Brandon Vera and Arjan Bhullar (right)(image via ONE Championship)

By FCF Staff

ONE Championship has announced the return of Arjan Bhullar, as the promotion’s heavyweight champ will battle interim champ, Anatoly Malykhin this spring.

Bhullar (11-1) has not competed since he won the heavyweight title in April, 2021, by stopping Brandon Vera. Recently, however, ONE announced that the Canadian will fight Malykhin on March 24th.

Malykin (11-0) secured the interim heavyweight belt in February, 2022, by stopping Kirill Grishenko. More recently in December, the Russian fighter finished Reinier de Ridder to also win the light-heavyweight title.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Reigning heavyweight king Arjan Bhullar and interim titleholder Anatoly Malykhin are set to collide at ONE Fight Night 8 to unify the ONE Heavyweight World Title! Who you got? @TheOneASB @AnatolyMalykhin #ONEFightNight8 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/zecxg6MPma

— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) January 7, 2023

The March 24th, ONE event will take place in Singapore and will air on Amazon Prime.