Anatoly Malykhin-Reinier De Ridder ONE Light Heavyweight World Title Battle To Headline ONE on Prime Video 5

Anatoly “Sladkiy” Malykhin will be on the hunt for his second World Title of the year at ONE on Prime Video 5 on Friday, December 2.

The Russian slugger will drop down a division to contest for Reinier “The Dutch Knight” De Ridder’s light heavyweight crown in the night’s main event, emanating live from the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines.

Malykhin, who has been waiting to unify his ONE Interim Heavyweight World Title with Arjan “Singh” Bhullar, has been open to securing a second championship gold inside the Circle.

The Undefeated Dutch Knight Reinier De Ridder stands firm as well

“The Dutch Knight,” on the flip side, has been campaigning for an opportunity to become an unprecedented three-division titleholder.

Though he will have to wait a little longer for that goal to come true, this battle against Malykhin will give him a decent opportunity to test the waters against the heavyweight mammoth.

Malykhin has amassed a trio of knockouts inside the Circle, including his World Title-winning destruction of Kirill Grishenko – and he will look to do the same against the Breda native.

His punching power and truck-like fists have pushed him to a highly-commendable 11-0 slate.

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But whether it’s enough to hand the Dutchman his first career defeat remains to be seen.

The ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion has been unstoppable throughout his career. De Ridder has racked up an unblemished 16-0 record, which includes seven consecutive victories and four successful World Title outings in ONE.

His ruthless ground game has forced the likes of “The Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang, Vitaly Bigdash, and Kiamrian “Brazen” Abbasov to tap. 

Understandably, he’d try to maintain that path against the striking colossal. For him to do so, he would first have to get past Malykhin’s striking.

De Ridder vs Anatoly Malykhin war will be lucrative for the victor

It won’t be an easy task for either man. But with a potential US$50,000 performance bonus, a World Title, and their perfect resumes on the line, expect them to participate in a firefight inside the Circle. Along with this massive main event, a pair of striking-only World Title bouts have already been confirmed for ONE on Prime Video 5.

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Mum-champ Allycia Hellen Rodrigues will make a return on this card, too. The ONE Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion and ONE Interim Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion Janet Todd will square off to unify their gold.