ONE Championship: I’ll take Malykhin’s heavyweight MMA belt with one punch, says Kane

Oumar Kane said he would need just one punch to beat triple world champion Anatoly Malykhin when they clash for the heavyweight title at ONE 169 in September.

The outspoken Senegalese star said the Russian, who holds titles in three different divisions and has a 14-0 record in MMA, had only been successful because his previous opponents were too timid.

And despite being a huge underdog, Kane (6-1), said his victory over Marcus Almeida last year was a bigger fight than the coming one in Atlanta.

“I have big hands,” Kane said. “I touch you one time, it’s finished. You see Malykhin’s fights, no one touches him, they just run away. Me, I am coming for him.”

The 32-year-old needed less than two minutes to see off overmatched social media rival Mamadou Kamara in their kickboxing contest at ONE Fight Night 23 on Saturday.

With Kamara competing in the sport for the first time, it was hardly the standard of fight that fans at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok are used to seeing, but Kane said he was just happy to have silenced his fellow countryman.