ONE heavyweight world champion Arjan Bhullar is to make his return to motion this week after greater than two years.
The Indian-Canadian fighter will defend his title at ONE Friday Fights 22 on June 23 in Bangkok towards ONE interim heavyweight world champion Anatoly Malykhin in a long-awaited unification bout.
Arjan Bhullar grew to become world champion in May 2021, seizing the title from erstwhile division king and now-retired Filipino-American Brandon Vera by means of second-round technical knockout (punches).
‘Singh’ was medical in claiming the title. He steadily put stress on Vera for a lot of the opening spherical earlier than selecting issues up within the second. He damage ‘The Truth’ with two exhausting punches late within the spherical earlier than going for a takedown, the place finally he went for the end by raining punches on Vera earlier than the referee waved off the struggle on the 4:27 mark.
To remind struggle followers of the spectacular title-clinching victory of Arjan Bhullar forward of his return to motion, ONE Championship lately uploaded a video of the struggle on its official YouTube channel.
Check out the video under:
While he has been away from competitors for a while, Arjan Bhullar stated he is able to defend his world title, having educated along with his staff through the lengthy layoff.
Out to chop his reign brief is Anatoly Malykhin, at present one of many hot-streaking fighters in ONE Championship. He has gained all of his 4 fights up to now within the promotion, the final two netting him world titles.
A victory at ONE Friday Fights 22 will make him a reputable two-division ONE world champion as he additionally holds the sunshine heavyweight world title.
ONE Friday Fights 22 shall be aired at no cost on ONE Championship’s YouTube channel.
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