A biography for Ryan Baderhasn’t been written yet.
“Ring rust doesn't affect me too much.”
“I'm in this sport to win a championship.”
“I got to a point I was so focused on getting a title shot all the thought in my head was to go out there and win at all costs, so maybe it made me fight a certain way, maybe take a lot of risks and stuff like that.”
“We get stereotyped as MMA fighters as being barbarian and trying to hurt people. A lot of us are college-educated, like myself.”
“I was very new to the sport when I entered 'The Ultimate Fighter' and basically got by on my athletic ability and my wrestling. I've since added a lot more tools to my game and continue to develop as a mixed martial artist.”
“After I started training with some of the best in the world and fighting in the UFC, I started really wanting fights with guys I used to idolize and watch on TV. Guys like Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture.”
“You can call Roy Nelson a wrestler, but he's never fought a dynamic, explosive wrestler.”
“I love proving people wrong and proving myself right and my coaches.”
“In my past, I've always had the physical abilities. They were always there, but sometimes the mental side of it - I was younger coming in as a wrestler, didn't know what the hell I was doing on my feet.”
“Look, I love the UFC and I love fighting in the UFC. Gotta make sense, though.”
“I'm not taking anything away from DC. He carries himself well, is a champion, a stud athlete, an unbelievable fighter and it'd be one hell of a fight. But I wouldn't be in this sport or the position I'm in today if I didn't believe I can beat him.”
“I'm in the gym - that's my full-time job. I leave it all in there. When I walk out of that gym I am now the husband, the friend and the father.”
“The lowest I've ever made - and this was on the prelims - was 35 grand on a fight. I've made upwards of 80 grand on a fight on sponsors.”
“I'm more of a grinder, just get out there and get the job done.”
“I'm not one of those guys talking smack, because we've seen it catches up to you at some point.”
“I want to fight Cormier, that's been a fight I've been trying to get forever. I can go in there and take him down. I can threaten him in ways he hasn't been threatened. I don't think he's fought a wrestler like me.”
“We came up in that - keep your mouth shut, let your hard work do the talking, and I came into MMA like that.”
“When I'm a little lighter, I feel faster and I feel better. I thought I needed to be big, but I learned that I'm better off being quicker and more agile, because I still have strength.”