Russian fighter Anatoly Malykhin after the fight at the One 166 tournament, he spoke to about how he will recover from the weight cut in the 93 kg category.
Anatoly Malykhin, winner of the 2013 Russian Freestyle Wrestling Championship, made his debut in mixed martial arts in 2016 and fought all his fights in the heavyweight category. At the One 166 tournament in Qatar, Malykhin dropped his weight to 93 kg in order to fight for the championship belt in a new weight category. In a duel with Rainier de Ridder for the championship belt in the category under 93 kg, Malykhin won by technical knockout in the third round.
— You lost a lot of weight, do you think you managed to preserve your muscles and will you become weaker as a heavyweight when you return to your original category?
– Next fight I will fight in the heavyweight division, I also liked it at 93 kg, and I am ready to fight at any weight. It doesn’t matter to me, I give people a show, I give them a reason why they come to the stadiums or sit in front of the television. I give people emotion. Weight is not important to me, I can fight at 93kg, 102kg and 120kg. 102 kg is the most comfortable weight for me, where I feel the best.
– How much will you weigh in a month?
– I don’t want to erode too much, I want to show off my abs with my sweetheart this summer (that’s what Malykhin calls his wife, Anita. – “”). Sweet liked the way I looked, she said, “Don’t eat too much chocolate.” » Kaifan is a week old, but tomorrow Johnny will call me and tell me that there is training tomorrow at six in the morning. I think I’ll take a hundred and keep it. 100 to 102 kg,” Malykhin told .
Live broadcasts of mixed martial arts tournaments can be seen on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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