Champion of the One Championship promotion in three weight classes Anatoly Malykhin in an interview with , he responded to claims made by a number of Russian fighters against the Asian organization.
Malykhin has been playing in the One Championship league since 2021 and is the organization’s champion in three weight categories. Over the past year, Russians Vitaly Bigdash and Marat Gafurov have severed their contracts with the league, citing poor conditions and a long absence from fighting.
— Several Russian fighters left the One Championship league and some of them were unhappy with the way they were treated. When one of the Russian journalists mentioned it, it was clear that your wife didn’t really like it. Have you called the guys who left One to at least exchange opinions on the organization?
– Well, why should I call them? They have their own opinion. This is what makes our world unique, that everyone has their own point of view, everyone has their own thoughts and says what they think. But I started looking at fights a little differently. Do you know how? Now, if I was a promoter, paying money, selling tickets, putting on these wonderful events… What would I want to see from the fighters in my league? At least one post about the tournament on social media. It’s just me, talking about small things. So that people are interested in promoting the workplace where they work. And then the attitude will be completely different. For example, Anita Sergeevna (wife of Malykhin – ) talks about One FC on YouTube. He manages social networks, makes sure to appear in public in clothes with logos and in interviews – One FC is mentioned everywhere. You need to be grateful to where you work, talk about it everywhere.
Many fighters fight in leagues and you won’t even see their post on social media. Many people think their job is 15 minutes of fighting. No! At the moment, they are already huge commercial fighting machines. You need to find new flaws, new progress, be able to talk and not just enter into conflict. You can make a kind of funny video, a bunch of different stories. I’m sure somewhere inside the guys who left remember the good things.
My wife at a gas station received 20,000 rubles a month and worked as a manager. Nowadays, you can earn a million rubles for a fight; almost all average fighters earn this amount. How long do you have to work at a gas station to make a million? It turns out to be four years. Well, for that million you will at least post on social media. Or go to an interview,” Malykhin told .
Malykhin will meet Senegalese Oumar Kane in a League One heavyweight title fight in Bangkok on November 9. Currently, the Russian heavyweight is undefeated in 14 professional fights under MMA rules. The ONE 169 tournament will be broadcast live on and Match! Fighter,” begins at 04:00 Moscow time.
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