Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-10-18, pretty good mma bout: Reinier de Ridder vs Brendan Allen gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).Allen vs de Ridder is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 18th, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver (Canada), in a 5-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC Fight Night 262 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 120 or UFC Vancouver). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Reinier de Ridder record
The black belt in judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former ONE Mw and light-Hw champion Reinier de Ridder entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-2-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 middleweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2022 and 2024, both against Anatoliy Malykhin (a href=”https://allthebestfights.com/de-ridder-vs-malykhin-full-fight-video-one-prime-video-5/” title=”de Ridder vs Malykhin full fight video”>Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin I and Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoliy Malykhin II), but then he has won five bouts, the last two against Bo Nickal (Reinier de Ridder vs Bo Nickal) and Robert Whittaker (Robert Whittaker vs Reinier de Ridder).
Brendan Allen record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brendan Allen, has a record of 25-7-0 (76% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the middleweight division.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2024 and 2025, against Nassourdine Imavov (Nassourdine Imavov vs Brendan Allen) and Anthony Hernandez (Brendan Allen vs Anthony Hernandez 2) but then he has beat Marvin Vettori (Brendan Allen vs Marvin Vettori).
Fight card
Here is the UFC Fight Night 262 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Reinier de Ridder vs Brendan Allen
Kevin Holland vs Mike Malott
Marlon Vera vs Aiemann Zahabi
Manon Fiorot vs Jasmine Jasudavicius
Charles Jourdain vs Davey Grant
Matt Frevola vs Kyle Nelson
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Drew Dober vs Kyle Prepolec
Cody Gibson vs Qileng Aori
Bruno Silva vs Hyun Sung Park
Danny Barlow vs Djorden Santos
Stephanie Luciano vs Ravena Oliveira
Azamat Bekoev vs Yousri Belgaroui
Melissa Croden vs Tainara Lisboa
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC Fight Night 262 pre-fight press conference, featuring Brendan Allen and Reinier de Ridder!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC Fight Night 262: de Ridder vs Allen weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Reinier de Ridder vs Brendan Allen as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
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Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won de Ridder vs Allen fight?
Brendan Allen defeated Reinier de Ridder via retirement at 5:00, round 4.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Fight Night 262 post-fight octagon interview of Reinier de Ridder and Brendan Allen.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC Fight Night 262 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Brendan Allen and Reinier de Ridder (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC Fight Night 262 Fight of the Night: Drew Dober vs Kyle Prepolec
UFC Fight Night 262 Performance of the Night: Charles Jourdain, Aori Qileng
