How strong is the "Dutch Knight" who won 16 battles? Riddle: Beat two heavyweight champions in one night
In the headline main event of ONE159, the 31-year-old "Dutch Cavalier" Rainier de Riddle took only 3 minutes and 29 seconds to subdue former mid-weight world champion Vitaly Bidhas with a triangle twist, preserving his middleweight gold belt and unbeaten gold. With 16 wins in his MMA career and 7 wins and 0 losses in the ONE Championship, Riddle set a new record for the number of consecutive MMA wins in a cage, and the record was perfect. In addition, Riddle has a super high end rate, ending battles early in 14 of the 16 wins.
Despite being 37 years old, Vitaly Bidhas is not a boxer who can be easily defeated, having beaten Anla Ensan twice. Before meeting Riddle, Bidas had only lost two games, and the only time he was terminated was when Leonardo Arteis punched TKO in the third leg. In the battle with Riddle, Bidas even had the upper hand in the opening, grabbing the gap when Riddle was holding and using the "guillotine" to control Riddle. Bidas once used the same move to subdue the Famous Chinese Fan Rong, but he failed to get Riddle. Riddle escapes with tenacious willpower and skillful jiu-jitsu skills, and returns the color with a triangle twist. After 3 minutes and 29 seconds, Bidas fell under Riddle's locking skills, the first time in BIDAS history that he was defeated without surviving the first round. But for Riddle, he was already the eighth time he had surrendered his opponent in the first leg.
"These moves have become instinctive for me, and they are imprinted in my genes. If I get the right position and grab my opponent, I can naturally surrender to my opponent without even thinking about it at all. I have practiced this action many times in training, and my triangle twist can subdue all the boxers in the world! ”
Riddle last defended his middleweight world championship gold belt in February of this year. In "ONE: Life Goes On", he took down the second middleweight world champion "Cheeky" Giamaryan Abbasov in the third round of 57 seconds arm twist and won the best race bonus of fifty thousand dollars. This time Riddle won faster, also getting a $50,000 bonus.
In the middleweights, the Dutch Cavaliers have struggled to find an opponent, but Riddle is not without regrets. Before winning the world championship, Riddle fought brazil's "Wild Wolves" Leonardo-Ertedis for three rounds. Ertedis is the only opponent Riedel has not been able to finish so far. Although Angla Ensan also played 5 rounds with Riddle, after all, the "Burmese Python" was subdued by the "Dutch Knight". "There's only one guy who hasn't been terminated by me after playing against me, and that's Ertedis, he's always in my head, he's the opponent I want to play again!"
In addition to the defending gold belt, Riddle once again called out heavyweight world champion Ajan Braal and interim champion Anatoly Malehin, showing his determination to dominate the "three classes". "Heavyweight Blair and Marehin, come on, I can both of them, just on the same night!" This isn't the first time Riddle has called for a heavyweight champion, but he's more confident than ever, and Riddle believes he can dominate all three levels.
"Malexin's punches are full of explosive power, but the strike distance is short, and he is used to using a lot of hook punches. He looked like he was easily knocked down. Brahl punched a lot, but his punches were not lethal enough, and he wasn't the first wrestler I played against. I can knock down wrestlers, I can knock down heavy gunners, I don't care that much, I'll kill everyone! ”
Do you think riddle is likely to dominate the heavyweights and become the first king to span three levels?