Anatoly Malykhin Shuts Down Reiner de Ridder For ONE Lightweight Title

Anatoly Malykhin handed Reiner de Ridder the first upset of his career. 

And he did it without mercy.  

Malykhin dethroned de Rider for the undisputed ONE Championship light heavyweight title in the headliner of ONE on Prime Video 5 on Friday. De Ridder lost via punches 4:35 into the first round. 

Malykhin had solid takedown defense and replied with a flurry of punches to the head and body on the mat. 

NEW DOUBLE-CHAMP 👑👑 ONE Interim Heavyweight World Champion Anatoly Malykhin 🇷🇺 knocks out Reinier de Ridder to claim the light heavyweight throne!#WeAreONE #ONEChampionship #ONEonPrimeVideo5 pic.twitter.com/xp8YrVKd7R

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) December 3, 2022

In the co-main event, Kade Ruotolo successfully defended his ONE submission grappling lightweight title by unanimous decision against Matheus Gabriel. 

Ruotolo controlled the bout with submissions like ankle locks, heel hooks and kneebars. 

Kade Ruotolo ROLLS INTO a heel hook attempt! 🥷

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— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) December 3, 2022

Here’s the rest of the results:

Main card 

• Anatoliy Malykhin def. Reinier de Ridder via KO (hammerfists) – Round 1, 4:35 
• Kade Ruotolo def. Matheus Gabriel via unanimous decision 
• Roberto Soldic vs. Murad Ramazanov declared a no-contest (knee to Soldic’s groin)  
• Jackie Buntan def. Amber Kitchen via unanimous decision 
• Lowen Tyanes def. Dae Sung Park via split decision 

Prelims 

• Edson Marques def. Eduard Folayang via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:53 
• Tye Ruotolo def. Marat Gafurov via submission (wrist lock) – Round 1, 5:09 
• Oumar Kane def. Jasur Mirzamukhamedov via unanimous decision 
• Denice Zamboanga def. Lin Heqin via split decision