Ryan
Bader’s resume reads quite nicely as he approaches the twilight
phase of his career. The Reno, Nevada, native will celebrate his
40th birthday on June 7.
A two-time NCAA All-American wrestler and three-time conference
champion at Arizona State University, Bader made the transition to
mixed martial arts in March 2007 and did so seamlessly. He punched
his ticket to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship by winning Season 8 of “The
Ultimate Fighter” reality series and went on to compile a 15-5
record across his 20 appearances in the organization. Bader signed
with
Bellator
MMA as a big-ticket free agent in 2017. He has since laid claim
to titles in two weight classes while serving as a company
lynchpin, headlining 11 of the 13 events at which he has appeared.
Bader last competed at Bellator 290, where he retained his
heavyweight championship with a first-round technical knockout of
Russian legend
Fedor
Emelianenko on Feb. 4.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of June:
JUNE 1
Miodrag
Petkovic, 54
Dave
Huckaba, 49
Antonio
Schembri, 49
Michael
Buchkovich, 46
James
Giboo, 45
Wendell
de Oliveira Marques, 40
Evgeny
Erokhin, 37
Patricky
Freire, 37
Bobby
Moffett, 33
Sarah
Alpar, 32
JUNE 2
Chris
Haseman, 54
Matt
Serra, 49
Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, 47
Antonio
Rogerio Nogueira, 47
Christian
M'Pumbu, 46
Roan
Carneiro, 45
Tatsuya
Mizuno, 42
Eduardo
Bustillos, 36
Christopher
Wing, 35
Magomed
Ankalaev, 31
JUNE 3
Rick
Roufus, 57
Stefan
Leko, 49
Jason
MacDonald, 48
Jason
McLean, 46
Justin
Baesman, 42
Linton
Vassell, 40
Mara
Romero Borella, 37
Greg
Soto, 37
Vernon
Ramos, 31
Lucas
Brennan, 23
JUNE 4
Egan
Inoue, 58
Simona
Soukupova, 46
Tonya
Evinger, 42
Jazzy
Gabert, 41
Eric Smith,
39
Michael
Johnson, 37
James
Krause, 37
Saul
Almeida, 34
Brittney Victoria Grizzelle, 32
Kubanych Abdisalam, 29
JUNE 5
Rob Kaman, 63
Tjerk
Vermanen, 53
Brian
Warren, 49
Adriano
Balby, 43
Leo
Zulic, 37
Jose
Caceres, 36
Samba
Coulibaly, 36
Rosa
Acevedo, 35
David
Dvorak, 31
Ricky
Turcios, 30
JUNE 6
Joel
Powell, 1980-2015
David
Bielkheden, 44
Vagner
Rocha, 41
Adam
Kowalski, 40
Ray
Wood, 34
Chris
Fishgold, 31
Matheus
Mattos, 31
Ilara
Joanne, 29
Xavier
Siller, 29
Carlos
Huachin, 27
JUNE 7
Chris
Wilson, 46
Bruno
Carvalho, 41
Saad
Awad, 40
Ryan
Bader, 40
Jenny
Liou, 40
Shane
Kruchten, 39
Nate
Landwehr, 35
Michael
Kuiper, 34
Mark
Burns, 32
Sean
Woodson, 31
JUNE 8
Dan
Severn, 65
Marvin
Eastman, 52
Hirotaka
Yokoi, 45
Jason
Novelli, 44
Noad
Lahat, 39
Tim
Roman, 38
Takenori
Sato, 38
Trey
Houston, 35
Jonas
Magard, 31
Carlo
Pedersoli Jr., 30
JUNE 9
Dion
Staring, 45
Derrick
Burnsed, 43
Muslim
Salikhov, 39
John
Phillips, 38
Teddy
Holder, 37
Jim
Hettes, 36
Bill
Algeo, 34
Takashi
Sato, 33
Dae
Song Park, 30
Dakota
Bush, 29
JUNE 10
Alfonso
Alcarez, 53
Brendan
Tierney, 48
Luiz
Azeredo, 47
Hiroyuki
Takaya, 46
Bendy
Casimir, 43
Nordine
Taleb, 42
Walt
Harris, 40
Frank
Lester, 39
Jack
Hermansson, 35
Anton
Turkalj, 27
JUNE 11
Lavar
Johnson, 46
Tsuneo
Kimura, 41
Daron
Cruickshank, 38
Artur
Kadlubek, 38
Tadaaki
Yamamoto, 37
Joshua
Dustin Hardwick, 36
Matt
Frevola, 33
Eduard
Vartanyan, 32
J.J.
Aldrich, 31
Luana
Carolina, 30
JUNE 12
Ivan
Iberico, 45
Jason
Dent, 43
Andy
Ologun, 40
Celine
Haga, 39
Ali
Bagautinov, 38
Matt
Van Buren, 37
James
Chaney, 36
Zane
Kamaka, 34
John
Lineker, 33
Kyler
Phillips, 28
JUNE 13
Erin
Toughill, 46
Daniel
Aguiar, 43
Greg
Rebello, 41
Paul
Bradley, 40
Carson
Beebe, 35
Sid
Bice, 34
Deron
Winn, 34
Suman
Mokhtarian, 31
Kennedy
Nzechukwu, 31
Lucie
Pudilova, 29
JUNE 14
Teila
Tuli, 54
Chad
Hinton, 52
Landon
Showalter, 47
Claude
Patrick, 43
Danny
Martinez, 38
Chris
Barnett, 37
Anatpong
Bunrad, 37
Amador
Ramirez, 33
Polyana
Viana, 31
Naoki
Inoue, 26
JUNE 15
Jeb
Chiles, 44
Kevin
Casey, 42
Joe
Stevenson, 41
Ryan
Keenan, 38
Mamoru
Uoi, 38
Kevin
Wirth, 36
Gabriel
Benitez, 35
Justin
Frazier, 34
Taneisha
Tennant, 34
Jay
Perrin, 30
JUNE 16
Rich
Attonito, 46
Scott
Heston, 45
Daria
Ibragimova, 39
John
Franchi, 38
Chris
Gruetzemacher, 37
Vyacheslav
Vasilevsky, 35
Xiaonan
Yan, 34
Marat
Magomedov, 33
Shamil
Nikaev, 28
Drako
Rodriguez, 27
JUNE 17
Kuniyoshi
Hironaka, 47
Andrei
Semenov, 46
Casey
Noland, 45
Chris
Weidman, 39
Sam
Oropeza, 38
Gavin
Tucker, 37
Dominic
Mazzotta, 36
Xiaoyang
Liu, 32
Luan
Chagas, 30
Matthew
Frincu, 30
JUNE 18
Wes
Combs, 50
Assuerio
Silva, 49
Brett
Oteri, 46
Manuel
Meraz, 45
Matt
Baker, 39
Darrill
Schoonover, 38
Edilson
Teixeira, 37
Kwan
Ho Kwak, 34
Bokang
Masunyane, 29
Billy
Goff, 25
JUNE 19
Chris
Seifert, 54
Savant
Young, 47
Mike
Swick, 44
Josh
Appelt, 40
Richie
Vaculik, 40
Lamont
Stafford, 39
Nick
Mamalis, 37
Ann
Osman, 37
Justin
Linn, 34
Satomi
Takano, 33
JUNE 20
Mike
Van Arsdale, 58
Roy
Nelson, 47
Marion
Reneau, 46
Quinton
Jackson, 45
Reza
Madadi, 45
Blake
Bowman, 42
Alex
Caceres, 35
Bharat
Khandare, 34
Logan
Nail, 34
Vadim
Nemkov, 31
JUNE 21
Tim
Lajcik, 58
Marcos
Oliveira, 45
John
Polakowski, 42
Chris
Fields, 40
Erick
Silva, 39
Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir, 38
Joey
Holt, 38
Jake
Lindsey, 37
Tom
Duquesnoy, 30
Christian
Lee, 25
JUNE 22
Randy
Couture, 60
Ryushi
Yanagisawa, 51
Brian
Bowles, 43
Hiroshi
Izumi, 41
Bethe
Correia, 40
Douglas
Silva de Andrade, 38
Marianna
Kheyfets, 38
Dave
Morgan, 38
Bradley
Scott, 34
Taila
Santos, 30
JUNE 23
Charles “Mask” Lewis, 1963-2009
Rob
Wince, 50
Marcos
Galvao, 42
Nick
Thompson, 42
Lee
Morrison, 38
Mike
Richman, 38
Paul
Ruiz, 36
Mark
Striegl, 35
Anthony
Taylor, 34
Giorgio
Pietrini, 32
JUNE 24
Mari
Kaneko, 51
Joe
Hurley, 45
Junior
Assuncao, 42
Rick
Reeves, 40
Jessamyn
Duke, 37
Brendan
O'Reilly, 36
Max
Coga, 34
Brian
Camozzi, 32
Joby
Sanchez, 32
Alton
Cunningham, 30
JUNE 25
Yoshihiro
Nakao, 51
Alexey
Oleynik, 46
Luciano
Azevedo, 42
Carlo
Prater, 42
Marcelo
Guimaraes, 40
Marcos
Rogerio de Lima, 38
Rob
Font, 36
Sean
Spencer, 36
Jung
Kyung Lee, 35
Andre
Fili, 33
JUNE 26
Pawel
Nastula, 53
Virgil
Zwicker, 41
Eddie
Wineland, 39
Adam
Cella, 38
Faith
McMah, 37
Kin Moy,
33
Kelvin
Tiller, 33
Hannah
Cifers, 31
Diana
Belbita, 27
Bruna
Ellen, 27
JUNE 27
Mu Bae
Choi, 53
Hiroyuki
Abe, 46
Yoshinori
Suzuki, 42
Ernest
Chavez, 40
Joe
Taimanglo, 39
Ben
Reiter, 36
Casey
Ryan, 36
Tony
Way, 35
Gustavo
Lopez, 34
Hugo Lujan,
34
JUNE 28
Daniel
Gracie, 51
Fabio
Mello, 48
Sam
Hoger, 43
Vuyisile
Colossa, 41
DaMarques
Johnson, 41
Jason
Young, 37
Brennan
Ward, 35
Johnny
Case, 34
Josh
Parisian, 34
Thiago
Rela, 34
JUNE 29
Shin
Kochiwa, 43
Michele
Gutierrez, 42
Chad
Reiner, 42
Ryo
Kawamura, 42
Mike
Whitehead, 42
Ricky
Rainey, 40
Cody
East, 35
Jimmie
Rivera, 34
Rena
Kubota, 32
Rose
Namajunas, 31
JUNE 30
Yasuko
Tamada, 56
Fabiano
Scherner, 51
Gilbert
Yvel, 47
Papy
Abedi, 45
Lumumba
Sayers, 45
Katja
Kankaanpaa, 42
Dan
Miller, 42
Stephen
Ledbetter, 41
Zach
Makovsky, 41
Tim
Wilde, 36