Malykhin vs Kane

Who won Malykhin vs Kane?

Oumar Kane beat Anatoly Malykhin by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of ONE 169, on Friday 8th November 2024 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Oumar Kane.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Heavyweight championship.

Malykhin vs Kane stats

Anatoly Malykhin stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Oumar Kane made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Anatoly Malykhin's 7th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Oumar Kane marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Anatoly Malykhin's One Championship record stood at 6-1-0, while Oumar Kane's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Malykhin had a slight advantage in power over Kane, with a 71% knock out percentage over Kane's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Malykhin had a large advantage over Kane, boasting a 29% submission rate over Kane's 0%.

Anatoly Malykhin was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Kane had a height advantage of 4 inches over Malykhin.

Malykhin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Kane, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 24 to Kane's 19.

Malykhin vs Kane form

Anatoly Malykhin had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Reinier de Ridder at ONE 166 on 1st March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight at Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail, Qatar.

Previous to that, he had beaten Arjan Bhullar at ONE Friday Fights 22 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Reinier de Ridder at ONE on Prime Video 5 on 2nd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he was victorious against Kirill Grishenko at ONE Championship on 11th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had won against Amir Aliakbari at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Malykhin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Kane's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What time did Malykhin vs Kane start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:25 AM UTC , which was 10:25 PM EST or 7:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:25 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Malykhin vs Kane?

Anatoly Malykhin was a 2/13 (-670) favourite going into the contest, while Oumar Kane made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.