Former two-division ONE MMA champion Reinier De Ridder is confident that he will defeat former UFC middleweight champion in their headline fight at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. De Ridder. As he states in an interview with Submission Radio, he beat down “The Reaper” and choked like he’s been doing to most of his opponents in his illustrious MMA career in and out of the UFC.
“I see myself putting a lot of pressure on Rob, hitting with good shots early, maybe another knee, taking him down, choking him out.”
With plans to be the only fighter to hold a title in both ONE and the UFC, Reinier De Ridder is once again ready to prove that world-class athletes and fighters exist outside of the UFC, and he is looking to prove he is truly championship material in the ever-competitive middleweight division.