Reinier de Ridder was never worried about Bo Nickal’s wrestling acumen.
Returning to the Octagon for his third promotional appearance at UFC Des Moines, ‘The Dutch Knight’ delivered a spectacular showing against the former Nittany Lion, folding Nickal in the second stanza with an especially brutal body shot.
An accomplished BJJ specialist, de Ridder had little concern walking into the bout, believing that whether it be in the clinch or on the mat, he’d hold a decided advantage over the D-1 national wrestling champion.