LOS ANGELES – If issues go the best way Reinier de Ridder has them deliberate Saturday, you won’t need to be late tuning in to the UFC 311 foremost card.
The 34-year-old de Ridder (18-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is only a couple months faraway from his a UFC debut submission of Gerald Meerschaert. Now the previous two-division ONE Championship titleholder has a stiff sophomore outing lined up in opposition to Kevin Holland (26-12 MMA, 13-9 UFC). They’ll open the principle card at UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) on the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., simply outdoors Los Angeles.
The Dutchman stated he’s bought a sport plan – and it’s to get out and in in a rush. He’s additionally bought it mapped out pretty exactly.
“I’m going to try to stress him, hit him with some good pictures, take him down, choke him out,” de Ridder stated Wednesday at a media day for UFC 311. “I see myself placing the stress on. I believe the primary minute goes to be very wild, very spectacular. He’s going to be attempting to get away from me throwing wild stuff, wild kicks, wild punches.
“I’m going to be pressuring him, hopefully getting him a pair instances with some kicks, get him in opposition to the cage, get him down, get to his again and choke him out as quickly as attainable.”
Holland has been submitted thrice in a professional profession that goes again a decade. The latest time he needed to faucet got here in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 279 in a rapidly put-together battle at 180 kilos as an alternative of welterweight when Chimaev missed weight for a battle with Nate Diaz.
De Ridder stated he is aware of what Holland brings to the desk. His 32-year-old opponent might be combating not removed from the place he was born and raised in Southern California. The oddsmakers assume it’s a fair battle, though Holland has dropped three of his previous 4.
What’s additionally true is Holland’s most up-to-date seven wins have all been by stoppage, so even when de Ridder plans to get him out in a minute, he additionally appears to know there’s potential for issues to get bizarre.
“He’s very skilled – he’s been round for an extended whereas,” de Ridder stated. “His foremost factor is his proper hand is a really robust, very exact proper hand – and he has quite a lot of smoke round it. (He throws) quite a lot of bizarre kicks, bizarre punches that don’t actually do quite a bit usually. But when he can crack you with the suitable hand, straight down the pipe, you’re in hassle. That’s what I’m going to try to steer clear of.”
De Ridder is a embellished grappler and has 16 of his 18 professional wins by stoppage – together with a dozen submissions.
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