Rainier de Ridder denied Anatoly Malykhin a fight for the third ONE championship belt
Dutch mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Rainier de Ridder denied Russian Anatoly Malykhin a fight for the third championship belt of the Asian promotion ONE Championship. The athlete spoke on Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; it belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned).
“Malykhin, congratulations on another great victory. Thank you for the challenge, but I’m not going to wait until the end of the year until you lose weight, ”said de Ridder.
On June 23, Malykhin defeated Canadian Arzhan Bullar ahead of schedule as part of the ONE Friday Fights 22 tournament and became the owner of the heavyweight and light heavyweight title. After that, he challenged de Ridder, who is a middleweight champion, to a fight.
Malykhin is an undefeated fighter. He has 13 victories in MMA fights. He is the bronze medalist of the 2013 Russian freestyle wrestling championship in the category up to 120 kilograms. Bullar has 11 wins and two losses.
ONE Championship is Asia’s largest promotion organizing mixed martial arts tournaments. Former UFC performers at tournaments of the organization. In particular, Ben Askren, Demetrius Johnson or Eddie Alvarez.
Source: Lenta
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