Malykhin and Reug Reug Nearly Come to Blows Before ONE 169

Anatoly Malykhin will defend his ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title towards Senegalese Wrestling Champion Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane.

ONE 169, initially scheduled for Atlanta, Georgia, remains to be taking place on Friday, November 8, at 8 PM ET on Amazon Prime Video from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium.  However the two heavyweights appear desirous to get their palms on one another throughout struggle week. Before and throughout the press convention the 2 behemoths needed to be separated once they have been in entrance of each other. 

Each males possess the ability to finish a struggle rapidly with one blow, however the champion, Malykhin feels he has the sting on the subject of combating on the sanctioned night time of the occasion. On the press convention, the champion stated, “This man may be very highly effective. He has good energy. African energy. Good stability? No. He’s very, very sluggish. No good respiration. Simple work. Simple cash. I see this man, this man is at risk. eighth November, straightforward work. ‘Gradual Mo!’” 

He added, “I’ll by no means let this stunning belt in entrance of me be subsequent to his face.”

Reug Reug appeared to take offense on the “Gradual Mo” remark, telling him to close his mouth each time Malykhin stated it throughout the press convention. 

“I simply really feel that he’s not an actual champion due to the way in which he received his belt. Beating the identical man twice doesn’t make him an actual champion.” Reug Reug stated of Malykhin. Making reference to his final two victories over Renier de Ridder, who coincidentally makes his UFC debut the day after ONE 169.

When Malykhin stored calling him “slow-mo”, Reug Reug stated,  “Shut your mouth!”

“I’m very totally different from these guys. Very, very totally different from these guys that he beat. I’m a pure heavyweight, and I’m a pure champion.” Once more referring to the de Ridder fights. De Ridder fought most of his profession as a middleweight and lightweight heavyweight.

When the face-off got here, they needed to be separated once more. 

In heavyweight MMA, the puncher’s probability is about 50/50 for guys like this. Take a look at the total press convention right here:

Edward holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Bachelor’s diploma in Communications. Together with over 30 years of martial arts expertise, he co-hosts The Coast-2-Coast Fight Hour podcast, and in addition writes for Spectation Sports activities. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @Carbazel