Reinier de Ridder
“The Dutch Knight”
Reinier de Ridder is ranked 8th of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 14th in the UFC’s own light heavyweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0338th of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.07Fame ahead of skill
▲ +0.03 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,052, 26 Jul 2025
- Record
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Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2026 | Won vs Roman DolidzeUFC Fight Night 285 - Hernandez vs. Rodrigues · TKO (Punches), R1 | +25 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Lost to Caio BorralhoUFC 326 - Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −25 |
| 18 Oct 2025 | Lost to Brendan AllenUFC Fight Night 262 - De Ridder vs. Allen · TKO (Corner Stoppage), R4 | −17 |
| 26 Jul 2025 | Won vs Robert WhittakerUFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder · Decision (Split), R5 | +15 |
| 3 May 2025 | Won vs Bo NickalUFC on ESPN 67 - Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo · TKO (Knee to the Body), R2 | +22 |
| 18 Jan 2025 | Won vs Kevin HollandUFC 311 - Makhachev vs. Moicano · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +34 |
| 9 Nov 2024 | Won vs Gerald MeerschaertUFC Fight Night 247 - Magny vs. Prates · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R3 | +12 |
| 27 Jul 2024 | Won vs Magomedmurad KhasaevUAE Warriors 51 - Magomedov vs. Kabdulla · TKO (Punches), R1 | +16 |
| 1 Mar 2024 | Lost to Anatoly MalykhinOne Championship - One 166: Qatar · TKO (Retirement), R3 | −32 |
| 2 Dec 2022 | Lost to Anatoly MalykhinOne Championship - One on Prime Video 5: De Ridder vs. Malykhin · TKO (Punches), R1 | −33 |
| 22 Jul 2022 | Won vs Vitaly BigdashOne Championship - One 159 · Technical Submission (Inverted Triangle Choke), R1 | +34 |
| 25 Feb 2022 | Won vs Kiamrian AbbasovOne Championship - Full Circle · Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), R3 | +34 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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