It bordered on cruel and unusual punishment.
Ryan Bader won for the seventh time in eight outings and remained near the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight pecking order, as he disposed of Antonio Rogerio Nogueira with third-round ground-and-pound in the UFC Fight Night 100 “Bader vs. Nogueira 2” headliner (online betting) on Saturday at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nogueira (22-8, 5-5 UFC) met his end 3:51 into Round 3.
A replacement for the injured Alexander Gustafsson, Bader (22-5, 15-4 UFC) showed the 40-year-old Brazilian no mercy.