Reinier de Ridder is staying busy together with his subsequent battle already booked in opposition to Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez in the primary occasion at UFC Vancouver on Oct. 18 from the Rogers Heart.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the pairing on Tuesday together with an intriguing welterweight matchup becoming a member of the cardboard as Kevin Holland faces Canada’s personal Mike Malott. Two beforehand confirmed fights are additionally official with Marlon “Chito” Vera taking up Aiemann Zahabi whereas Manon Fiorot takes on Jasmine Jasudavicius at flyweight.
The principle occasion comes collectively only a day after de Ridder was calling for a title shot in opposition to new middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev following his dominant victory over Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319. Already 3-0 on the 12 months, de Ridder most not too long ago dispatched former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in July however fairly than sit and look ahead to a possible title shot, he’ll get again in motion as an alternative together with his second straight most important occasion.
A former two-division champion at ONE Championship, de Ridder is 4-0 so far in his UFC marketing campaign with extra wins over Bo Nickal and Kevin Holland as properly.
As for Hernandez, he returns to motion after an announcement win over Roman Dolidze to notch his eighth win in a row total. Hernandez has additionally picked up current wins over Brendan Allen and Michel Pereira.
In the meantime, Holland competes for the fifth time in 2025 after going 2-2 in his first 4 bouts of the 12 months. Holland scored spectacular wins over Gunnar Nelson and Vicente Luque however then dropped a call to Daniel Rodriguez again in July at UFC 318.
Holland makes an attempt to get again within the win column when he faces Malott, who picked up back-to-back wins after struggling his first loss within the UFC when he fell to Neil Magny in early 2024.
The total battle card and bout order for UFC Vancouver remains to be to be decided.
