Om mindre än två veckor kommer Ryan Bader att försöka att förlänga segersviten när han ställs mot Lyoto Machida på UFC on Fox 4. För att förbättra sina chanser har Bader tagit in världsmästaren i karate Hiroshi Allen som tidigare jobbat med Randy Couture när han hade samma motståndare.
Bader tror att denna förberedelse kommer att göra stor skillnad.
”He’s been great,” säger Bader till Inside the Cage Radio. ”He comes in and we drill, we spar, he has the Machida stance, blitzes, the different kicks that he does, the trips. So I see it and I’m not surprised. We’ve been drilling quite a bit with him. He’s actually been really really good to have in addition to camp. … I feel like if I hadn’t done that I’d be surprised in the Octagon, but I’ve been through it.”
”He’s done everything that Machida does and he brings that into the Octagon when we spar, so I’ve seen it hundreds of times. It’s not going to be the first time when I step in the Octagon that I’ve seen different stuff from Machida, so I feel good and I feel good about this fight and I’m ready.”
Bader har också tränat med kickboxningsmästaren Rick Roufus men han har inte glömt sina rötter. Brottningen.
”We do practice wrestling quite a bit and implement that in the cage. When these guys are here I can usually take them down pretty easily, as far as new training partners, but I like to stand with them and kind of just get that whole dynamic and all that kind of stuff. I definitely mix those in. But I do have to remind myself a lot of times, yes you do have this to fall back on.”
”But I want to be, just in case I can’t take you down or just in case something goes wrong, I’m going to be just as good on my feet and ready for anything he throws at us. But at the end of the day, when you’re in the fight, that’s going to come out too, those takedowns. I’ve been doing it for so long sometimes I don’t even think about doing it, my body just reacts. So if it’s there I’m definitely going to take it. But we’re going to be ready as far as in the stand-up department too and we feel really good about it.”
Den 4 augusti kommer Bader få visa vad han har lärt sig.
