A former two-division champion in ONE Championship has announced his exit from the promotion as well as where he'll be fighting next.
Reinier de Ridder joined ONE Championship in 2019 as an unbeaten talent, and after scoring a first-round submission in his debut “The Dutch Knight” continued adding to his perfect record and went on to claim the promotion’s 205 lbs. title from Aung La N Sang the following year.
A rematch with N Sang saw de Ridder also win the ONE Championship 265 lbs. title before he defended his 205 lbs. strap twice, but the 33-year-old ended up losing both his belts to current triple-champDe Ridder lost both his ONE Championship belts to Malykhin. / MMA Fighting reports that the former double-champ has decided to leave ONE Championship and is set to make his UAE Warriors debut later this month.
“The Dutch Knight” will compete outside of ONE Championship for the first time since 2019 when he takes on Magomedmurad Khasaev at UAE Warriors 51, which takes place at Adnec Marina inThe 27-year-old Khasaev will also be making his UAE Warriors debut opposite de Ridder, and although “Trucker” never competed under the main banner for ONE Championship he did pick up a head kick knockout at ONE Friday Fights 16 before suffering his first loss at ONE Friday Fight 29 last August.
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