Evans: Bader doesn’t well perform under pressure
Rashad Evans: “…when the pressure’s on, [Ryan Bader] doesn’t perform well. That’s just the truth of the matter. He doesn’t perform well when the pressure’s on.”
It will have been almost two years since Rashad Evans has fought in the Octagon when he meets Ryan Bader at UFC 192, but the former lightheavyweight champion isn’t worried and believes that his opponent will under perform when the pressure is on:
I feel good; I feel in shape, Evans said. He said I was fat, and I’m almost on weight right now. I’m lean, I’m mean, and I’m about to destroy this boy.
While the promotion hasn’t revealed the stakes of Evans and Bader’s fight at Houston’s Toyota Center, the winner should have a good argument to face Cormier. Both fighters know that well, so the pressure is a two-way street.
Evans, though, believes Bader will trip up in his final test.
He wants to look impressive to throw his name in the hat for a title shot, but we’ll see how that goes for him, Evans said of his opponent. I don’t think it’s going to go well for him because Bader’s one of those guys … when the pressure’s on, he doesn’t perform well. That’s just the truth of the matter. He doesn’t perform well when the pressure’s on.