Reinier de Ridder never feared Bo Nickal: ‘My jiu-jitsu, my judo, my wrestling is so good, I can hang with anybody’

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder heard all about Bo Nickal’s wrestling credentials in the weeks leading up to their fight at UFC Des Moines but that wasn’t going to stop him from challenging the three-time NCAA champion in every facet of the game when they met in the co-main event.
From the start of the fight, de Ridder actually initiated the clinch several times and even scored a slick reversal in the first round where he ended up on top of Nickal looking for submiss