ONE heavyweight world champion Arjan Bhullar is to make his return to motion this week after greater than two years.
The Indian-Canadian fighter will defend his title at ONE Friday Fights 22 on June 23 in Bangkok in opposition to ONE interim heavyweight world champion Anatoly Malykhin in a long-awaited unification bout.
Arjan Bhullar grew to become world champion in Might 2021, seizing the title from erstwhile division king and now-retired Filipino-American Brandon Vera by the use of second-round technical knockout (punches).
‘Singh’ was medical in claiming the title. He steadily put stress on Vera for a lot of the opening spherical earlier than choosing issues up within the second. He harm ‘The Reality’ with two onerous punches late within the spherical earlier than going for a takedown, the place ultimately he went for the end by raining punches on Vera earlier than the referee waved off the battle on the 4:27 mark.
To remind battle followers of the spectacular title-clinching victory of Arjan Bhullar forward of his return to motion, ONE Championship just lately uploaded a video of the battle on its official YouTube channel.
Take a look at the video beneath:
Whereas he has been away from competitors for a while, Arjan Bhullar mentioned he is able to defend his world title, having skilled together with his staff in the course of the lengthy layoff.
Out to chop his reign quick is Anatoly Malykhin, presently one of many hot-streaking fighters in ONE Championship. He has received all of his 4 fights up to now within the promotion, the final two netting him world titles.
A victory at ONE Friday Fights 22 will make him a legit two-division ONE world champion as he additionally holds the sunshine heavyweight world title.
ONE Friday Fights 22 will likely be aired totally free on ONE Championship’s YouTube channel.