By The Numbers: Anatoliy Malykhin vs. Kirill Grishenko

A life-altering moment awaits either Anatoliy Malykhin or Kirill Grishenko in One Championship.

The unbeaten contenders will square off for the interim heavyweight title when they face one another in the makeshift One Championship “Bad Blood” main event on Friday in Kallang, Singapore. Incumbent champion Arjan Singh Bhullar expects to the meet the winner in a unification bout later this year, so long as he can settle his contractual differences with the organization. Malykhin carries a perfect 9-0 record into the cage. He has not fought since he buried Amir Aliakbari with punches in the first round of their One Championship “Revolution” pairing on Sept. 24. Grishenko, meanwhile, enters the match with a pristine 5-0 mark in tow. He last competed at One Championship “NextGen,” where he took a three-round unanimous decision from Dustin Joynson on Oct. 29.

As Malykhin and Grishenko approach their high-stakes battle at Singapore Indoor Stadium, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

34: Years of age for Malykhin, who was born on Jan. 11, 1988 in Kemerovo, Russia.

6: Malykhin wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 67% of his career total (nine). In addition to the aforementioned Aliakbari, his list of victims includes Jake Heun, Alexei Kiudin and Alexandre Machado. Malykhin owns three other wins by submission.

7: First-round finishes on the Malykhin resume. He has cut down each of his last three opponents—Aliakbari, Machado and Lucas Alsina—inside of four minutes.

113: Combined victories between the nine men—Aliakbari, Heun, Kiudin, Machado, Alsina, Magomedbag Agaev, Michal Wlazlo, Reza Torabi and Ilya Gunenko—Malykhin has beaten. They sport a cumulative winning percentage of .614 (113-70-1).

5: Organizations in which Malykhin has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 3-0 in Golden Team Championship, 2-0 in One Championship, 2-0 in Fight Nights Global, 1-0 in Absolute Siberian Championship and 1-0 in Simur Kerimov Promotion.

30: Years of age for Grishenko, who was born in Minsk, Belarus, on July 12, 1991.

3: Grishenko victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 60% of his career total (five). His complete list of victims: Oumar Kane, Ahmed Al-Rubaye and Gennadiy Matveenko. Grishenko holds one other victory by submission and another by decision.

78: Seconds needed for Grishenko to submit Vladimir Davidovich at a New Fighting Generation show on Nov. 28, 2020. Having occurred in the Belarusian’s second professional assignment, it remains the fastest finish of his brief five-fight career.

.630: Cumulative winning percentage between the five men—Joynson, Kane, Al-Rubaye, Matveenko and Davidovich—Grishenko has defeated. They boast a combined record of 17-10.

2: Countries in which Grishenko has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 3-0 in his native Belarus and 2-0 in Singapore.