Former two-weight ONE Championship gold holder, Reinier de Ridder has landed within the Octagon with aplomb tonight within the co-headliner of UFC Vegas 100 — taking out former coaching companion and fellow grappling expertise, Gerald Meerschaert with a triangle choke submission.
de Ridder, a former undisputed ONE Championship middleweight and light-weight heavyweight champion, made his anticipated debut within the UFC tonight, off the again of a short outing within the UAE Warriors promotion following his exit from the Chatri Sityodtong-led organizational banner.
And struggling early with the sharpest of Meerschaert’s putting on the ft, de Ridder managed to possible sway the opening spherical within the ultimate 10-seconds, touchdown a winging shot to take a seat down the grappling ace earlier than the buzzer.
Grappling with the embellished Jiu-Jitsu participant for the second and third spherical besides in his Octagon debut, Dutch submission ace, de Ridder managed to hop on one facet of Meerschaert within the third spherical, racking up an arm-triangle stoppage win.
And off the again of his success, de Ridder made an impromptu provide to function as quickly as subsequent weekend at UFC 309 in Madison Sq. Backyard.
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