Ryan Bader is looking to avenge the loss of teammate C.B. Dolloway against Rizin light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka. Ryan Bader was one of the many viewers at home witnessing Jiri Prochazka knock out C.B. Dolloway at Rizin 20 on New Year’s Eve, …
Ryan Bader is looking to avenge the loss of teammate C.B. Dolloway against Rizin light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka. Ryan Bader was one of the many viewers at home witnessing Jiri Prochazka knock out C.B. Dolloway at Rizin 20 on New Year’s Eve, but he was one of the few who legitimately wanted a piece […]
Bellator two-weight champion Ryan Bader was certainly impressed by Jiri Prochazka’s performance on New Year’s Eve. Prochazka defended his light heavyweight title following a first-round knockout of UFC veteran C.B. Dollaway at RIZIN 20 in Saitama, Japan. It puts the Czech star on a 10-fight winning streak with his last loss coming in 2015. And […]
Bellator two-weight champion Ryan Bader was certainly impressed by Jiri Prochazka’s performance on New Year’s Eve.
Prochazka defended his light heavyweight title following a first-round knockout of UFC veteran C.B. Dollaway at RIZIN 20 in Saitama, Japan. It puts the Czech star on a 10-fight winning streak with his last loss coming in 2015.
And Bader decided to call him out soon after.
“Congrats #jiriprochazka . we couldn’t make it happen in @rizin_PR so let’s do this in the @BellatorMMA cage. LHW title on the line,” Bader tweeted.
There was talk of a cross-promotional fight between Bader and Prochazka earlier this year only for it not to come to fruition. But given Bellator and RIZIN’s continued partnership in recent times, it’s entirely possible that it could happen in 2020.
Bader is undefeated in his last eight but hasn’t defended his light heavyweight title since November 2017. However, Bellator president Scott Coker expects him to defend both his titles in 2020 as well as compete four times.
Maybe a super fight with Prochazka could be one of those fights.
What do you think of a Bader vs. Prochazka fight? Who would win?
Bellator president Scott Coker says he can grant Fedor Emelianenko another heavyweight title bout if he wants it. Emelianenko and Ryan Bader clashed in the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix. “Darth” knocked out Emelianenko…
Bellator president Scott Coker says he can grant Fedor Emelianenko another heavyweight title bout if he wants it. Emelianenko and Ryan Bader clashed in the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix. “Darth” knocked out Emelianenko in just 35 seconds to become a Bellator “champ-champ” as he already held the light heavyweight gold. Bader […]
Ryan Bader has two divisions to tend to in Bellator, but president Scott Coker expects him to do so successfully. Coker, who has been very high on his current light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, recently spoke on Bader at a media scrum. The Bellator boss divulged that Bader is planning on fighting again in March […]
“Ryan, my understanding is he wants to fight sometime in March, and he’s going to defend his 205lbs belt, that’s what he wants to do so we’re going to do that. We’ll hopefully have a location and opponent and all the details to announce sometime early in January,” Coker said.
Many double champions in the past, such as Conor McGregor, Henry Cejudo, and Daniel Cormier, have remained at the heavier weight class after being reluctant to cut down once again, ultimately vacating one of their titles. However, Coker expects Bader to defend both the heavyweight and light heavyweight thrones in 2020.
“Yeah, he’s going to defend both belts until he loses one. That’s just how it’s going to be. But we have a lot of guys to give him some good competition, so I think that him coming down to 205 to start it off, then I want to keep him busy next year, I’d like to have him fight at least three times, maybe four times next year,” Coker said.
Do you think Bader will successfully defend both the heavyweight and light heavyweight titles in 2020?
Bellator “champ-champ” Ryan Bader will fight at least three times in 2020 if Scott Coker gets his wish. Bader holds the heavyweight and light heavyweight gold under the Bellator banner. He’s coming off a controversial No Contest rulin…
Bellator “champ-champ” Ryan Bader will fight at least three times in 2020 if Scott Coker gets his wish. Bader holds the heavyweight and light heavyweight gold under the Bellator banner. He’s coming off a controversial No Contest ruling against Cheick Kongo to retain his heavyweight gold. It appears “Darth” is eyeing a light heavyweight title […]
Josh Barnett is set to make his Bellator debut this Friday when he takes on Ronny Markes in Hawaii. Should Barnett win this fight, he would immediately become one of the top heavyweights in Bellator, which is his goal. He wants to be the one to dethron…
Josh Barnett is set to make his Bellator debut this Friday when he takes on Ronny Markes in Hawaii. Should Barnett win this fight, he would immediately become one of the top heavyweights in Bellator, which is his goal. He wants to be the one to dethrone Ryan Bader after an impressive grand prix win. […]