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, continues to be occurring on Friday, November 8, at 8 PM ET on Amazon Prime Video from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium. However the two heavyweights appear desperate to get their fingers on one another throughout struggle week. Earlier than and through the press convention the 2 behemoths needed to be separated after they had 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 relating to preventing on the sanctioned night time of the occasion. On the press convention, the champion mentioned, “This man may be very highly effective. He has good energy. African energy. Good steadiness? No. He’s very, very sluggish. No good respiration. Straightforward work. Straightforward cash. I see this man, this man is in peril. eighth November, simple 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 mentioned it through the press convention.
“I simply really feel that he’s not an actual champion due to the way in which he gained his belt. Beating the identical man twice doesn’t make him an actual champion.” Reug Reug mentioned 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 saved calling him “slow-mo”, Reug Reug mentioned, “Shut your mouth!”
“I’m very completely different from these guys. Very, very completely 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 likelihood is about 50/50 for guys like this. Take a look at the complete press convention right here:
