Aside from retaining his ONE heavyweight world title, Indian-Canadian fighter Arjan Bhullar additionally desires to deal Russian juggernaut Anatoly Malykhin his first profession blended martial arts defeat.
‘Singh’ Bhullar battles interim world champion Malykhin in a long-awaited unification bout on June 23 at ONE Friday Fights 22 on the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium.
In an interview with the South China Morning Put up, the American Kickboxing Academy standout stated spoiling the unblemished file up to now of ‘Sladkiy’ is amongst his targets and has stored him targeted whereas in coaching.
Arjan Bhullar stated:
“On the finish of the day, he is undefeated, and he stopped all people. You must respect that. And that allowed me to remain targeted, and keep very, very pushed in my camp and in my preparation for him.”
Watch the interview under:
Anatoly Malykhin has an expert MMA file up to now of 12-0, together with 4 victories in ONE Championship since becoming a member of the promotion in 2021.
All of his victories in ONE got here by the use of finishes, the latest again in December over Reinier de Ridder of the Netherlands by the use of first-round knockout to grab the ONE gentle heavyweight world title.
Arjan Bhullar, too, has been undefeated in two fights underneath ONE Championship. He defeated Mauro Cerilli in his debut in October 2019 by choice. In his subsequent combat in Might 2021, he grew to become the heavyweight world champion with a second-round technical knockout of Filipino-American former title holder Brandon Vera.
ONE Friday Fights 22 will mark his return to motion following one other lengthy break.
