Bader: I deserve next title fight
Ryan Bader was scheduled to fight Daniel Cormier on June 6th until Cormier was called on to fight for the UFC light heavyweight title. That didn’t sit well with Bader.
Ryan Bader was scheduled to fight Daniel Cormier on June 6th until Cormier was called on to fight for the UFC light heavyweight title. That didn’t sit well with Bader:
“It makes sense for me to get the next title shot,” Bader said. “The last three fights have been top 10 competition — (Rafael) Feijao, OSP (Ovince Saint-Preux), who has won seven out of his last eight, and then we went in and beat the No. 5 guy in Phil Davis.
“Then you have the top five — Rashad (Evans) is out, Gustafsson just got knocked out by the potential champion and Glover (Teixeira), who is on a two fight losing streak and just got dominated by Davis. We need new blood in there. Those guys have all fought for the title, every one of them, and they all lost. I’m deserving to be next in line.”
Bader has won his last four consecutive fights and Cormier lost his last fight, a title fight to Jones so it does make sense he would be a bit upset about the decision.
