Top 5: Reinier de Ridder Submissions

Reinier de Ridder proved he had more than one ace up his sleeve.

“The Dutch Knight” retained his ONE Championship middleweight crown when he put Vitaly Bigdash to sleep with an inverted triangle choke in the first round of their ONE 159 headliner on July 22, 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Bigdash lost consciousness 3:29 into Round 1, having been submitted for the first time in his career.

De Ridder crowded the Russian from the outset, extricated himself from a tight guillotine choke and activated his ground-and-pound. He racked up damage and points with standing-to-ground punches, progressed to half guard and set off a scramble with an attempted kimura. Bigdash moved…