Fans react to respect shown after Anatoly Malykhin’s savage beatdown of Amir Aliakbari

Heavyweight bruisers 'Sladkiy' Anatoly Malykhin and Amir Aliakbari are well known for their knockout ruthlessness in ONE Championship. While both fighters aim for a KO win, each man shows tremendous respect for their opponents.

On Instagram, ONE Championship shared a clip where Malykhin and Aliakbari stare each other down, the Russian wins by brutal knockout, and the two warriors bow to each other after their fight.

"Keepin’ it 💯🙏"

Fans appreciated the respect that these two fighters displayed towards one another. Followers of ONE Championship left their sentiments in the comments.

Instagram user @amiraliakbari.fanpage60 said:

"In the end, there is nothing left but respect."

A fan page for Malykhin agrees with the Aliakbari fan page. @za.malykhina commented:

"Respect above all ✊🏻"

MMA fan @letino_lorenzo added:

"Love this behaviour shows respect to the art 🥋🔥"

ONE Championship follower @bmfjitsu said:

"Respect for both guys"

Instagram comments [Photo Credit: @ONEChampionship]

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Anatoly Malykhin wants to add to his destructive win streak

No one has been able to defeat Russian heavyweight Anatoly Malykhin in MMA. Malykhin is currently on a five-fight win streak, all being won by KO/TKO.

Along the way, Malykhin has earned the ONE interim heavyweight world title in addition to the undisputed ONE light heavyweight world championship. For these crowns, he KO'd then-undefeated beasts in Kirill Grishenko and former double-world champion Reinier de Ridder.

It is clear that the next target 'Sladkiy' wants is a match against heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar. In an interview with ONE Championship, Malykhin commented on the world heavyweight champ:

"[Bhullar is] just weak. He doesn’t deserve to be in ONE Championship. [He pulls out] every single time."

Earlier in 2022, the Russian knockout machine stated while speaking to ONE:

"[Bhullar] is my little baby chicken who is clinging on to the belt that should be mine. He’s not a real champion. He keeps hiding from strong opponents, tries to choose convenient opponents."

Fans and fighters alike are salivating to see a showdown between the two heavyweight kings, Anatoly Malykhin and Arjan Bhullar. MMA followers are highly interested in their heavyweight world title unification bout.