“I feel like I’m a better fighter here.” Ryan Bader chats with JustinBarrassso about focusing exclusively on the heavyweight division ahead of Bellator 273
Ahead of Bellator 273, the former two-weight champion discusses his title bout, focusing exclusively on the heavyweight division and the possibility of fighting Emelianenko in Russia.Almost three years ago to the day, Ryan Bader won the Bellator heavyweight championship with a surprising knockout of the great Fedor Emelianenko.
Until he signed with Bellator, Bader had been known almost exclusively as a light heavyweight. That was his division in the UFC, where he fought from 2008 to ’16. Bader signed with Bellator in 2017, and has put together a phenomenal run with the company, becoming the first-ever simultaneous two-weight champion in Bellator history when he held both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles.
Bader last defended the heavyweight title in September 2019 against Cheick Kongo, a bout that was ruled a no-contest after an accidental eye poke left Kongo unable to continue. While Bader competed in Bellator’s Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix, Moldavsky ripped off two wins in 2020, then won the interim heavyweight title last June. Their fight should add clarity to a snake-bitten heavyweight division, as well as set up a rematch between Emelianenko and Bader.
Weight cuts are so draining. It’s something I’ve done since high school wrestling. During the Heavyweight Grand Prix, that’s when I realized I feel so much better fighting as a heavyweight. And I’m performing better. For years, I had coaches tell me to try the heavyweight division, but I always thought I was too small. When I finally tried it during the Bellator Grand Prix, I felt great. I’m just as strong and faster than these heavyweights, and I feel a ton better walking into the cage as a heavyweight.: The Bellator heavyweight division has lacked stability and, at times, has even felt snake-bitten.
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