While he’s not but hanging up his gloves, reigning ONE gentle heavyweight world champion Anatoly Malykhin sees himself as a coach when his days as a fighter are over.
‘Sladkiy’, who can be the interim ONE heavyweight world champion, shared in an interview with ONE Championship that teaching is one thing he’s enthusiastic about pursuing as a post-fight profession, extra so now that he lately opened a coaching heart in Thailand for elite combined martial arts rivals.
Anatoly Malykhin mentioned:
“I do have ambitions as a coach. I see myself coaching after I’ve finished my fighting career. The gym was also opened as a base for our team – ONE Chance. Our fighters can train here. Champions will be made here. They will give the audience great shows. They will impress the public and get big contracts.”
The 35-year-old Russian juggernaut has been undefeated in 12 MMA matches as a skilled, together with 4 in ONE Championship, the place he made his debut in 2021.
In simply a quick time with ONE, he has dominated the competitors in devastating trend, profitable all of his fights by knockout.
Anatoly Malykhin received the interim heavyweight world title in simply his third struggle in February 2022, defeating Belarusian Kirill Grishenko by knockout within the second spherical. He then ended final yr by including the ONE gentle heavyweight world title when he knocked out then-champion Reinier de Ridder of the Netherlands within the opening spherical.
He is now trying to turn into the undisputed ONE heavyweight world champion in a unification bout in opposition to reigning champion Arjan Bhullar, which was lately introduced to be happening in July this yr at ONE Fight Night 12 in Bangkok.
Anatoly Malykhin’s unification struggle in opposition to Arjan Bhullar was beforehand booked to headline ONE Fight Night 8 again in March till the promotion determined to defer it.
All ONE Fight Night occasions are aired dwell and without cost to North American followers with an lively Prime Video subscription.
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