“Best Heavyweight on the Planet” – Anatoly Malykhin’s Superb Victory Gets Applauded by a Few Noted MMA World Personalities Including the ONE Boss Chatri Sityodtong

Anatoly Malykhin has dominated every opponent that has stood opposite him in ONE Championship, and he has successfully scaled to the top of two divisions in the Singapore-based promotion. “Sladkiy” claimed the undisputed ONE Heavyweight World Title this past weekend, destroying Arjan Bhullar in three rounds to unify the division’s top prize at ONE Fight Night 22 on June 23.

Instead of celebrating empathically after the fight, the Russian powerhouse took the opportunity to honor two people that ONE Championship has lost over the past year.

Anatoly Malykhin’s heartwarming act after victory was lauded by everyone in the venue

“Today is not that day when I want to celebrate my victory. Our ONE Championship has lost two wonderful people – [Victoria] Lee and our referee [Paopom Watcharim]. I want to dedicate this victory to their families and [ask] that we all stand up and honor them with a minute of silence.” Malykhin said during his post-fight interview.

“And this will be the best celebration of my today’s victory for me. Thanks to everyone who’s been supporting me”. “Sladkiy” was awarded a US$50,000 bonus for his emphatic performance, and this led him to leave the ring to seek out ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong to thank him personally.

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The ONE co-founder graciously met Malykhin and congratulated him for his incredible feat.“Congratulations for everything. Congratulations, brother. You are the best heavyweight World Champion on the planet,” Sityodtong said in their exchange.

A number of other noted MMA personalities also lauded Anatoly Malykhin’s victory

“Anatoly Malykhin, 13-0, 100 percent finish rate, nine KOs. Give it up for the best heavyweight on the planet.” The praise for his latest dominant victory didn’t stop there, however. Over at Twitter, notable MMA journalist Ariel Helwani shared a clip of Malykhin’s win and simply called it, “Vicious.” 

Morning Kombat’s Luke Thomas also offered his praise, calling Malykhin a hammer in his tweet. During their live commentary on the fight, Thomas also gave high praise to the Russian monster.

“I would rank him as a top-five heavyweight anywhere. Like, period,” he said. “Among all global heavyweights, I’d put him top-five.”

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Now an undisputed two-division World Champion, Malykhin has set his sights on Reinier de Ridder’s middleweight strap. “The Dutch Knight” has been unstoppable at his natural weight class, so it will be interesting to see if Malykhin can safely make the middleweight limit and compete for an unheard-of third ONE World Title.