Brad Riddell

A fighter’s rank state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most regularly fought in professionally, within the past three years. Riddell is an exceptional fighter, however we anticipate the ‘pre Lee’ Gillespie to turn up with a chip on his shoulder determined to make up for that spotlight reel knockout. Riddell is likely one of the most polished strikers within the division with a powerful kickboxing background and he’s solely getting higher coaching with the likes of Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanovski. That mentioned, it will rely upon how Gillespie turns up mentally. Gregor Gillespie (thirteen-1) ghosted on all of us after his final battle. He much prefers taking himself off in his fishing boat to interacting on social media, but he went firmly off the radar after suffering a breath-taking knockout courtesy of Kevin Lee.

It was stunning because it was so violent and something Lee has by no means pulled off earlier than. It additionally came after Gillespie dominated absolutely all people that stepped in his path. He was 13-zero before the loss with six UFC fights ending 5 of them together with a submission over Vinc Pichel and knockouts over Jordan Rinaldi and Yancy Medeiros.

Ufc Battle Night 168 Submit

If you’re maintaining score this is the fourth battle simply this week to be pulled from Saturday’s lineup. We additionally misplaced Tai Tuivasa vs. Don’Tale Mayes however at least Harry Hunsucker was capable of exchange Mayes on quick discover. Brad Riddell is a New Zealand-born mixed martial artist and kickboxer.

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