{
  "id": 2934817,
  "title": "Reinier de Ridder reveals ‘worst fight week’ led to UFC division change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/reinier-de-ridder-reveals-worst-fight-week-led-to-ufc-division-change",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T03:42:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/reinier-ridder-reveals-worst-fight-034234302.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Reinier de Ridder has claimed that the week preceding his middleweight bout against Caio Borralho in March was the worst of his career. The Dutch fighter suffered a decisive unanimous decision loss at the time. De Ridder announced his intention to move up to the UFC light heavyweight division during fight week for that bout, according to Full Send MMA. He had recently returned from a stoppage loss to Brendan Allen, which left him visibly fatigued and forced his corner to stop the fight before the final round. De Ridder expressed that the weight cut for the Borralho fight was even more challenging than the one he underwent for the Allen bout, stating, \"That week was the worst fight week I've ever had.\" Following this defeat, he moved up to 205 pounds for a victory against Roman Dolidze at UFC Sacramento.",
  "summary": "Reinier de Ridder claims that the fight week ahead of his bout against Caio Borralho was the worst of his career.",
  "key_points": [
    "Reinier de Ridder's pre-fight week was his career's worst.",
    "He lost to Caio Borralho by unanimous decision.",
    "De Ridder moved up to UFC light heavyweight division."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}