Director Anatoly Malykhina Alexander Skaredin believes that the fighter should not hold the ONE middleweight belt, but that the final decision will be made by the entire team.
The middleweight fight, which took place on Friday in Qatar, ended with Malykhin’s victory in the third round; de Ridder refused to continue the fight. Malykhin now has ONE belt in three weights: heavyweight, light heavyweight and middleweight. He has 14 first victories in 14 MMA fights.
— Congratulations to Anatoly on this victory! He made history by becoming the first MMA champion in three weight classes simultaneously. There are no words, just emotions. This has never happened anywhere and I’m not sure if another similar example will appear in the near future. Tolya is a very handsome man. We all supported him and worried about him. Some decisions regarding the future – to keep the middleweight belt or not… Let’s wait a few days for all emotions to calm down, we will discuss with Tolya, the team and make a decision. Tolya made history and put up a great fight. My personal opinion is that staying at middleweight is not a good idea. But that’s just my opinion. I repeat, we will make a decision collectively, where Anatoly’s opinion will be a priority,” Skaredin told .
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