Former UFC fighter Alexei Oleynik told he was overwhelmed by the performance Anatoly Malykhina in a fight against Senegalese Oumar Kane.
At the ONE 169 tournament in Bangkok, the 36-year-old Russian suffered the first defeat of his career, losing to the 32-year-old Senegalese by decision after five rounds. Malykhin lost his UNIQUE heavyweight belt.
— I can say that Anatoly upset me a little. It was simple physical labor. It was all about strength, there was hardly anything technical. If I’m not mistaken, before he showed more dynamic and varied fights. And then I came across an opponent who knows how to defend himself from a fight, to resist… And who is physically strong. That’s all. So I worked with a guy, UFC fighter Juan Espino, who had just defeated a fighter from Senegal, and he noticed that they have a very strong fight, that they know how to resist well so as not to let it go, that they are physically very developed. And Anatoly worked, in fact, according to his technique. Just be stupid and let him hang on. And it turns out that as soon as a very stupid opponent appeared, it became difficult for him to surpass him. It’s a shame our guy lost, although in general the fight was pretty even. Victory could have been given to both Anatoly and Kane. Maybe they wanted to create some diversity in the league, to get away from Anatoly’s constant dominance.
At the same time, I was trying to imagine Umar Kane versus Alexander Volkov or Sergei Pavlovich. And, let’s say, I realized that Pavlovich and Volkov could, through better speed or through diversity, be guaranteed to finish this fight with a first-round victory. It seems that Anatoly attacked a lot, worked as number one, but it was as if he attacked and at the same time he received. And every time it seemed that the Senegalese fighter simply threw his hand away automatically, as if in fright, but at the same time he struck. I really hope that Anatoly will rest, then analyze this fight and come back calmly and triumphant,” Oleinik told .
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