Reinier de Ridder and Bo Nickal have a standard enemy.
In Might, ‘RDR’ handed Nickal his first profession loss in blended martial arts, brutally KO’ing the former Nittany Lion within the second spherical of their UFC Des Moines co-main occasion.
Now, the Dutchman is keen to coach with Nickal in hopes of giving the world-class wrestler a shot at being the person to beat the newly minted middleweight world titleholder, Khamzat Chimaev.
“I acquired every part I wanted this morning no less than, however possibly I’ll see if I can get some extra wrestlers,” de Ridder informed MMA Junkie. “There’s a number of them already. I used to be considering I’d try to ship a message to Bo Nickal if I might get him out. That’d be wonderful. That may be wonderful for this struggle particularly. We’ll see. That may be fairly cool.”
Whereas a battle between Chimaev and Nickal appears inevitable, the three-time NCAA Division I champion has some work to do earlier than getting a crack at UFC gold. Nonetheless, de Ridder could also be only one huge win away from a showdown with the undefeated Chechen monster.
Reinier de Ridder meets ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez in Vancouver
After touchdown a break up choice victory over Robert Whittaker in Abu Dhabi, ‘RDR’ launched himself into the middleweight prime 5 and have become an immediate title contender. Now, he’ll look to solidify himself as the subsequent man up when he meets surging 185-pound sensation Anthony Hernandez within the UFC Vancouver headliner on October 18.
Earlier this month, ‘Fluffy’ delivered a fully dominant efficiency towards Roman Dolidze in Las Vegas, extending his unbeaten streak to eight and bettering his report contained in the Octagon to 9-2.
