UFC 119: RYAN BADER KNOWS HE CAN DEFEAT ROGERIO NOGUEIRA

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Ryan Bader

“Ultimate Fighter” season 9 winner, Ryan Bader believes he can defeat Antonio Rogeiro Nogueira at UFC 119 on the ground when the pair meet later this month in Indianapolis, Indiana.

“He’s a great fighter and great person. I respect what he’s done for the sport a lot. But I’m on my own path and now I need to beat him. He’s great on the ground and at boxing, but he doesn’t kick that much. His weakest part is his wrestling, as he showed against Jason Brilz (Minotouro’s last opponent), when he got caught in a guillotine. I can definitely beat him.”

Rogerio Nogueira

“The ground game comes naturally to me, but I have a harder time with striking. I’m working on striking five days a week. I have excellent boxing and muay thai coaches and I’ve made great progress.”

Nogueira’s thoughts on Bader:

“I coached him at the UFC house and he won. I like him, he’s good at wrestling, has a heavy hand, but I feel Rogério is more experienced and has a better ground game and better striking. He’s better at wrestling, but Rogério is having a really good phase and wants to fight for the title.”

“He’s a really tough guy who combines wrestling with striking well. He’s a top opponent. It’ll be a tough fight, but I’ll go after him with Jiu-Jitsu and boxing. I’ll have to use my Jiu-Jitsu a lot in the fight; that’ll be one weapon, but my boxing is good, too.”

Source: GracieMag.com

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