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- Renan Ferreira vs Ryan Bader picks for Saturday, February 24
- PFL vs Bellator: CHAMPS is taking place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Renan Ferreira vs Ryan Bader Preview & Picks
Renan Ferreira vs Ryan Bader Preview & Picks
Renan Ferreira is tipped to win the Super Fight heavyweight title.
Ferreira is a skilled striker with devastating punching power, and he also has a huge size advantage.
If he can avoid being taken down here, we expect him to beat up Ryan Bader with his heavy hands.
- 10 of Renan Ferreira’s 12 wins have been by KO/TKO
- Renan Ferreira has an 11” reach advantage
- Renan Ferreira is 6” taller than Ryan Bader
- Renan Ferreira is expected to be almost 30lbs heavier
Renan Ferreira Form
Renan Ferreira is the PFL heavyweight champion with a professional record of 12-3 (10 KOs, 1 Sub), with 3 No Contests.
Ferreira has had a strange run in the Professional Fighters League, starting with a fight against former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum that was ruled a No Contest.
He bounced back in his second outing with a unanimous decision win over Carl Seumanutafa, and back that up with first-round knockouts of Stuart Austin and Jamelle Jones.
The 34-year-old Brazilian then lost to Klidson Abreu by decision, only to see the fight overturned to a No Contest after his opponent tested positive for a banned substance.
That proved to be the start of a three-fight winless run that saw him get knocked out by Ante Deilja, before going to a No Contest in another fight that saw his opponent, Rizvan Kuniev, fail a drug test.
Ferreira finally got back to winning ways last year though, booking his place in the PFL tournament final with first-round knockouts of Mattheus Scheffel and Maurice Greene.
He then claimed the heavyweight crown by stopping Denis Goltsov in the second round of the final.
Ryan Bader Form
Ryan Bader is the Bellator heavyweight champion with a professional record of 31-7 (13 KOs, 3 Subs) with 1 No Contest.
Bader had a lengthy stint in the UFC before signing a deal with Bellator, and since joining the promotion he has won world titles in two difference weight classes.
He won the light-heavyweight title in his debut fight, beating Phil Davis by split decision, and then knocked out Linton Vassell in the second round of his first defence.
‘Darth’ then turned his attention to the heavyweight division, knocking out Mo Lawal and beating Matt Mitrione on points to make it to the Grand Prix Final.
There he knocked out the legendary Fedor Emilianenko in the first 35 seconds to win the vacant heavyweight belt.
Bader’s first defence of the heavyweight crown ended in a No Contest after an accidental eye poke rendered Cheick Kongo unable to continue, and in his next fight he lost the light-heavyweight title to Vadim Nemkov by TKO.
He rebounded in the 205lb grand prix by beating Lyoto Machida on points, but his quest to regain the belt ended in failure as he was knocked out in 51 seconds by Corey Anderson.
The 40-year-old American returned to the heavyweight division after that loss, and since then has reeled off three successful title defences.
Bader beat Valentin Moldavsky and Cheick Kongo on points, before knocking out Fedor Emilianenko in the first round.
Verdict
Ryan Bader has fought bigger names, but he has also been knocked out several times in his career.
That spells trouble against Renan Ferreira – a knockout artist who has a gigantic size advantage over his opponent.
That spells trouble against Renan Ferreira – a knockout artist who has a gigantic size advantage over his opponent.
Renan Ferreira
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