A life-altering moment awaits either Anatoliy Malykhin or Kirill Grishenko in One Championship.
As Malykhin and Grishenko approach their high-stakes battle at Singapore Indoor Stadium, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
34: Years of age for Malykhin, who was born on Jan. 11, 1988 in Kemerovo, Russia.
6: Malykhin wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 67% of his career total (nine). In addition to the aforementioned Aliakbari, his list of victims includes Jake Heun, Alexei Kiudin and Alexandre Machado. Malykhin owns three other wins by submission.
7: First-round finishes on the Malykhin resume. He has cut down each of his last three opponents—Aliakbari, Machado and Lucas Alsina—inside of four minutes.
113: Combined victories between the nine men—Aliakbari, Heun, Kiudin, Machado, Alsina, Magomedbag Agaev, Michal Wlazlo, Reza Torabi and Ilya Gunenko—Malykhin has beaten. They sport a cumulative winning percentage of .614 (113-70-1).
5: Organizations in which Malykhin has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 3-0 in Golden Team Championship, 2-0 in One Championship, 2-0 in Fight Nights Global, 1-0 in Absolute Siberian Championship and 1-0 in Simur Kerimov Promotion.
30: Years of age for Grishenko, who was born in Minsk, Belarus, on July 12, 1991.
3: Grishenko victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 60% of his career total (five). His complete list of victims: Oumar Kane, Ahmed Al-Rubaye and Gennadiy Matveenko. Grishenko holds one other victory by submission and another by decision.
78: Seconds needed for Grishenko to submit Vladimir Davidovich at a New Fighting Generation show on Nov. 28, 2020. Having occurred in the Belarusian’s second professional assignment, it remains the fastest finish of his brief five-fight career.
.630: Cumulative winning percentage between the five men—Joynson, Kane, Al-Rubaye, Matveenko and Davidovich—Grishenko has defeated. They boast a combined record of 17-10.
2: Countries in which Grishenko has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 3-0 in his native Belarus and 2-0 in Singapore.