Anatoly Malykhin remains unbeaten in MMA career, fans react

Russian knockout machine 'Sladkiy' Anatoly Malykhin added another world title to his name and remained undefeated at ONE on Prime Video 5. He extended his KO win streak to six in a row when he stopped Reinier de Ridder.

The Russian athlete now holds the ONE light heavyweight world title, in addition to his ONE interim heavyweight world championship. He has a perfect, unblemished 12-0 record, with over 70% of his wins being earned by way of knockout.

On Instagram, fans reacted to this incredible fighter's latest success:

"The streak continues 🔥 Can anyone stop NEW two-division ONE World Champion Anatoly Malykhin?"

One fan said regarding Malykhin's skills:

"He made [de Ridder] an average fighter .. that Singh gonna [have problems]."

Another MMA enthusiast added:

"The power of Anatoly was just too much for RDR great win for Anatoly 🙌🔥🔥🙏"

Like many, on commenter is looking forward to the unifying bout between the two heavyweight kings, Anatoly Malykhin and Arjan Bhullar:

"The 2 Division Champ [Anatoly Malykhin] VS Arjan Bhullar Next we want to see the best champ in Heavyweight Division."

[Photo Credit: @ONEChampionship] Instagram Comments

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Anatoly Malykhin wants Arjan Bhullar

'Singh' Arjan Bhullar won the ONE heavyweight world title in 2021 and has yet to defend his throne. Anatoly Malykhin, meanwhile, has knocked out everyone in his path to earn interim championship status.

Malykhin is the ONE interim heavyweight world champion and wants a unification bout against heavyweight king Bhullar. Earlier this year, the Russian athlete said in an interview with ONE:

“I do not think it will ever happen. [Bhullar] seems to be running away from me all the time. I won’t be surprised if it happens again. He has not fought any decent opponents of my level in the past. If I have to fight him, I will, but it will be a very quick fight."

Earlier this week, heavyweight world champion Arjan Bhullar spoke to ONE in an interview and called out the interim titleholder. 'Singh' said:

“[The next fight] is going to be either Malykhin – to get his fake title out of there and shut his mouth up – or it’s going to be the winner of Brandon Vera vs. Amir Aliakbari, and I [would] like Amir as well. That’s what makes sense for me. And then I drop down to fight RDR [at light heavyweight] after that. That’s the ideal path for me.”