Interim ONE Championship heavyweight champion Anatoly Malykhin added a light heavyweight title to his collection by eliminating previously undefeated ONE Championship double champion Rainier de Ridder in the first round.
The Dutchman could not oppose anything to the pressure of the Russian fighter, who from the first seconds seized the initiative and began to interrupt him in the standing position, not allowing the dangerous grappler to tie himself in the clinch and transfer him to the ground.
By the end of the starting five-minute period, the title fight, which led the ONE on Prime Video 5 tournament in Manila, turned into a real beating, and half a minute before the signal for a break, Malykhin put an end to the match, dropping the opponent with a powerful right hand and finishing him on the ground.
With a spectacular victory, 34-year-old Anatoly Malykhin not only won the ONE Championship light heavyweight championship belt, but also received a double bonus of $100,000, which was a solid addition to his base fee.
All results of the ONE on Prime Video 5 tournament.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30165-malykhin-nokautiroval-de-riddera-i-stal-dvojnym-chempionom-one-championship.html?rand=19907
