ahead of world title defense against 'Reug Reug' at ONE 169
Since making his ONE Championship debut in March 2021, current three-division MMA world champion Anatoly Malykhin has maintained a perfect record with a 100% finish rate.
The world's largest martial arts organization has looked back at all of his highlight-reel finishes through a recent Instagram post, and wrote its caption with:
"SIX FINISHES 👊🔥 Will Anatoly Malykhin make it SEVEN knockouts in a row and retain his heavyweight MMA World Championship at ONE 169? @anmalykhin"
The six-slide post was all the stoppage victories of 'Sladkiy', and consisted of his pile of victims Alexandre Machado, Amir Aliakbari, Kirill Grishenko, Reinier de Ridder (twice), and Arjan Bhullar.
Due to this unmatched dominance, fans couldn't help themselves but praise the Russian powerhouse, as users @ @senadgashi_official, @nina_filippovna, @david.hannna, @vvscody, @kentron10987, and @coradinisensei sent their reactions through their comments:
"The king malykhin 🔥🔥"
"Killer"
"Anatoly is the best! 🚀🚀🚀"
"3 division champ 🔥🔥🔥"
"Dudes such a terrifying 205er"
"Right on the button 🎯💥"
"Malykhin is a force! Great wrestler and puncher, a really trouble for any MMA fighter in the world 🤯"
Anatoly Malykhin looks to add Oumar Kane to his hit list on their ONE 169 championship match
The reigning ONE middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight world champion is scheduled to defend his heavyweight throne, and his next challenger is surging contender Oumar Kane.
The two behemoths will headline the upcoming ONE 169 card on Nov. 8 in front of the packed Lumpinee Stadium crowd in Bangkok, Thailand.
'Reug Reug' is riding on a four-fight win streak. During this stretch, he defeated the likes of Batradz Gazzaev, Jasur Mirzamukhamedov, Marcus Almeida, and most recently, his Senegalese compatriot Boucher Ketchup.
This world title showdown also marks the first defense of Malykhin's ONE heavyweight MMA gold since unifying it in June 2023.