Reinier de Ridder on Kiamrian Abbasov title defense at ONE: Full Circle

Reinier de Ridder defends his ONE middleweight world title against Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE: Full Circle. This transpires at Singapore Indoor Stadium on February 25th.

I spoke with RDR ahead of this title defense against the reigning ONE welterweight world champion. We touched on several subjects such as: -Finally getting a fight locked in after a lengthy run of callouts on social media

-It not being that long ago that de Ridder was pursuing dual division champ status and his insights into how Abbasov might be feeling as he pursues that same goal now

-ONE: Full Circle seeming like a middleweight showcase card with the Aung La N Sang and Vitaly Bigdash are having their trilogy and then David Branch and Leandro Ataides on the event

-Leandro Ataides being a past opponent, their foray as training partners, and where things are at now

-RDR's thoughts on the newly instantiated performance bonuses ONE Championship established

-The work had at Combat Brothers BJJ and MMA

-Getting in sparring work with Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi ahead of their respective championship bouts later this month

-Mousasi and de Ridder defending their middleweight world titles on the same day and how cool that is

-A possible submission grappling Super Fight under the ONE Championship banner being in the works for de Ridder

-The stylistic proclivities that Reinier de Ridder sees in Kiamrian Abbasov

-If there is an ideal strength of schedule for this year

-The saying Stay Humble You Fucks and how that could potentially become a walkout T/ general catchphrase

-Wim Hof informing his workouts and RDR's Roy Jones Jr music appreciation