It took Anatoliy Malykhin less than two years to reach the One Championship summit in two weight classes. Life could not be much better for the hulking 5-foot-11 Russian.
As Malykhin awaits word on his next assignment from One Championship matchmakers, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied him to this point:
34: Years of age for Malykhin, who was born on Jan. 11, 1988 in Kemerovo, Russia—a city of a little more than half a million people situated nearly 2,200 miles east of Moscow.
8: Malykhin victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 73% of his career total (11). His list of victims includes de Ridder, Amir Aliakbari and Alexei Kudin. Malykhin owns three other victories by submission (27%).
3: Men other than Malykhin who have held the undisputed ONE lightweight championship. They are de Ridder, Aung La N Sang and Roger Gracie. Sang enjoyed the longest reign of the three at 1,161 days.
82: Seconds needed for Malykhin to put away Magomedbag Agaev with a keylock at Fight Nights Global 91 on Dec. 27, 2018. More than four years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
96: Combined victories between the seven opponents—Kudin, Agaev, Lucas Alsina, Jake Heun, Michal Wlazlo, Reza Torabi and Ilya Gunenko—Malykhin has defeated outside of One Championship. They sport a cumulative .596 winning percentage at 96-65-1.
2: Appearances in which Malykhin has been pushed beyond one round. He put away Kudin with punches 3:32 into the second round of their Fight Nights Global 93 pairing in April 2019 and punched out Kirill Grishenko 3:42 into the second round of their ONE “Bad Blood” clash in February 2022.
5: Organizations in which Malykhin has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 4-0 in One Championship, 3-0 in Golden Team Championship, 2-0 in Fight Nights Global, 1-0 in Absolute Siberian Championship and 1-0 in Simur Kerimov Promotions.
.808: Cumulative winning percentage between the four opponents—de Ridder, Aliakbari, Grishenko and Alexandre Machado—Malykhin has beaten since he joined the ONE roster. They carry a combined record of 42-10.