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ONE Light Heavyweight champion Reinier De Ridder. –ONE PHOTO

ONE Light Heavyweight champion Reinier De Ridder. –ONE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Reinier De Ridder’s ONE Light Heavyweight title defense headlines the ONE Fight Night 5 on December 3 at Mall of Asia Arena.

De Ridder will put his strap on the line against Anatoly Malykhin who is currently the interim ONE Heavyweight champion, at the card’s main event.

The Dutch Knight, who is undefeated in 16 bouts, recently submitted former middleweight champion Vitaly Bigdash in the first round via an inverted-triangle choke.

Malykhin, on the other hand, is looking to be a two-division champion as he also holds the heavyweight gold. Like De Ridder, Sladkiy is also undefeated but in fewer fights (11-0).

“I run through champions. Watch me close out the year big,” De Ridder said in a post.

Fight Night 5 will also see the unification of the atomweight title as reigning champion Allycia Hellen Rodrigues faces off with interim champ Janet Todd.

Meanwhile, Five Team Lakay fighters will also put on a show in front of the hometown crowd in ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks also on December 3.

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By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.