For the “fight of his life” this November 8 against the invincible Anatoly Malykhin, Reug Reug will have a lot to do to succeed in dethroning the heavyweight world champion One Championship. However, the Senegalese fighter has strengths to showcase according to our analyst of the day.
This Friday all eyes will be on the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok where Reug Reug will challenge Anatoly Malykhin, current heavyweight champion, light heavyweight world champion and middleweight world champion in One Championship.
The experience on Malykhin’s side, the surprise effect for Reug Reug
With twelve victories in as many fights, the Russian is logically favorite in this duel against the lightning of Thiaroye who only has 7 fights for 6 victories and 1 defeat.
If Reug Reug began his career in mixed martial arts in 2019 with a victory over Sofiane Boukichou (technical knockout), Malykhin took his first steps in MMA in 2016 against Ilya Gunenko (victory by technical knockout). Experience therefore leans towards Malykhin even if according to Habib Diabong (combat sports expert), Reug Reug can use his physical power and his pure wrestling technique to put the Russian in doubt from the start of the fight.
“Reug Reug must suffocate his opponent in the first minutes of the fight. He must attack before his opponent attacks him. Reug Reug must not fight blindly and his hooks must be fair and effective. He must avoid wide hooks and favor pure wrestling to bring Malykhin to the ground very quickly” he says.
Furthermore, the Senegalese coach says he fears the striking power of the Russian who can do damage as was the case against Kirill Grishenko (beaten by KO), executioner of Reug Reug. He thus warns his compatriot Oumar Kane.
« The two fighters have practically the same size (both 120 kg / 183 cm for Malykhin – 193 cm for Reug Reug) and almost the same build. They are both right-handed and we had a common opponent which is Anatoly Malykhin KO Grishenko while Reug Reug lost against Grishenko. Anatoly Malykhin is a right-hander who favors English boxing, that is to say direct, uppercuts and hooks. He has a devastating uppercut and back arm hook that often KOs his opponents. He also uses his feet a bit and is not bad at ground wrestling. He masters ground and pound well. So Reug Reug must be very careful otherwise he will get a KO » he said.
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