lil nog vs bader at 119

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Indianapolis has at least one piece of their main event fights for UFC 119.

Light heavyweights Antonio Rogeiro Nogueira and former "Ultimate Fighter" winner Ryan Bader have verbally agreed to meet on Sept 25 as a part of UFC 119, and they are expected to serve as the co-main event of the evening.

The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight on Thursday, stating bout fighters have agreed to the fight, and bout agreements should be issued shortly.

Rumors surfaced prior to UFC 116 that Nogueira was going to face former champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, but UFC president told reporters following the event that they had not put that fight together as Jackson was still fulfilling commitments for the "A-Team" movie overseas, and had not been in the mix yet.

Nogueira will indeed be on the card, but against a different opponent.

At 19-3 overall, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is one of the top fighters in the light heavyweight division looking to get into title contention. An impressive UFC debut saw him knock out Luis Cane in under two minutes, but the Brazilian struggled in his second fight against late replacement Jason Brilz.

Nogueira will face another extremely tough wrestler this time around as well, but also one with knockout power as shown in his last fight.

Ryan Bader (11-0) comes into UFC 119 with a flawless record, and a desire to take the next step up in competition. Defeating Team Jackson fighter Keith Jardine at UFC 110 in Australia by knockout, Bader has shown marked improvement in his striking, and has vicious power in his hands and knees.

Since leaving the "Ultimate Fighter" season 8 finale, Bader has gone 3-0 and now hopes to get into title contention with his next fight against Nogueira.

As previously stated, the bout between Nogeuira and Bader will serve as the co-main event of the evening, while the work to fill another main event fight continues. MMAWeekly.com will have more information on that fight when it becomes available.

good fight

If Lil Nog takes this they better give him a tittle shot...
What happens if Bader beats him?

This could be a FOTN! I like the match up. UFC 119 is starting to take shape and it looks like a winner.

this will be the co main event, i bet they put machida in as the main event...

Damn, good shit. Hopefully this makes room now for Forrest vs Rampage 2.

that would work also, the ufc is putting up some awesome shows lately thats for sure
i hope they stop by chicago or minneapolis so i could catch a live show for once...

Damn, Bader is stepping up. Good test.

Good. Finally listening to the Ninjas Place Board and harvesting a good fight out of their LHW young crop.

killerofchicken wrote:

If Lil Nog takes this they better give him a tittle shot...
What happens if Bader beats him?

He would be around #2 or #3 contender range I would think.

Now we just need Jon Jones in a bigger fight.

GDPofDRC wrote:

killerofchicken wrote:

If Lil Nog takes this they better give him a tittle shot...
What happens if Bader beats him?

He would be around #2 or #3 contender range I would think.

I agree

Bader wins this they need to put him in a contender fight for the title. Maybe Franklin will be healed by then

I got Bader winning this for whoever wants to put a sig bet on it for the PPV.

The winner of this is title ready IMO. The Brilz fight makes me worry for Nog here, but Jardine was out striking Bader until the KO.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

The winner of this is title ready IMO. The Brilz fight makes me worry for Nog here, but Jardine was out striking Bader until the KO.

Baders is a very good athlete, I think he has a great chance to win this. 50-50 fight for me right now.

Ya this is a fight I could see going either way.

damn it Bader was being floated as possible for the Sept 15th austin card this sucks

Great fight. This one makes me lean towards buying tickets to 119

You know what? I think Wolf and his "mole" theory might have something to it. If the UFC has guys who go to these boards and web sites, they had to hear grumblings about the Indianapolis card. Joe Silva slap this shit together quick and I think did a good job too.

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

You know what? I think Wolf and his "mole" theory might have something to it. If the UFC has guys who go to these boards and web sites, they had to hear grumblings about the Indianapolis card. Joe Silva slap this shit together quick and I think did a good job too.

Yeah I remember talking about Munoz vs Okami being a good matchup...about 2 weeks later the fight was made.

So then where's our royalty checks? It was our ideas after all.

This should be a great fight. I'll be pulling for Bader but picking Nog.

What Lil Nog will we see?... Damn tough fight to call just because of how Lil Nog showed, errr didn't show for his last fight...

Weird fight to make right now, the door was open for Lil Nog vs Evans for an interim title. I think Bader knocks Lil Nog out.