Fans react to Reinier de Ridder choking out Vitaly Bigdash with slick inverted triangle choke

At ONE 159, ONE double-champ Reinier de Ridder wowed everyone by defending his middleweight belt against former world champion Vitaly Bigdash by putting him to sleep. 'The Dutch Knight' pulled off an incredible inverted triangle in the first round that no one, including his opponent, saw coming. The submission finish was so impressive that fighters, fans, and analysts are giving praise to de Ridder, including MMA legend Dan Hardy.

Ahead of the defense of his light heavyweight title against heavyweight interim king Anatoly Malykhin at ONE on Prime Video 5, ONE Championship revisited Reinier de Ridder's historic inverted triangle by posting a video on Instagram with a short breakdown of the submission finish:

"The devil's in the details 😈 Will Reinier de Ridder pull off another BIG WIN against Anatoly Malykhin when he defends the ONE Light Heavyweight World Title on December 2 at ONE on Prime Video 5? 🏆 @deriddermma"

Check out some of the interesting comments by fans:

Comments on Reinier de Ridder's inverted triangle submission of Vitaly Bigdash.

Many of the comments showed admiration and awe for RDR's slick submission skills. One user, who goes by @bodjie076, went as far as saying:

"The best choke ever made in MMA"

MMA fighter and former BJJ world champion Joao Zeferino (@zeferinomma) commented on the beauty of the choke:

"Beautiful set up"

Finally, Instagram user @marquito76r saw what most of us saw:

"That was too smooth"

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Reinier de Ridder defends his light heavyweight strap against Anatoly Malykhin at ONE on Prime Video 5

After defending his middleweight belt twice this year, ONE double-champ Reinier de Ridder will be defending his light heavyweight strap at ONE on Prime Video 5. Challenging him for his 225-pound belt will be ONE interim heavyweight world champion Anatoly 'Sladkiy' Malykhin. The Russian powerhouse will move down a weight class with the hopes of achieving double-champ status himself.

One of the things fans and pundits are pointing out to be Malykhin's advantage over de Ridder is his knockout power. The undefeated 'Sladkiy' had more than half of his wins come by way of knockout and will surely try to end ONE on Prime Video 5 in a similar fashion. 'The Dutch Knight', who is also undefeated himself, is not all too concerned about his challenger's knockout ability.

In an interview with SCMP MMA, de Ridder addressed the concussive power of his December 2 opponent:

"He [Malykhin] is a good boxer but he’s not the most technical, to be honest. He just throws looping shots, looping wild right hand. Sometimes a little bit of a tighter right hand and a left hook behind it. It’s very dangerous, but with the right preparation, I don’t feel any worry there."

Watch the full interview here

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