At the age of 35, Anatoly Malykhin showed that he was still strong enough to conquer new goals on the professional MMA battle. Before the strong opponent, Arjan Bhullar, Malykhin took less than 3 rounds to defeat the opponent. Russian boxers are currently holding two MMA championships of ONE Championship in the weight of Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight.
After the victory of Arjan Bhullar and unifying the MMA One Championship Championship, Heavyweight's weight class, Anatoly Malykhin was considered by Chatri President Sityodong “better than Jon Jones and Ngunnou”. Painting according to Chatri, Anatoly Malykhin also confirmed that he wanted to confront Francis Ngannou if possible.
Russian boxer said he wanted to challenge the nunnou and himself, and confidently said he was able to defeat the nunnou if the two of them encountered each other in an official MMA match. “I don't think the nunnou defeated me,” Malykhin confirmed to international media.
On the side of the nunnou, the former UFC champion who negotiated contracts with ONE Championship. However, the agreement between the two parties did not achieve even when the nunnou directly chatted with Chatri President Sityodong. He said he could not negotiate with nunnou because he made unimaginable requirements.
After failing to reach an agreement with One, the nunnou officially joined the PFL. This tournament allows Ngunnou to play other martial arts like Boxing besides professional MMA matches. This is UFC and ONE Championship details that do not accept when they exchange with nunnou on new contracts.