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Reinier de Ridder
“RdR”
Netherlands
Ranked #14 · Light HeavyweightOfficial UFC rankings
22-4-0W-L-D
- Age
- 36
- Height
- 6'4"
- ReachArm span, fingertip to fingertip.
- 78"
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Weight class
- Light HeavyweightLight Heavyweight: 186 to 205 lb (84 to 93 kg). Fighters weigh in the day before the fight and must make the limit. In non-title fights they get 1 lb of leeway; miss it and they usually forfeit part of their purse.
- Gym
- Combat Brothers
- Power IndexUFCalendar's strength rating, built from every pro fight: beating strong opponents raises it, losing lowers it. The best in the UFC are around 2000.
- 1848
Scouting Report
- W
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- L
- W
- W
Back in the win column
Last 5, newest first.
- How They Win
- De Ridder is a submission artist. Fourteen of his wins come by submission, five by KO/TKO and three on the scorecards, good for an 86% finish rate. He makes people tap far more than he knocks them out.
- Recent Form
- Most recent, he stopped Roman Dolidze (15-6-0) in round 1 by KO/TKO. Before that, he lost a unanimous decision to Caio Borralho (18-2-0), and was stopped by Brendan Allen (28-7-0) in round 4.
- Style
- Southpaw with a 78" reach at 6'4". He lands 3.01 significant strikes a minute at 55% accuracy, defending 47%. He shoots 2.15 takedowns per 15 minutes at 27% accuracy, with 50% takedown defense.
Written by AI from stored stats. Not a prediction.
Winning Strategy
- 5 KO/TKO (23%)
- 14 Submission (63%)
- 3 Decision (14%)
- Finish rateShare of pro wins that came by knockout or submission instead of the judges.
- 86%
- Last fought
- 3 months ago
22 pro wins.
Last 5 Fights
Opponents' combined record todayThe current pro records of their last 5 opponents, added together. Tougher opponents mean a bigger win total.: 98-25
Opponents' average Power IndexAverage Power Index of their last 5 opponents. Higher means tougher competition.: 1869
- Winvs Roman Dolidze15-6-0 · Power Index 1823KO/TKO · R1 · 4:01Aug 22, 2026 · UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues
- Lossvs Caio Borralho18-2-0 · Power Index 1868Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00Mar 7, 2026 · UFC 326: Holloway vs Oliveira 2
Fight stats
Stat Reinier de Ridder Caio Borralho Sig. strikes 55/141 57/98 Takedowns 2/8 1/1 Control time 2:46 2:52 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 19 24 Round 2 sig. strikes 17 14 Round 3 sig. strikes 19 19 - Lossvs Brendan Allen28-7-0 · Power Index 1927KO/TKO · R4 · 5:00Oct 18, 2025 · UFC Vancouver: De Ridder vs Hernandez
Fight stats
Stat Reinier de Ridder Brendan Allen Sig. strikes 9/13 22/37 Takedowns 3/7 1/1 Control time 7:05 11:39 Knockdowns 0 0 Round 1 sig. strikes 3 2 Round 2 sig. strikes 5 12 Round 3 sig. strikes 1 4 Round 4 sig. strikes 0 4 - Winvs Robert Whittaker28-9-0 · Power Index 1859Decision - Split · R5 · 5:00Jul 26, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs De Ridder
- Winvs Bo Nickal9-1-0 · Power Index 1867KO/TKO · R2 · 1:53May 4, 2025 · UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Figueiredo
Career Stats
Based on 8 UFC fights.
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 3.01
- Striking accuracy
- 55%
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.66
- Striking defense
- 47%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 2.15
- Takedown accuracy
- 27%
- Takedown defense
- 50%
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.50