Anatoly Malykhin

Anatoly Sergeevich Malykhin is a Russian former mixed martial artist and wrestler. Malykhin formerly competed in the Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight divisions of ONE Championship, where was the ONE Light Heavyweight MMA World Champion, ONE Middleweight MMA World Champion, and the two-time ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion, along with being the interim ONE Heavyweight World Champion in 2022. He was the first fighter in history to win major MMA championships in three weight classes and the first to hold them simultaneously. Malykhin is a Master of Sport in freestyle wrestling, and won a bronze medal at the 2013 Russian championship. He also won gold in submission grappling at the 2016 UWW European championships and is a 2017 WMMAA world champion in amateur mixed martial arts (MMA).