Sherdog’s 2022 Beatdown of the Year

A one-sided beatdown is impressive when it pits a touted prospect against an experienced veteran but even more so when it sees one titleholder go against a double champion who was previously undefeated. Those factors made Anatoliy Malykhin’s one-round smashing of Reinier de Ridder under the One Championship flag so impressive and worthy of Sherdog’s 2022 “Beatdown of the Year.”

Going into the ONE on Prime Video 5 main event on Dec. 2 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, de Ridder had all the momentum in the world. The impressive submission artist was 16-0 and had won five straight championship bouts, capturing the promotion’s middleweight and light heavyweight titles in the…