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Nicolas Atkin

Arjan Bhullar’s stand-off with ONE Championship finally looks to be over.
“It’s been back and forth but I think we’re now at a place where everyone is happy, so I think we’re gonna move forward with Arjan’s contract,” ONE chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong told the Post.
Canadian-Indian heavyweight champion Bhullar (11-1) and his management at CAA Sports have dug their heels in over a new deal, with no breakthrough in 10 months of talks.
That prompted Asian martial arts promotion ONE to create an interim belt, which will be up for grabs in the co-main event of Friday’s Bad Blood card in Singapore, between Anatoly Malykhin and Kirill Grishenko.


“CAA and ONE came to an agreement just a few days ago,” Chatri added.
The 35-year-old “Singh” will return to fight the winner in a title-unification bout, which is likely to take place in the summer.
“It depends on this interim world title fight, it depends on injuries,” Chatri said. “If it’s a quick fight and nobody is injured, it could happen very quickly.”

"Bhullar is just a chicken" 😳

With Arjan Bhullar unable to defend his throne, Anatoly Malykhin will square off against Kirill Grishenko for the ONE Interim Heavyweight World Title at ONE: BAD BLOOD! #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship#ONEBadBlood | 11 February pic.twitter.com/h8Ji2TuAkZ
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) February 1, 2022

The ONE boss foresees an intriguing match-up on Friday night, with both Malykhin (10-0) and Grishenko’s (5-0) undefeated status on the line.
“Kirill is much taller and bigger than Anatoly. His striking is not as good in my opinion but he’s very durable and very long,” Chatri said.
“Anatoly is more explosive, more athletic. I just don’t see this fight going to the ground – they’re both world class wrestlers.”


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Asian promotion ‘came to an agreement’ with heavyweight champ’s management last week after talks stalled for months
‘It’s been back and forth but I think we’re now at a place where everyone is happy,’ ONE chairman Chatri Sityodtong says



Arjan Bhullar set to return in summer for ONE Championship unification bout with winner of Friday’s interim title fight between Anatoly Malykhin and Kirill Grishenko.
