Malykhin vs Ridder

Who won Malykhin vs Ridder?

Anatoly Malykhin beat Reinier de Ridder by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of ONE 166, on Friday 1st March 2024 at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Light Heavyweight championship.

Malykhin vs Ridder stats

Anatoly Malykhin stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Reinier de Ridder made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

This was Anatoly Malykhin's 7th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Reinier de Ridder marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Anatoly Malykhin's One Championship record stood at 6-1-0, while Reinier de Ridder's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Malykhin had a massive power advantage over Ridder, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Ridder's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ridder had a massive advantage over Malykhin, boasting a 69% submission rate over Malykhin's 31%.

Anatoly Malykhin was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Ridder had a height advantage of 4 inches over Malykhin.

Malykhin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 3 months later than Ridder, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 24 to Ridder's 37.

Malykhin vs Ridder form

Reinier de Ridder had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tye Ruotolo at ONE on Prime Video 10 on 5th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 1 round contest at 1stBank Center, Broomfield, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Anatoly Malykhin 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Vitaly Bigdash at ONE Championship 159 on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had drawn with Andre Galvao at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had beaten Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE Championship – One X on 25th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight.

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Malykhin's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Ridder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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