Ryan Bader Would Like to Fight Randy Couture or Tito Ortiz

by Geno Mrosko on Sep 6, 2010 7:37 PM EDT

That's what he says in an interview with Fighters Only:

"I’ll fight whoever they tell me to, but I’d kind of like a Couture or Ortiz before they retire. As an MMA fan and a fighter to say I fought and hopefully beat them would be great. There’s no ill will, I’d just like to."

Of course there is the usual talk of fighting whoever they tell him to but it's refreshing to hear a fighter actually say the names of a couple of guys that he'd like to fight. I can see why he would want to fight both Couture and Ortiz but I wouldn't ever count on it actually happening. Bader has the skills to beat both fighters and that's why they wouldn't do it. Frankly, I think if Tito loses to Hamill, he'll be on his way out of the UFC. Couture is too valuable at this point after the Toney win to feed him to a young guy like Bader. Maybe if he loses his next fight, whatever that may be. What do you think, could Bader beat Tito and Randy?

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Bader dusts Tito, but Randy would make a good go of it.

I agree with you though, there’s no good reason for the UFC to match them up and spend Randy’s credibility on someone as far down the ladder as Bader.

If the LHW division was as thin as, say, the HW division then you might see someone like Nog/Couture getting matched up against a guy with Bader’s current profile. But LHW is just stacked, and they’re looking to make fringe stars into full-blown stars, rather than taking TUF ’spects and turn them into fringe stars.

If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...

by misterjonez on Sep 6, 2010 9:30 PM EDT reply actions