Emotional statement from Reinier’s corner

It was a pugnacious play for Reinier de Ridder, who suffered a decision successful Vancouver that kept him retired of contention for the middleweight belt. The Dutch combatant had a bully start, showing spot successful the archetypal circular and dominating the ground. However, successful the 2nd circular everything turned astir erstwhile helium tried to instrumentality Brendan Allen's back, but ended up successful an awkward presumption and that's wherever the autumn began.

As the combat progressed, the 33-year-old slowed down much and more. On the different side, Allen seemed fresher and much determined. After the 4th round, Reinier hardly made it to his corner. His manager Harun Ozkan decided to halt the match, and aboriginal explained his determination via societal media.

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"Friends, fans and each of you who enactment us; I don't usually stock idiosyncratic things here, but I consciousness I beryllium you astatine slightest a little explanation, to everyone who has been determination for us. First of all, convey you for the unthinkable enactment we person received. This twelvemonth has been brainsick and highly stressful. Last nighttime didn't spell the mode we wanted. After a precise beardown commencement successful the archetypal round, things rapidly started to autumn isolated and we were incapable to retrieve from the blows successful the 2nd circular and beyond. I made the determination to halt the combat aft the 4th round. I instrumentality afloat work for that determination and judge it was the close determination astatine the time. It's not a determination I ever wanted to make, but sometimes you conscionable person to."

"My occupation is to train, but besides to instrumentality attraction of my fighter's health. I've been with Reinier for astir his full vocation and I've seen excessively galore signs that told maine I had to react. If I hadn't done anything, helium would person continued the fight. Rather than hazard unnecessary damage, I decided it was amended to extremity the agony and spell location arsenic steadfast arsenic possible. We'll unrecorded to combat different day." 

Harun added that helium doesn't attraction astir different people's opinions, due to the fact that his fighter's wellness is much important than anything. The experienced trainer stressed that determination is nary excuse for decision and that present the absorption is lone connected recovery. De Ridder has lone been successful the UFC since past year, but helium has already achieved a lot. However, this clip helium had to halt and larn a acquisition from the defeat.