BELLATOR 214: FEDOR vs. BADER 26 January 2019 | The Forum | Inglewood, California MAIN CARD Paramount Network/DAZN, 9 p.m. ET Fedor Emelianenko vs. Ryan Bader Aaron Pico vs. Henry Corrales Jake Hager vs. J.W. Kiser Juan Archuleta vs. Ricky Bandejas PRELIMINARY CARD Bellator.com, 6 p.m. ET Mike Segura vs. Richard Leroy Jay Jay Wilson vs. Tyler Beneke Jesse Merritt vs. Thor Skancke Jorge Juarez vs. David Pacheco Sean Johnson vs. Art Rivas Desmond Torres vs. Steve Ramirez
Interested to see if Jack Swagger can transition to MMA. It's been a long time since he was an all-American wrestler. At the least he should be less embarrassing than CM Punk in the cage. I just can't see Fedor winning. If Sonnen was able to get Fedor to the ground Bader should be able to hold him there. Also, Fedor's chin is not what it used to be so it's possible a power puncher like Bader could catch him.
Looks like a mismatch. Then again, at the weigh-ins everyone against Mark Hunt looks like a mismatch as well.
MAIN CARD Ryan Bader def. Fedor Emelianenko via knockout (punch) – Round 1 Henry Corrales def. Aaron Pico via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:07 Jake Hager def. J.W. Kiser via submission (head-and-arm choke) – Round 1, 2:09 Juan Archuleta def. Ricky Bandejas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Adel Altamimi def. Brandon McMahan via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:16 PRELIMINARY CARD Thor Skancke def. Jesse Merrit via submission (North-South choke) – Round 1, 4:26 Jesse Roberts def. A.J. Agazarm via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Weber Almeida def. Odan Chinchilla via TKO (punch) – Round 1, 3:04 Art Rivas def. Sean Johnson via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:30 Jay Jay Wilson def. Tyler Beneke via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:31 Ryan Lilley def. James Barnes via knockout (head kick) – Round 1, 1:30 Craig Plaskett def. Ian Butler via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Desmond Torres def. Steve Ramirez via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 4:21
Apparently Bader may be following up his heavyweight win by fighting Chael or Tito for the LHW Championship? Really makes the Bellator LHW division look stacked.