Former two-weight ONE Championship champion, Reinier de Ridder has landed the most high-profile win of his short Octagon tenure to date, handing the unbeaten uber-prospect, Bo Nickal his first-ever loss in professional mixed martial arts with a second round knockout at UFC Des Moines.
de Ridder, a former ONE championship middleweight and light heavyweight titleholder, had turned in a pair of stoppage victories in his first two outings in the UFC.
Firstly, debuting with a submission win over Gerald Meerschart, the Dutch finisher returned against Kevin Holland at UFC 311 at the beginning of the year, latching onto an early first round rear-naked choke.