Reinier de Ridder vs. Vitaly Bigdash to Headline One Championship 159 on July 22
Two-division champion Reinier de Ridder will defend his middleweight (205-pound) crown against Vitaly Bigdash in the One Championship 159 main event on July 22.
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De Ridder is undefeated in 15 professional appearances — including six victories under the One banner. In his last outing, the 31-year-old Netherlands native defended the middleweight belt with a third-round submission of Kiamrian Abbasov at One “Full Circle” on Feb. 25. “The Dutch Knight” initially captured middleweight gold with a first-round submission of Aung La N Sang in October 2020. De Ridder also vanquished Sang via unanimous decision for the light heavyweight title at One on TNT 4 in April 2021.
Bigdash enters the matchup on a three-bout winning streak under the
Singapore-based promotion’s banner. Most recently the 37-year-old
Akhmat Fight Team representative outpointed Sang at One “Full
Circle” on Feb. 25. He owns a 12-2 career mark with 10 victories
inside the distance.
One Championship 158
Main Card
ONE Middleweight World Championship
(C) Reinier de Ridder vs. Vitaly Bigdash
ONE Interim Atomweight Muay Thai World Championship
Janet Todd vs. Lara Fernandez
Mixed Martial Arts
Bokang Masunyane vs. Hiroba Minowa
Muay Thai
Muangthai PK.Saenchai vs. Vladimir Kuzmin
Kickboxing
Zhang Peimian vs. Aslanbek Zikreev
Mixed Martial Arts
Zelang Zhaxi vs. Danial Williams
Lead Card
Muay Thai
Sinsamut Klinmee vs. Islam Murtazaev
Mixed Martial Arts
Ariel Sexton vs. Marat Gafurov
Submission Grappling
Jessa Khan vs. Amanda Alequin
Mixed Martial Arts
Jin Tae Ho vs. Valmir Da Silva
Mixed Martial Arts
Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif vs. Anderson "Braddock" Silva
Mixed Martial Arts
Lea Bivins vs. Zeba Bano
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