Ryan Bader (19-4) kommer ta sig an Rashad Evans (19-3-1)på UFC 192 och pratar om hur det känns att ha missat att få en chans på titeln.
Bader trodde att han skulle få möta Daniel Cormier (16-1) om lättungviktstiteln då han har vunnit fyra matcher i rad, men Bader kommer möta Evans och Cormier försvarar sitt bälte mot Alexander Gustafsson (16-3) på UFC 192. Bader tycker att det är konstigt att de två senaste fighters som har fått titelchans har kommit ifrån förluster i sina senaste matcher.
”You know, I’m not one to kind of dwell and cry about it. I got over it pretty quickly when I learned I had a fight and I was fighting a name like Rashad. It does suck to have the last two guys get title shots off a loss. But if I look at it on the positive side going into this fight, win or lose I still have a shot at getting a title shot.”
”You always have to look out for yourself first and foremost, especially in this sport,” Bader said. ”We’re all independent contractors. We have our team. I have a kind of unique thing in Arizona where we own the gym, we have a great team together. But you’re going out there, you’re providing for your family by yourself. You have people around you, but you have to look out for number one. It all runs through your mind. You see a lot more people fighting out their contracts now.
Bader förklarar att han vill vara en UFC-fighter, men att han definitivt har tänkt på andra möjligheter när han inte blev erbjuden en titelmatch.
”I still enjoy fighting the elite of the elite in the top organization. I want to be a UFC fighter. At times like that, where you get passed over, you definitely think of other options. Will I ever get there? I’m doing the right things, I’m going out there and winning. Are they going to hold up their end of the bargain? For me, that’s gone through my mind. But I’ve got a big fight. If we weren’t fighting Cormier and we didn’t get that Anthony Johnson fight like we were trying and Cormier fight got pulled. Gustafsson got it coming off a knockout loss to the guy that just fought for the title. But I got the Rashad fight. He’s a top five guy, he’s a former champion. I just told myself I was going to let everything go and go out there and beat this guy and make a statement.
If I don’t get it then, then I don’t know what to do.”
