100 Quotes by Ryan Bader

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.

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 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 like proving people wrong.

My right hand is pretty powerful.

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.

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

I haven't had to deal with many negative things in my career. Now, I see, 'You suck. You lost to Tito.'

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.