Bhullar vs Malykhin

Who won Bhullar vs Malykhin?

Anatoly Malykhin beat Arjan Bhullar by during the main event of ONE Friday Fights 22, on Friday 23rd June 2023 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Anatoly Malykhin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship heavyweight championship.

Bhullar vs Malykhin stats

Arjan Bhullar stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anatoly Malykhin made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Arjan Bhullar's One Championship record stood at 2-2-0, while Anatoly Malykhin's came in at 6-0-0.

The stats suggested Malykhin had a massive power advantage over Bhullar, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Bhullar's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Malykhin had a large advantage over Bhullar, boasting a 27% submission rate over Bhullar's 0%.

Arjan Bhullar was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Bhullar was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 10 months earlier than Malykhin, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 39 to Malykhin's 19.

Bhullar vs Malykhin form

Anatoly Malykhin remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his last opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Reinier de Ridder at ONE 166 on 1st March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight at Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail, Qatar.

Previous to that, he had beaten Arjan Bhullar at ONE Friday Fights 22 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Reinier de Ridder at ONE on Prime Video 5 on 2nd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he was victorious against Kirill Grishenko at ONE Championship on 11th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had won against Amir Aliakbari at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Bhullar's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Malykhin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bhullar vs Malykhin?

Arjan Bhullar was a 9/2 (+470) underdog going into the contest, while Anatoly Malykhin made his way into the ring at 1/8 (-830) with oddsmakers.