Take heed to your coach? Nah!
Final Preventing Championship (UFC) resident loudmouth and fan favourite Kevin Holland returns to motion at UFC 311 this weekend (Sat., Jan. 18, 2025) in opposition to former ONE Championship two-division champion-turned-UFC fighter Reinier de Ridder, which is ready to go down contained in the brand-new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
On paper, Holland vs. De Ridder stands out like a sore thumb as an old-school UFC 1-style matchup between a grappler and a striker, and finally, that is perhaps what it seems to be.
Nonetheless, Holland’s motive is straightforward—to placed on a present, as he tends to do, whether or not or not that features listening to his coach, Bob Perez.
“[I’m looking at this fight the] similar as every other combat, go in there and bang it out,” Holland informed Demetrious Johnson. “Coaches have a sport plan. They at all times have concepts on what I ought to do, they usually’re normally proper. It’s only a matter if go on the market and implement that s—t. Hopefully, I’m in a listening temper after I go on the market, but when not, I’ll provide you with guys what I at all times provide you with: a superb scrap till it’s not.”
Holland, 32, is coming off a loss to Roman Dolizde, and he couldn’t proceed due to a nasty rib harm at UFC 307. Previous to that, he tapped Michal Oleksiejczuk, securing his eighth Efficiency of the Evening.
On the flip facet, De Ridder is coming off a sloppy win in opposition to Gerald Meerschaert in his UFC debut at UFC Vegas 100.
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