For brand-new UFC signee Reinier de Ridder, a possibility to eliminate leading middleweights mattered more than cash
September 25, 2024 12:50 pm ET
Reinier de Ridder has actually been patiently awaiting his time to sign up with the UFC lineup. Now that it's here, he means to take advantage of it.
Previous two-division ONE Championship titleholder de Ridder (17-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) just recently signed an agreement with the UFC and is set to make his launching versus Gerald Meerschaert (37-17 MMA, 12-9 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 247 on Nov. 9 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He stated the finalizing was an item of a strategy put in location by his group at Dominance MMA, with supervisor Ali Abdelaziz being an "critical" part of the procedure.
De Ridder confesses he can just state so much about how the relocation became. His last battle with ONE Championship...