{"id":40014,"date":"2026-08-20T07:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Reinier-de-Ridder-Weight-cuts-took-all-the-fun-out-of-fighting-202451"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:14:03","slug":"reinier-de-ridder-weight-cuts-took-all-the-fun-out-of-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/reinier-de-ridder-weight-cuts-took-all-the-fun-out-of-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinier de Ridder: Weight cuts \u2018took all the fun out of fighting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reinier
\nde Ridder<\/a> believes his light heavyweight move puts the fun back
\ninto fighting.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s competed at middleweight during his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> run so far. However, following
\nback-to-back losses at 185 pounds, de Ridder committed to the
\n205-pound division after enduring six weight cuts in just over a
\nyear.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Reinier de Ridder explains why he left middleweight ahead of
\nhis Roman Dolidze fight at UFC Sacramento<\/h2>\n

Ahead of his UFC light heavyweight debut against Roman
\nDolidze<\/a> at
\nUFC Sacramento<\/a>, de Ridder opened up about the difficult weight
\ncuts at middleweight that made the overall experience
\nunenjoyable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took all the fun out of fighting,\u201d de Ridder said at UFC
\nSacramento media day. \u201cI was basically dieting year-round,
\nstruggling to get close year-round, so it was time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dutchman said his body began showing the effects of repeated
\ncuts, particularly after his first-round fight with Brendan
\nAllen<\/a> left him exhausted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that was just too much,\u201d de Ridder added. \u201cIt basically
\npushed my body way too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move to light heavyweight has allowed de Ridder to train and
\neat without the same restrictions. He also recently joined
\nAmerican Top Team<\/a>, where he regularly trains with larger
\nfighters. The former two-division One
\nChampionship<\/a> titleholder is eyeing a top-ranked opponent if he
\nbeats Dolidze.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I do well this weekend and I can get a spectacular finish, next
\none is going to be Top 10 for sure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

\u201cIt took all the fun out of fighting.”<\/p>\n

Reinier
\nde Ridder<\/a> (@ReinierdeRidder<\/a>)
\ndiscusses his move to light heavyweight to face Roman
\nDolidze<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n#UFCSacramento<\/a> \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/vCGB2VKSqr<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews)
\nAugust 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Reinier de Ridder believes his light heavyweight move puts the fun back into fighting. He\u2019s competed at middleweight during his Ultimate Fighting Championship run so far. However, following back-to-back losses at 185 pounds, de Ridder committed to the 205-pound division after enduring six weight cuts in just over a year. Advertisement Reinier de Ridder explains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}