Ryan Bader

“I'm really into circuit training. You don't have to do each station for very long. Implementing some free weights, maybe a treadmill if you're at a gym, you can put together your own little circuit. Go hard for five minutes, take a minute break. Maybe do a one minute hard run on the treadmill, right into some pull ups.”

“I can control my performance and how I fight.”

“I can only work with the opportunity that is given to me.”

“My mindset has changed. When I was fighting guys like Glover I was second-guessing myself. Am I the best in the world? Do I deserve to be up here. Now I know it.”

“I'm used to playing the underdog role and the favorite.”

“I know Stipe, I trained with him a little bit. He's a good guy but I feel I match up with him well.”

“I had a great contract coming out of the UFC into Bellator, but it was that second contract that made me really, really happy.”

“I came into this game a wrestler and that was pretty much it. I was tough, I could take a guy down and beat him up. I threw a good overhand right.”

“I think 205 is the place for me. I walk around at 225, 230 at the most, and that's kind of small for a heavyweight. I think 205 is where I'll be.”

“My wrestling actually helps my striking and my striking helps my wrestling. I just learned how to put it all together through synergy.”

“When have I ever bad-mouthed any of my opponents? I never have. That's not my style.”

“To be a two-division champion, it's surreal, man.”

“The men and women in the United States Military allow me to live my dream, and I want to continue to do everything I can to thank them.”

“Seeing friends become successful, you go, 'I can do that, too.' I ran with it fresh out of college. MMA was the next step.”

“Machida always has his elusiveness and whatnot and Shogun has the tools to beat him.”

“There was a time in the UFC, after the Anthony Johnson fight, where I said, 'You know what? I'm gonna quit making a big deal of these fights. I'm gonna have fun and make it exciting and enjoy the process.'”

“I've fallen short in my career, in MMA, but it is what it is. You're going to do that. I just wanted opportunities.”

“I've been through enough competition in amateur wrestling my whole life to know that sometimes you have off nights and you don't perform and chalk it up to that and move on.”

“I think ultimately the fans want to see knockouts.”

“Coming over to Bellator, it was a great decision. I came over and had the opportunity to fight for the light heavyweight title right away at Madison Square Garden.”