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Bader on exploding buggy that nearly killed him: ‘I do a Mad Max impression once in a while’

UFC light-heavyweight Ryan Bader recounted a story where he was nearly killed in a “fireball” sand buggy.

Ryan Bader is not just a UFC fighter clamoring for a title shot. He also happens to be the sort of person who takes sand buggies into the desert and narrowly escapes with his life.

Speaking to Submission Radio, Bader recounted a tale where he and his wife were on vacation and took a sand buggy into the desert only to be engulfed in flames.

"It gets hairy sometimes. And I was at the sand dunes with my wife actually, and I had a new two-seater Razor.