Reinier de Ridder had the chance to jump to the front of the line in the middleweight division if he were able to pick up an impressive win over Brendan Allen in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event in Vancouver.

Suffice it to say, that did not happen and de Ridder’s stock took a nosedive after he was unable to continue fighting following four rounds of action.

The 35-year-old from Netherlands started strong and dominated the opening round. He is a judo and jiu-jitsu black belt and put those skills to work early by throwing Allen to the mat and immediately moving into mount where he began working for an arm-triangle. He also controlled much of the first five minutes from back control as he looked for submission openings.

Allen defended and survived the round and de Ridder wasn’t th

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