Bellator Champ Bader Joins UFC Champ Miocic’s Camp

Current Bellator light heavyweight champion and Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist, Ryan Bader, has been drafted to help UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic defeat Daniel Cormier at UFC 226.

Rounds in with the champ @stipemiocic 👊🏽

A post shared by Ryan Bader (@ryanbader) on May 30, 2018 at 7:17pm PDT

Thanks for having me out @stipemiocic and for the work from the great coaches and people @strongstyle_mma

A post shared by Ryan Bader (@ryanbader) on Jun 1, 2018 at 8:31am PDT

Miocic takes on Cormier, the current UFC light heavyweight champion, as he looks to make his fourth successful defense on July 7th. An interesting move for Miocic, who will essentially be facing a carbon copy of Cormier in Bader

Bader and Cormier almost faced off in 2015, and while the fight would never come to be, the two current light heavyweight champions had a heated press conference confrontation at UFC 187.

Original Story: MMA Junkie