Filed under: Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans might be coming back from a two-year layoff, but he said the pressure is on Ryan Bader to perform when they meet Saturday at UFC 192. “I’m the fight he should get to prove that he deserves a title shot and that this is the new and improved Bader,” Evans told MMAjunkie. “He wants to prove that against a guy that’s been out for two years, a guy that’s over the hill, a guy who’s recovering from two knee surgeries.” Evans (19-3-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) spent all of 2014 and much of this year on the sidelines from two separate procedures on his knees. Meanwhile, Bader (19-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) has racked up four straight victories, his longest winning streak since he won “The Ultimate Fighter 8.” Many MMA fans expected Bader’s grudge with champ Daniel Cormier (16-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) – Evans’ friend and fellow UFC commentator on FOX – would lead to a showdown. Instead, Cormier is now scheduled to face onetime title challenger Alexander Gustafsson (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in Saturday’s pay-per-view headliner, and the UFC booked Bader vs. Evans for the event’s main card
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Rashad Evans: Bader doesn’t perform well when the pressure’s on – MMA Junkie