Ryan Bader
Born
7 June 1983 (42)
Place of Birth
Reno, Nevada, USA
Also known as
Darth
Biography
Ryan Bader (born June 7, 1983) is an American mixed-martial arts fighter and actor. He entered mixed martial arts after a successful career in amateur wrestling. He attended Robert McQueen High School in Reno, where he won two Nevada state championships and was ranked as high as fourth in the country for wrestling.
Filmography (38)
The Smashing Machine
2025
PFL vs. Bellator: Champs
2024
Bellator 290: Bader vs. Fedor 2
2023
Bellator 280: Bader vs. Kongo 2
2022
Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky
2022
Bellator 268: Nemkov vs. Anglickas
2021
Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2
2021
Submission Underground 20
2020
Submission Underground 19
2020
Bellator 244: Bader vs. Nemkov
2020
Bellator 226: Bader vs. Kongo
2019
Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader
2019
Bellator 207: Mitrione vs. Bader
2018
Bellator 199: Bader vs. King Mo
2018
Bellator 186: Bader vs. Vassell
2017
Bellator 180: Sonnen vs. Silva
2017
UFC Fight Night 100: Bader vs. Nogueira 2
2016
UFC Fight Night 93: Arlovski vs. Barnett
2016
UFC on Fox 18: Johnson vs. Bader
2016
UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson
2015
UFC on Fox 14: Gustafsson vs. Johnson
2015
UFC Fight Night 47: Bader vs. St. Preux
2014
UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov
2014
UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Bigfoot
2013
UFC Fight Night 28: Teixeira vs. Bader
2013
UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson
2013
UFC on Fox 4: Shogun vs. Vera
2012
Tapout XT
2012
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson
2012
UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson
2011
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2
2011
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
2011
UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop
2010
UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez
2010
UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun
2009
UFC Fight Night 18: Condit vs. Kampmann
2009
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale
2008
Complex, Texas