Matches to Make After UFC Fight Night Doubleheader

Ryan Bader and Gegard Mousasi could not have performed any better in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s main-event limelight. Bader savaged Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in their UFC Fight Night 100 rematch, as he forged a third-round stoppage against the inhumanly durable Pride Fighting Championships veteran on Saturday at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Meanwhile, Mousasi took care of business in his second meeting with Uriah Hall in the UFC Fight Night 99 headliner, dispatching the two-time Ring of Combat champion with first-round punches at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.A replacement for the injured Alexander Gustafsson, Bader exploited the holes in Nogueira’s takedown defense — he executed all five of his attempts, according to FightMetric data — and blasted the Brazilian with damaging, elbow-laced ground-and-pound. Nogueira finally broke 3:51 into Round 3, having absorbed 129 total strikes, 86 of them significant. Across the Atlantic, Mousasi avenged his shocking September 2015 defeat to Hall with a clean and efficient kill. “The Dreamcather” leaned on a punishing jab, evaded the spinning attacks for which Hall has become known and delivered a takedown in the final minute of Round 1. He then pinned Hall at the base of the cage and tied up his near-side leg and far-side wrist before unleashing a volley of right hands that necessitated action from referee Marc Goddard. In wake of UFC Fight Night 100 “Bader vs. Nogueira 2” and UFC Fight Night 99 “Mousasi vs. Hall 2,” here are five matches that ought to be made:Ryan Bader vs. Daniel Cormier-Anthony Johnson winner: Bader’s persistence may soon pay off, much like Michael Bisping at 185 pounds. The two-time NCAA …

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