Ridder vs Malykhin

Who won Ridder vs Malykhin?

Anatoly Malykhin beat Reinier de Ridder by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of ONE on Prime Video 5, on Friday 2nd December 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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.

Ridder vs Malykhin stats

Reinier de Ridder stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Anatoly Malykhin made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Reinier de Ridder's One Championship record stood at 7-2-0, while Anatoly Malykhin's came in at 6-0-0.

The stats suggested Malykhin had a massive power advantage over Ridder, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Ridder's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ridder had a massive advantage over Malykhin, boasting a 69% submission rate over Malykhin's 30%.

Reinier de Ridder was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Ridder had a height advantage of 4 inches over Malykhin.

Ridder was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Malykhin, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 33 to Malykhin's 19.

Ridder vs Malykhin form

Reinier de Ridder had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Vitaly Bigdash at ONE Championship 159 on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Andre Galvao at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE Championship – One X on 25th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight.

Before that, he had defeated Aung La Nsang at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He was victorious against Aung La Nsang at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by submission in the 1st round in their ONE Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Ridder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Malykhin's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ridder vs Malykhin?

Reinier de Ridder was a 19/20 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Anatoly Malykhin made his way into the ring at 3/4 (-130) with oddsmakers.