If you ask Reinier de Ridder a question, you’re going to get a direct, concise answer.
There will be no hemming and hawing, no athlete-speak where he’s saying a lot but nothing of substance at the same time, like every hockey player ever, and no “saying the right thing to be nice.”
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Question, answer, repeat until finished.
For instance, when asked about returning to Las Vegas earlier this week for his first appearance of 2026, the 35-year-old Dutch middleweight was clear about how he’s feeling now and forthright in discussing what went wrong during his performance last October in Vancouver against Brendan Allen.