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Ryan Bader Says He Wasn’t Surprised By Anthony Johnson’s Retirement

May 4, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Ryan Bader spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Phil Davis at Bellator 180. Some highlights are below:

On Johnson’s retirement: “I heard that (Johnson) was potentially thinking about (retirement) beforehand. Just from hearsay and that kind of stuff. It really wasn’t surprising to me, but with where he was at in his career and the win streak and everything, it was surprising in that aspect. I had kind of heard beforehand, so it didn’t really catch me off guard. But more power to him. He decided to get out of the game there. He was on top, and that’s hard to do.”

On training his fight with Davis: “I’ve never had a problem being motivated to train. I know what it’s like to not be at your best in a fight, and you never want to feel that. I make sure I’m training, and that’s motivation enough. I’ve done this my whole life. I went through the college wrestling grind. Before that I was playing football my whole life and also wrestling. I have no problem being motivated. I train to get the result I want, and my body feels good, and my mind feels good, so I don’t see myself stopping any time soon.”

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