The fight with Indian-Canadian athlete Arjan Bhullar (11-1) will take place on June 23 as part of the ONE Friday Fights 22 tournament.
Arjan is a comedy, not a person. He hid from the fight for a long time, did not fight for two years, he says he knocked out some conditions there, ”said Malykhin, who in the absence of Bhullar had already fought for the interim heavyweight division belt with Kirill Grishchenko in February 2022.
After that, the fight with Bhullar was repeatedly postponed. Hungry for wins, Malykhin moved up to light heavyweight in December 2022 to challenge Reinier De Ridder. In the ONE Fight Night 5 tournament, the representative of Team Rat won by technical knockout after the first round, inflicting De Ridder’s first loss of his professional career, and became the defending champion of the light heavyweight ONE.
Arjan Bhullar has an 11-1 record. He has not competed in MMA since April 2021 and an interim championship belt has been introduced in his absence. For various reasons, his fight with Malykhin was repeatedly postponed.
In his victory at the next tournament, which will be held at the Lumpini Arena in Bangkok, Malykhin is confident:
– I will become champion twice, because I don’t see any obstacles. Also, Arjan hasn’t fought in two years and I don’t know why he hasn’t been stripped of his belt and had a better fight for that big heavyweight belt. So I want to become a triple champion later. Triple C, let’s go! — quotes the words of Malykhin ONE.
The ONE Friday Fights 22 tournament will be broadcast live on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites. It will start at 3:30 p.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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