Reinier de Ridder Appears to be like To Redeem Himself Utilizing His Weaknesses
Dutch blended martial artist, Reinier de Ridder has received two silver medals within the European Championships throughout his profession and likewise held two titles on the similar time in ONE Championship after capturing the ONE Middleweight MMA title in addition to the sunshine heavyweight belt. Now, the person they name “The Dutch Knight” is dealing with essentially the most troublesome part of his profession. After dropping his ONE Mild Heavyweight MMA World Championship to Anatoly Malykhin again in December, 2022, de Ridder will now defend his middleweight crown towards the identical man that took his light-weight belt. M&F caught up with Reinier de Ridder as he prepares for this crucial match forward of ONE 166.
“I’m a middleweight, and once I fought at mild heavyweight I used to be like at 97 kilos (214 kilos). I possibly placed on round 2 kilos of fats and that’s about it,” the 6’3” de Ridder says about straddling two weight lessons. “I’ve by no means actually been on the high of the load restrict for mild heavyweight. So, middleweight is my weight class, my pure weight class, and (the load) is straightforward to make for me. I’m not the heaviest man within the middleweights so this can be a great spot for me.”
Reinier De Ridder Is Throwing Our bodies Round Within the Fitness center
In fact, middleweight is the division that de Ridder hopes to take care of possession of when he faces his outdated nemesis, Malykhin, on March 1, however the final a number of months have additionally supplied de Ridder with some uplifting moments whereas coaching at his Fight Brothers Fitness center within the Netherlands. “My energy and conditioning, I do on the health club,” he says. “I’ve my physio follow there. The health club itself is sweet. Over the past couple of years, all the nice guys from our space, like all the highest Belgian guys have flocked to our health club. All of the Dutch high guys have come to our health club, so I’ve lots of our bodies to work with. I’ve the whole lot at my disposal, and I’ve put it to good use over the past yr.”
For Reinier de Ridder, his Fight Brothers health club additionally gives a possibility to share his huge MMA data and expertise with newer athletes. “it’s very cool,” says the middleweight champ. “I actually get pleasure from educating the children. I don’t do it each week, however from time to time I’ll step in and take over the lessons, which is admittedly enjoyable. You see them actually develop.” de Ridder himself has undergone his personal private development after being knocked out in devastating trend by Malykhin in late 2022. He’d racked up 16 wins in professional MMA earlier than dropping his mild heavyweight belt.
De Ridder’s Fights His Weaknesses to Develop into The Greatest Attainable Fighter
“I’ve had so much to be taught, in fact, from that battle,” says de Ridder. “It didn’t go my manner, it didn’t go my manner in a serious manner, however all of the small little issues that went fallacious, like essentially the most primary little issues like me; I used to be too mild. He had lots of weight on me, which is one thing I corrected. (Then,) from lots of technical stuff; mentally I wasn’t in the correct state of mind at the moment. So, I’ve made an inventory of the whole lot that went fallacious. I wrote it down and I’ve been grinding at it ever since.”
So, how did de Ridder enhance his weight? “Lifted a sh** ton of weights!” he laughs. “And, eat some extra meals, so I gained a few kilos of mass. I received a little bit heavier, a little bit stronger, which is vital for this match-up.” The fighter shares that he has been consuming six eggs for lunch and devouring a steak for dinner each day with the intention to bulk up forward a very powerful bout of his illustrious profession. For the primary time ever, ONE Championship is heading to Qatar with ONE 166, broadcasts reside from Lusail Sports activities Enviornment on Friday, March 1. de Ridder tells M&F that he loves ONE Championship’s deal with sportsmanship, and says he appreciates the truth that there may be much less “trash speaking” earlier than fights. The must-see blockbuster occasion can be stacked with three World Title clashes in whole, that includes a mixture of MMA, Muay Thai, boxing, and submission grappling.
Reinier de Ridder will defend his ONE Middleweight MMA World Championship towards Anatoly Malykhin this Friday at ONE 166: Qatar, reside on Prime Video within the U.S./Canada and on Watch.ONEFC.com all over the world.
