Reinier de Ridder chokes out Vitaly Bigdash

(James Goyder is the proprietor/editor of AsianMMA.com)

Reinier de Ridder continues to dominate ONE Championship’s middleweight division. The undefeated Dutchman scored the fifteenth win of his profession on the expense of Vitaly Bigdash on Friday in Singapore.

The middleweight title struggle headlined ONE 159 on the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Bigdash was seeking to recapture a title he held 5 years in the past, however misplaced by the hands of Aung La Nsang.

De Ridder beat La Nsang twice to develop into the ONE Championship middleweight and lightweight heavyweight champion. He was defending the latter for the second time and wanted lower than a spherical to get the job executed.

Bigdash caught de Ridder in a guillotine because the Dutchman shot for an early takedown. It regarded deep and for just a few moments it appeared the champion’s excellent skilled document was about to be spoiled.

However de Ridder escaped and Bigdash discovered himself on his again with the Dutchman firing down punches. He regarded to lock in a Kimura, however gave up the place permitting the Russian to maneuver into his guard.

Bigdash had no time in any way to capitalize as de Ridder instantly threw his legs up and locked in an inverted triangle. Seconds later the Russian was asleep with the referee stepping in to save lots of him on the 3:29 mark.

With the win, de Ridder improves to 16-0, whereas Bigdash drops to 12-3. Afterwards the Dutchman mentioned “Anyone on the planet I’ll end. I’ll strangle anyone on the planet. It is a transfer I do lots in coaching and I received him.”

There was some excellent news for de Ridder after the struggle. He was handed a $50,000 USD efficiency bonus. Afterwards, he demanded a shot on the heavyweight title, providing to struggle common champion Arjan Bhullar and interim champion Anatoly Malykhin on the identical night time.

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