Of course Ryan Bader would’ve liked to make fast work of Cheick Kongo in their rematch, however that’s not how it constantly works. Sometimes you’re left with no option however to grind out a success.
That’s what Bader did Friday at Bellator 280 as he resorted to his first-class fumbling over and over and over onceagain to make a clean-sweep consentaneous choice over Kongo.
Was Bader delighted about the efficiency? Not especially. But he’s still the Bellator heavyweight champion, which is what really matters to him.
“I didn’t love that battle, however it is what it is,” Bader informed pressreporters. “Sometimes you simply have to go in there and get the task done, and that’s what I did. It can’t constantly be ideal. I’ve had my highlight-reel knockouts and enjoyable battles priorto, however often you’ve got to go to your bread and butter and drown a man. That’s what I had to do tonight.
“There’s constantly next battle, however I went in there, beat a difficult person, still have the heavyweight champion belt arou