Two-division champion Reinier
de Ridder will defend his middleweight (205-pound) crown
against Vitaly
Bigdash in the One Championship 159 main event on July 22.
Promotion officials recently announced the full lineup for the
card. One Championship 159 takes place at Singapore Indoor Stadium
in Kallang, Singapore, and will see Janet Todd square off against
Lara Fernandez for the interim atomweight muay Thai title in the
co-main event.
De Ridder is undefeated in 15 professional appearances — including
six victories under the One banner. In his last outing, the
31-year-old Netherlands native defended the middleweight belt with
a third-round submission of Kiamrian
Abbasov at One “Full Circle” on Feb. 25. “The Dutch Knight”
initially captured middleweight gold with a first-round submission
of Aung La N
Sang in October 2020. De Ridder also vanquished Sang via
unanimous decision for the light heavyweight title at One on TNT 4
in April 2021.
Bigdash enters the matchup on a three-bout winning streak under the
Singapore-based promotion’s banner. Most recently the 37-year-old
Akhmat Fight Team representative outpointed Sang at One “Full
Circle” on Feb. 25. He owns a 12-2 career mark with 10 victories
inside the distance.
One Championship 158
Main Card
ONE Middleweight World Championship
(C) Reinier
de Ridder vs. Vitaly
Bigdash
ONE Interim Atomweight Muay Thai World
Championship
Janet Todd vs. Lara Fernandez
Mixed Martial Arts
Bokang
Masunyane vs. Hiroba Minowa
Muay Thai
Muangthai PK.Saenchai vs. Vladimir Kuzmin
Kickboxing
Zhang Peimian vs. Aslanbek Zikreev
Mixed Martial Arts
Zelang
Zhaxi vs. Danial
Williams
Lead Card
Muay Thai
Sinsamut Klinmee vs. Islam
Murtazaev
Mixed Martial Arts
Ariel
Sexton vs. Marat
Gafurov
Submission Grappling
Jessa Khan vs. Amanda Alequin
Mixed Martial Arts
Jin Tae Ho vs. Valmir Da Silva
Mixed Martial Arts
Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif vs. Anderson
“Braddock” Silva
Mixed Martial Arts
Lea
Bivins vs. Zeba Bano