Aliakbari vs Malykhin

Who won Aliakbari vs Malykhin?

Anatoly Malykhin beat Amir Aliakbari by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2, on Friday 24th September 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Aliakbari vs Malykhin stats

Amir Aliakbari stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anatoly Malykhin made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

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

Amir Aliakbari's One Championship record stood at 4-3-0, while Anatoly Malykhin's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Aliakbari had a slight advantage in power over Malykhin, with a 70% knock out percentage over Malykhin's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Malykhin had a massive advantage over Aliakbari, boasting a 38% submission rate over Aliakbari's 0%.

Amir Aliakbari was the same age as Anatoly Malykhin, at 37 years old.

Aliakbari had a height advantage of 4 inches over Malykhin.

Aliakbari was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 months earlier than Malykhin, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 25 to Malykhin's 24.

Aliakbari vs Malykhin 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.

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Malykhin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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