Beats Abbasov, Reinier De Ridder Retains ONE Title

Reinier de Ridder (ANTARA)

JAKARTA – ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder successfully defended his middleweight belt. That was after his convincing win over ONE Welterweight World Champion Kiamrian Abbasov.

De Ridder and Abbasov meet at ONE: Full Circle which will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, on the evening of Friday, 25 February.

Quoting Antara, in the first round, De Ridder did not waste time to immediately bring the fight to the mat with his signature takedown. The Dutch superstar quickly shifted to side control and established his dominance with a smooth ground-and-pound flow.

At the end of the second round, De Ridder easily returned to the mat and almost finished the fight with an arm-triangle choke. Abbasov tried his best to prevent De Ridder from advancing his position, but in the end, the middleweight king was unstoppable.

Victory for De Ridder then came in the third round after he desperately worked out a head-and-arm choke to force a tap at 0:57 seconds. This victory extends the record of the Dutch Superstar.

He remains undefeated as a professional fighter and he is also entitled to take home an appearance bonus of US$50,000 (IDR 716 million) for his efforts.

Meanwhile, in the main support match, Roman Kryklia successfully defended his ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World Title by defeating Murat Aygun in the first round.

Aygun pressured the World Champion to defend early, but Kryklia displayed a formidable counter-attack, bringing his opponent to the canvas with a perfect right-handed punch to the temple.

Despite surviving the mandatory eight count, Aygun was in a shaky state and Kryklia quickly moved to finish the fight. For his impressive performance, Kryklia got a bonus of 50,000 US dollars.

Former ONE Middleweight World Champion Vitaly Bigdash ended his epic rivalry with Myanmar mixed martial arts icon Aung La N Sang by scoring a landslide victory in their trilogy.

Aung La unleashed explosive combinations, but the Russian was relentless with his takedown attempts from start to finish, as he continued to attack with submission attempts. After three grueling rounds, Bigdash beat the former ONE World Champion by two divisions on the scorecard.

Here are the full results for the ONE Championship match titled ONE: Full Circle

Main Card Results

MMA - Middleweight: Reinier de Ridder defeats Kiamrian Abbasov via submission (head-and-arm choke) at 0:57 seconds of round three

Kickboxing - Light Heavyweight: Roman Kryklia defeats Murat Aygun by KO at 2:32 minutes of the first round

MMA - Catchweight (95.0 KG): Vitaly Bigdash beat Aung La N Sang unanimously

Kickboxing - Featherweight: Tayfun Ozcan beat Enriko Kehl by unanimous decision

Kickboxing - Heavyweight: Guto Inocente defeats Bruno Susano via TKO at 2:22 minutes of the second round

MMA - Bantamweight: Fabricio Andrade beats Jeremy Pacatiw by KO at 1:37 minute of the first round

Opening Card Results

MMA - Catchweight (87.30 KG): Zebaztian Kadestam defeats Valmir da Silva by KO at 1:26 minute of the first round

Muay Thai - Bantamweight: Vladimir Kuzmin beat Chris Shaw unanimously

Muay Thai - Catchweight (58.0 KG): Smilla Sundell beat Diandra Martin via TKO at 1:35 minute of round three

MMA - Middleweight: Daniyal Zainalov beat Yuri Simoes by a separate decision

Kickboxing - Flyweight: Daniel Puertas beat Jiduo Yibu by a separate decision

MMA - Lightweight: Drex Zamboanga beats Rahul Raju by KO at 1:05 of the first round