Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-01, pretty good mma bout: Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin 2 gets three stars.Malykhin 2 vs de Ridder is scheduled to take place Friday, March 1st, at the Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail (Qatar), in a 5-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is the main event of ONE 166 and it is valid for the ONE middleweight world championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Reinier de Ridder record
The black belt in judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, current ONE Mw and former light-Hw champ Reinier de Ridder entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-1-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.45 light heavyweight in the world.
In his last three matches he has beat Kiamrian Abbasov (Reinier de Ridder vs Kiamrian Abbasov) and Vitaly Bigdash (Reinier de Ridder vs Vitaly Bigdash) but then he has lost to Anatoliy Malykhin in their first match (Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin I).
Anatoliy Malykhin record
His opponent, the undefeated One light-Hw and Hw champion Anatoliy Malykhin, has a perfect record of 13-0-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the heavyweight division.
In his last three fights he has won over Kirill Grishenko, Reinier de Ridder (Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin I) and Arjan Singh Bhullar (Anatoliy Malykhin vs Arjan Singh Bhullar).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the ONE 166 pre-fight press conference video, featuring Anatoliy Malykhin and Reinier de Ridder, from the official ONE Championship Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of ONE 166: de Ridder vs Malykhin 2 weigh-in from the official ONE Championship Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
ONE 166 live stream
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Official highlights
Alternative highlights video
Result
Who won de Ridder vs Malykhin 2 fight?
Anatoliy Malykhin defeated Reinier de Ridder via TKO (retirement) at 1:16, round 3.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official ONE 166 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Anatoliy Malykhin and Reinier de Ridder (free live stream from the ONE Championship Youtube channel).
