December 3, 2022 12: 42 am ET
It didn’t take long for Anatoly Malykhin to claim another piece of ONE Championship gold.
In the primary occasion of ONE on Prime Video 5, unbeaten interim heavyweight champ Malykhin (12-0) dropped down from heavyweight difficulty for Reinier de Ridder’s light heavyweight title, and took it from him in vicious style in the opening round.
The occasion took location at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, and aired live on Amazon Prime Video.
The battle began rapidly as De Ridder (16-1) hurried throughout the cage, looking to engage in the clinch. Malykhin was allset for his challenger’s fast advance and countered well with a coupleof difficult punches. After a short reset, De Ridder went right back to the clinch videogame, however was notable to get Malykhin to the canvas.
Malykhin continued to land difficult punches, putting De Ridder in a bad area in the middle of the round. With every thudding blow that landed, the crowd responded as if the end of the battle was near, as De Ridder did his finest to makeitthrough with his back versus th