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The Dutchman is scheduled to take on Roman Dolidze at 205 pounds next, on Aug. 22 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. He recently revealed that he has parted ways with Kill Cliff FC and joined another Florida gym, American Top Team, ahead of his UFC light heavyweight debut.
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Reinier de Ridder explains why he left Kill Cliff FC for American Top Team
The former One Championship two-division titleholder explains that while he really enjoyed the atmosphere at Kill Cliff FC, the level of training has allegedly not been up to mark in the last couple of months. One of de Ridder’s favorite coaches, Aung La N Sang, recently opened his own gym, which limited his time at Kill Cliff FC.
He also claims that head coach Henri Hooft has not been around much over the last couple of months due to personal reasons and that many top fighters allegedly left Kill Cliff FC as the level of training declined.
“I did switch up my camp,” de Ridder told Full Mount MMA. “So, I’ve been at ATT this camp, which is a big change. I’ve been able to work with a lot of high-level guys, which is cool – coaches and training partners… Some stuff was just not good at Kill Cliff the last six months. Henri had some personal stuff. He had been out of the gym for a couple of months. And Aung La, my guy I like to work with a lot, he opened his own gym. So, he hadn’t been at Kill Cliff much. And a lot of big guys left because just the content of the classes was not that good. So, it was time to make a change, unfortunately. Cause I really liked them, really liked the atmosphere, liked everything there.”
After getting off to a sensational start in the UFC, going 4-0 with wins over Bo Nickal and Robert Whittaker, de Ridder (21-4) suffered consecutive losses to Brendan Allen and Caio Borralho, prompting the move up to light heavyweight. He’s looking to return to winning ways at UFC Sacramento.
🚨🤔 Reinier De Ridder says he no longer trains at KillCliff and moved to rival gym ATT:
“Some stuff just was not good at Killcliff in the last 6 months. Henry and some personal stuff. He’d been out of the gym for pretty long time.”
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— Full Mount MMA (@MMAFullMount) August 8, 2026
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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