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Reug Reug’ ready to bring ONE heavyweight title back to Dubai

Oumar Kane takes on undefeated Russian Anatoly Malykhin in main event at ONE 169 in Bangkok this Saturday The Middle East is now a well established hub for combat sports. Last month, Abu Dhabi hosted UFC 308, where Ilia Topuria successfully defended his featherweight title against Max Holloway in the main event. Before that, Francis Ngannou made a successful return to mixed martial arts when he downed the giant Renan Ferreira in a heavyweight clash dubbed ‘The Battle of the Giants’ in Riyadh. Many fighters choose to make the UAE their home or set up camp here in preparation for an upcoming event. Khamzat Chimaev, who beat Robert Whittaker in the co-main event at UFC 308, now resides and fights out of the UAE. Former UFC middleweight champion Whittaker himself trained in Dubai in preparation for the bout. Senegalese heavyweight Oumar Kane is another who now calls Dubai home. More commonly know as “Reug Reug” (which means someone who’s invisible) has been practising the art of ‘Laamb’, a type of wresting popular in his homeland, since he was six. He trains at the TRIPL3 MMA gym in Jumeirah Lake Towers. “I’ve been living on and off in Dubai since 2021. But more permanently for the last couple years in order to focus on my training 100 per cent,” he told The National. “I went to train in the US for a few months and then went back to Senegal. After that I came to Dubai, training in a few different gyms until my managers found my current coaches Milano and Ramzi of TRIPL3 MMA – and we have done five fights together already.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7SB2QstFC0/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=1316&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenationalnews.com&rp=%2Fsport%2Fcombat-sports%2F2024%2F11%2F05%2Freug-reug-ready-to-bring-one-heavyweight-title-back-to-senegal-and-dubai%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1182%7D Reug Reug, 32, is preparing for his next bout, where he takes on Anatoly Malykhin in the main event at ONE 169 in Bangkok on Saturday for the Russian’s heavyweight title. “I feel good, I’ve had a long camp and every camp I get better. I feel very confident on bringing the belt to Senegal and Dubai.” Reug Reug said. Malykhin, 36, boasts a perfect record of 14 wins and also holds the ONE organisation’s light heavyweight and middleweight belts. Despite his underdog status, Reug Reug, who has six wins against one loss in his MMA career, is confident he has the tools to dethrone the Russian. “I’m still very new to MMA, every fight I am a new version of myself and I’m adding new skills to my game. Wherever it goes I’ll be a problem for Anatoly,” he said. Asked what it would mean to inflict a first defeat of Malykhin’s pro career, Reug Reug responded: “I’m focused on my own goals and legacy, beating Malykhin is just part of it. That’s it.”

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Anatoly Malykhin To Defend Heavyweight MMA World Title Against ‘Reug Reug’ Oumar Kane at ONE 169: Atlanta

A true clash of titans is headed to ONE 169: Atlanta, as historic three-division MMA king Anatoly “Sladkiy” Malykhin will put his ONE Heavyweight MMA World Title on the line against Senegalese sensation “Reug Reug” Oumar Kane. The blockbuster U.S. primetime event will take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 8, 2024. Boasting an undefeated 13-0 professional record with a 100 percent finishing rate, Malykhin has firmly established himself as one of MMA’s top pound-for-pound fighters and a terrifying puncher. The Russian superstar captured the interim heavyweight MMA crown in February 2022 with a highlight-reel stoppage of Kirill Grishenko. Later that year, he achieved two-division glory, knocking out the previously undefeated Reinier de Ridder to claim the ONE Light Heavyweight MMA World Title. Then in June 2023 at ONE Friday Fights 22, “Sladkiy” dominated Arjan Bhullar to become the undisputed ONE Heavyweight MMA World Champion in spectacular fashion. Most recently, Malykhin finished De Ridder once again at ONE 166: Qatar to capture the ONE Middleweight MMA World Title and become an unprecedented ruler of three weight classes. “Reug Reug,” meanwhile, has won three straight fights to earn his crack at the baddest man in ONE. An explosively powerful athlete with top-end wrestling skills, the 31-year-old’s current streak has seen him defeat Batradz Gazzaev, Jasur Mirzamukhamedov, and then Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida in a three-round barnburner. Now, with the nation of Senegal behind him, Kane will look to back up the hype and dethrone one of the organization’s most dominant World Champions. But for Malykhin, a win over “Reug Reug” would further cement his legacy in the sport of mixed martial arts. Given each man’s show-stopping power and willingness to trade bombs at close range, fans should buckle up for white-knuckle action for as long as it lasts.

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