Anatoly Malykhin will defend his ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title in opposition to Senegalese Wrestling Champion Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane.
ONE 169, initially scheduled for Atlanta, Georgia, continues to be taking place on Friday, November 8, at 8 PM ET on Amazon Prime Video from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium. However the two heavyweights appear desirous to get their arms on one another throughout struggle week. Earlier than and in the course of the press convention the 2 behemoths needed to be separated once they have been in entrance of each other.
Each males possess the facility to finish a struggle rapidly with one blow, however the champion, Malykhin feels he has the sting in terms of combating on the sanctioned evening of the occasion. On the press convention, the champion stated, “This man could be very highly effective. He has good energy. African energy. Good steadiness? No. He’s very, very sluggish. No good respiratory. Straightforward work. Straightforward cash. I see this man, this man is in peril. eighth November, simple work. ‘Gradual Mo!’”
He added, “I’ll by no means let this stunning belt in entrance of me be subsequent to his face.”
Reug Reug appeared to take offense on the “Gradual Mo” remark, telling him to close his mouth each time Malykhin stated it in the course of the press convention.
“I simply really feel that he’s not an actual champion due to the best way he received his belt. Beating the identical man twice doesn’t make him an actual champion.” Reug Reug stated of Malykhin. Making reference to his final two victories over Renier de Ridder, who coincidentally makes his UFC debut the day after ONE 169.
When Malykhin saved calling him “slow-mo”, Reug Reug stated, “Shut your mouth!”
“I’m very totally different from these guys. Very, very totally different from these guys that he beat. I’m a pure heavyweight, and I’m a pure champion.” Once more referring to the de Ridder fights. De Ridder fought most of his profession as a middleweight and light-weight heavyweight.
When the face-off got here, they needed to be separated once more.
In heavyweight MMA, the puncher’s probability is about 50/50 for guys like this. Take a look at the total press convention right here:
