Reinier de Ridder looks back on KO loss to Anatoly Malykhin, says "sh*t happens"

'The Dutch Knight' Reinier de Ridder suffered his first career loss at the hands of Russian knockout machine 'Sladkiy' Anatoly Malykhin via first-round knockout. In the process, he also lost his coveted status as a two-division world champion, having lost his ONE light heavyweight world title.

Reigning ONE middleweight champion Reinier de Ridder reflected on his knockout loss in an interview with ONE Championship. The Dutch athlete explained:

"Sh*t happens, man. I’ve never lost a fight before. I’ve never really been hurt in training. It was tough, but I was always prepared for this. I know that if you stick around long enough, if you look for the largest challenges, which I do, sh*t happens."

Anatoly Malykhin is now a two-division world champion and currently holds both the ONE light heavyweight world title and the ONE interim heavyweight world championship.

Russia's 'Sladkiy' will try to become the undisputed heavyweight when he takes on champion Arjan 'Singh' Bhullar at ONE Fight Night 8 on Prime Video, booked for March 24 at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

All the action on the card will be broadcast live and for free on Prime Video for all Amazon subscribers across North America.

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Reinier de Ridder at ONE Fight Night 10

After suffering a first-round knockout, Reinier de Ridder has not taken an easy match for his return to the ONE circle. As a submission specialist, he was looking to challenge himself in the grappling arts.

At ONE Fight Night 10 on Prime Video, de Ridder will have a submission grappling match against Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom Tye Ruotolo. The two athletes are booked to throw down on May 5.

The May 5 fight card will be ONE Championship's first on-site event in the United States and will be hosted at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. In addition to Ruotolo and de Ridder, the card also features Stamp Fairtex, Sage Northcutt, Aung La N Sang, Mikey Musumeci, and Rodtang 'The Iron Man' Jitmuangnon.

Plus, the main event will see a trilogy world title battle between 'Mighty Mouse' Demetrious Johnson and 'Mikinho' Adriano Moraes. The card will be broadcast live in US primetime on Amazon Prime Video.

Just like all of ONE Championship’s Amazon cards, ONE Fight Night 10 is also available live and for free to all Prime Video subscribers in North America.