“There is a victim” - Anatoly Malykhin vows pure violence against ‘Reug Reug’ in heavyweight MMA title defense at ONE 169: Atlanta

Anatoly Malykhin has an interesting way of building up his fights, and he would always crank it up to 11 whenever he feels it.

The reigning three-division MMA world champion is set to defend his ONE heavyweight MMA world title against Oumar 'Reug Reug' Kane at ONE 169: Atlanta on November 8 at the State Farm Arena.

Malykhin and 'Reug Reug' have been going at it even before rumors of their world title showdown came about, and the Russian juggernaut has vowed to unleash pure violence once they're locked in the Circle in Atlanta.

"Noise, brothers, there is a victim," Anatoly Malykhin wrote on his Instagram Stories.

'Reug Reug' was never shy in his taunts against Malykhin, and 'Sladkiy' always responded with either a jest or a threat.

What he posted on Instagram, though, is quite clearly the latter.

Malykhin, who also holds the ONE middleweight and light heavyweight MMA world titles, is arguably the hardest puncher in all of mixed martial arts.

The 36-year-old monster sports a perfect 6-0 record in ONE Championship and is 14-0 overall, with all six of his wins in the promotion ending in concussive knockouts.

Kane, though, is no slouch.

The Senegalese grappler is 5-1 in ONE Championship, and is coming off a crucial unanimous decision win over 17-time BJJ world champion Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida.

ONE 169: Atlanta is ONE Championship's second live event in the United States this year, and tickets for the event are now available for pre-sale.

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Anatoly Malykhin dabbles in football while waiting for ONE 169 event

Anatoly Malykhin has always been described as one of the most jovial fighters on the stacked ONE Championship roster, and he proved exactly why earlier this month.

The triple-champ joined ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Thai legend Nong-O Hama for an exhibition football match in Bangkok.

He told ONE Championship in an interview:

"There was a real show there! TV broadcast, cameras, commentators, spotlights. I thought we would just play in a hangar, but it was a whole event. It was a great game. It was awesome."