UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Ryan Bader with a Loss
Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith
UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who is set to face Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card will be Tito Ortiz who will be fighting for his UFC career when he faces Ryan Bader.
Coming off of a loss to Jon Jones, Ryan Bader asked for a fight with Tito Ortiz. After initially scoffing at the idea, Ortiz accepted the fight with Bader as his last chance to get back on track in the UFC.
While most of the focus has been on what would happen to Ortiz should he lose this fight, a loss for Bader would be extremely damaging as well.
If Bader were to lose to Ortiz, he would have dropped two straight fights and could be fighting for his job in his next fight. Having been a former winner of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC would most likely do everything in their power to keep Bader relevant, though.
If Bader were to lose against Ortiz, he would most likely be set up with an extremely winnable fight against a fighter like Stephan Bonnar or Krzysztof Soszynski.
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