The only event of One Championship took place in July, One 159 attracted attention thanks to two championship struggle. In the 52kg Atomweight weight of the female, Janet Todd confronted with Lara Fernandez. Meanwhile, in the weight of Middleweight 93kg, Reinier de Ridder protects the championship before Russian boxer Vitaly Bigdash.
Being highly appreciated than the opponent before entering the octagonal cage, Reinier de Ridder does not take much time to prove why he has the nickname “Dutch knight”. The reigning champion soon asserted the advantage early when actively attacking, and trying to lock the opponent to end the match early.
As for Vitaly Bigdash, Russian boxers resiliently defended the attacks from the opponent, but he proved to be overwhelmed too quickly. When the match passed the 3rd minute, Reinier de Ridder captured Bigdash and made a triangle lock. The dangerous blow from De Ridder caused Bigdash to suffocate, almost fainted and were taken to the technical submission.
The victory over Vitaly Bigdash helped Reinier de Ridder continue to successfully defend the ONE Championship belt of Middleweight 93kg. Besides, the Dutch boxer also maintained the achievement of winning in the ONE Championship arena. Winning the Belt with Submission helps him to receive $ 50,000.
In the remaining belt match, Janet Todd overtook Lara Fernandez in the match in the Muay Thai format. Muangthai Saenchai returned with a victory by calculating the point against Vladimir Kuzmin of Russia.