Kevin Holland faces Reinier de Ridder at UFC 311

Kevin Holland is sticking round at middleweight.

On Tuesday, MMA Preventing confirmed that Holland will face former ONE Championship two-division champion Reiner de Ridder in a middleweight matchup at UFC 311. MMAMania was first to report the information.

Holland additionally confirmed the matchup on his social media, saying he’s “again at it like a jackrabbit.”

One of many extra standard fighters on the UFC roster, Holland has break up his time between 170 and 185 kilos since becoming a member of the UFC in 2018. After struggling back-to-back losses at welterweight, together with a call loss to Michael “Venom” Web page earlier this yr, “Trailblazer” bumped again as much as middleweight and defeated Michal Oleksiejczuk and picked up his first win within the division since 2020. Most not too long ago Holland suffered a TKO loss to Roman Dolidze after struggling a rib harm of their battle at UFC 307.

De Ridder is a former middleweight and lightweight heavyweight ONE champion who left the promotion earlier this yr. De Ridder made his UFC debut earlier this month, submitting Gerald Meerschaert with an arm-triangle choke at UFC Las Vegas 100.

UFC 311 takes place on Jan. 18 on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. No predominant occasion has been confirmed for the cardboard as of but, although it’s rumored that UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev will defend his belt in a rematch with Armen Tsarukyan.