Rashad Evans Plans To Punish Ryan Bader At UFC 192
Rashad Evans (19-3-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) is set to fight Ryan Bader (19-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) at UFC 192 and spoke about the upcoming fight in a recent interview on Tuesday.
Evans (34-3-1) is ranked fourth in the light heavyweight division. He is 3-2 in his last five fights and is currently on a two-fight winning streak. His last octagon appearance came back at UFC 167 in 2013.
With such a long layoff, Evans is ready to get back in the cage. As for his opponent, Bader, who is already running his mouth leading up to the fight stated in an interview recently that he plans to make a statement against Evans in their fight. This is something that Evans doesn’t take lightly.
“It’s funny, man,” Evans told MMAjunkie Radio. “Bader is talking a little reckless, and it definitely makes me want to punish him. I’m going to sleep thinking about some of the things and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe he’s saying all of this.’ I made a comment to him first and I was just kind of teasing. But then he kept going. Then he brought out the fat picture and then he just kept going and going. So, it’s like, ‘Okay, he wants to keep on going?’ Now I’m starting to believe that he really thinks this. Now, because he really thinks this, I’m going to punish this dude. I’m going to punish him. Bad.”
Evans would then give a prediction on how the fight will end. Of course, it will be knockout according to Evans. Evan also took a shot at Bader for his lack of IQ.
“I’m going to stop him in the second round,” Evans said. “How? I just see him getting desperate after trying to take me down, and that doesn’t happen. Then I’ll lay some hands on him. I think that Bader is good and I think that Bader has gotten a lot better. How Bader used to fight – his fight IQ used to be really low. He would clutch defeat out of the jaws of victory. You used to be like, ‘How the hell does he do that?’
“That used to be how Bader fought. He wasn’t a very smart fighter. He’s gotten a bit smarter. But, at the same time, he’s still Bader. He still makes mistakes like that. He still is not a very high IQ fighter.”
UFC 192 takes place Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 at Houston’s Toyota Center. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
