“I See Holes in His Technique” – Anatoly Malykhin Sees Himself Cruising to Victory Against Kirill Grishenko

Russian heavyweight star Anatoly “Sladkiy” Malykhin feels that Kirill Grishenko would not pose much of a threat when they face off for the ONE Interim Heavyweight World Title. 

In fact, the Golden Team representative fancies an easy night out against the Belarusian colossal at ONE: BAD BLOOD on Friday, 11 February. 

“As a fighter, he is non-standard with unusual strikes – backfist, spinning elbow. He has a good physique since he is a classic wrestler. But I don’t see anything special he could stop me with,” the 34-year-old said.

“I see holes in his technique. My coach sees them. It’s not about underestimating Kirill. He is a good fighter. But, I will repeat, he is not the best. I’m the champion here. And I will be the ONE Championship champion for a very long time.”

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Anatoly Malykhin predicts the outcome of his interim title fight against Kirill Grishenko

“Sladkiy” has been waiting for a crack at the World Title after his delightful victory over Iranian tank Amir Aliakbari at ONE: REVOLUTION on 24 September last year. 

The Kemerovo native sent Aliakbari crashing to the canvas with a perfectly-timed left hook to maintain his 100 percent finish rate and extend his perfect career record to 10-0.

Grishenko too has been in fine form since he arrived at the Singapore-based organization. The 30-year-old earned a TKO win over Senegalese athlete Oumar Kane in his debut and followed up with another dominant display against Canada’s Dustin Joynson.

He understands Grishenko brings a similar undefeated record to the table but is not too convinced about his rival’s abilities to hand him his first career loss. 

“He has no knockouts, and his strikes are weak. He lacks speed and timing in his striking,” Malykhin offered.

“Kirill will be knocked out. That’s it. First or second round at the most.”

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Malykhin is confident of his chances of leaving the Singapore Indoor Stadium with the interim strap. Though it is not entirely the World Title that he wants, he believes he will leave the Circle as the undisputed heavyweight World Champion. 

The Russian has been waiting for a date against ONE Heavyweight World Champion Arjan “Singh” Bhullar for months, but the latter could not agree on a contract to defend his crown against the Russian fighter. That resulted in Malykhin and Grishenko’s shot at the interim strap on 11 February.

“Let’s forget about Arjan – he’s already in the trash bin of history. Soon, we will have a new champion.”

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