Reinier de Ridder (born September 7, 1990) is a

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who competes in the

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division of

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. He is the former ONE Light Heavyweight World Champion and current ONE Middleweight World Champion. Since July 25, 2022, Ridder is ranked within the top 10 LHW in the world by

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Background

Reinier de Ridder started with judo at the age of 6. When he started to go to college he wanted to do something with his free time and he liked combat sports a lot, deciding to go into

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

. He also owns a physical therapy clinic in Breda, combining his working hours with his training hours.

Grappling career

De Ridder won a silver medal at the European Championship BJJ in 2016. De Ridder competed in his first submission grappling match in several years at

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on March 26, 2022 against André Galvão. The match went the distance and as the promotion did not use judges for their submission grappling matches at the time, it was declared a draw. De Ridder is scheduled to compete against

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in a submission grappling superfight at ONE Fight Night 10 on May 5, 2023.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Reinier had his first amateur fight was in 2013, winning by first round submission, before making his professional MMA debut later that year, winning with a first round triangle choke. Reinier went on a seven fight winning streak with all the fights ending with stoppages. After this winning streak Reinier got the opportunity to fight for his the Middleweight belt in HIT FC, which he won by first round rear-naked choke. After winning his next bout in under two minutes, Reinier got offers from the UFC and ONE FC, deciding to go with the latter due to better terms.

ONE Championship

Reinier made his ONE debut at ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent on January 25, 2019 against Fan Rong, in a fight which he won by a first round submission. He would then face Gilberto Galvao at ONE Championship: Legendary Quest, knocking out Galvao in the second round with knees, and former title contender Leandro Ataides at ONE Championship: Warrior's Code, in which he won a hard fought decision.

ONE Middleweight Champion

On September 9, 2020, it was revealed that Reinier would be fighting for the

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against champion Aung La Nsang at ONE Championship: Inside the Matrix on October 30, 2020. On October 30, 2020, Reinier won by submission in the first round, becoming the ONE Middleweight World Champion.

Double champion

After Vitaly Bigdash tested positive for

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, Reinier de Ridder stepped in for a rematch against Aung La Nsang at ONE on TNT 4 on April 28, 2021, this time challenging for the ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship. He won the fight by unanimous decision to become the new ONE Light Heavyweight World Champion. Reinier was scheduled to make his first defense of the

against current ONE Welterweight World Champion Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE: Full Circle on February 25, 2022. After applying an arm-triangle choke at the end of the second round that forced Abbasov to tap after the bell, de Ridder ultimately won with the same submission in the third round to retain the ONE Middleweight World Championship. This win earned him the ''

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'' award. Reinier faced former multiple-time ADCC and

BJJ Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting ( ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

world champion André Galvão in a grappling match at ONE: X on March 26, 2022. They grappled to a draw after 12 minutes after neither could find the submission. Reiner defended his ONE Middleweight World Championship against former champion Vitaly Bigdash on July 22, 2022 at

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. After surviving an early guillotine from Bigdash, Reiner choked him out with an inverted triangle choke in the first round. This win earned him the ''

'' award. Reinier made his third ONE Middleweight Championship defense against promotional newcomer Shamil Abdulaev at

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on October 21, 2022. However, Abdulaev forced to withdraw due to not medically cleared and the bout was cancelled.

First career loss

Reinier faced Anatoly Malykhin to defend his light heavyweight title on December 3, 2022, at

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. He suffered his first career loss after getting knocked out in the first round, losing the ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(One time, current) ***Two successful defense ** ONE Light Heavyweight World Championship (One time) **

(Two times) ** 2020 Submission of the Year **Submission of the Night **Fight of the Night **2022 Submission of the Year *Hit Fighting Championship **HIT Middleweight Championship (One time) *360 Promotion **360 Middleweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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Submission grappling record

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References

Notes

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