On December 3 the Philippine capital Manila will host the most important bantamweight title fight between Dutch champion Rainier de Ridder and Russian challenger Anatoly Malykhin. Two undefeated fighters are ready to determine the best in a head-to-head fight. Will the Russian manage to take the belt from the Dutch fighter?
The champion has a clear advantage in size, being 10 cm taller. Nevertheless, the Russian is not used to fighting against more colorful opponents. Malykhin has experience performing in the heavyweight category and therefore he shouldn’t be embarrassed by the Dutch giant.
Anatoly himself outlined a simple game plan for himself. The main task of the Russian will be to avoid letting his opponent close as well as to protect himself competently against kickdowns – the Freestyle Wrestling base will be very useful here.
And if the opportunity arises Malykhin is going to unleash all his bombs on Rainier, which will put out the light at the end of the tunnel for his opponent. We hope that everything the challenger said will be realized in the cage.
Rainier de Ridder is 32 years old and has a perfect record (16-0-0). He is the current middleweight and bantamweight champion of the organization. He has been competing in Asia’s most popular league since 2019. The fighter’s most recent scalps were Russian Vitaly Bigdash, Kiamrian “Brazen” Abbasov, and Aung La “The Burmese Python” Nsang (2 times).
He is an intimidating grappler who tends to always take the fight to the ground and succeed thereby applying painful/suppressive holds.
The 32-year-old Russian Anatoly Malykhin’s record consists of 11 victories. He is the interim heavyweight champion of the league. In the One Championship, he scored three convincing wins by KO/TKO. The victims of our fighters were: Kirill Grishenko, Amir Aliakbari, and Alexander Machado.
The Kemerovo giant finished each of his opponents. Seven wins by knockout and three by submissions. He has impressive knockout power and impressive wrestling background.
Age – 32;
Height – 1.93;
Weight – 93;
Reach – 2.01;
Statistics – 16-0-0;
Wins – 3 KO, 11 Submissions, 2 Decisions;
Losses – 0 KO, 0 Submissions, 0 Decisions.
Age – 34;
Height – 1.80;
Weight – 120;
Reach – 1.98;
Statistics – 10-0-0;
Wins – 7 KO, 3 Submissions, 0 Decisions;
Loses – 0 KO, 0 Submissions, 0 Decisions.
Where will this fixture be played?
The event will take place at the Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay, Phillippines.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for the ONE FC: Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin at 1xBet.