Phil Davis vs. Ryan Bader set for UFC on FOX 14

A light heavyweight bout has been added to the UFC on FOX 14 card on January 24th in Sweden as Phil Davis will meet Ryan Bader.

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The fight booking was announced by the UFC on early Friday morning.

UFC on FOX 14 will come from the Tele 2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden and will be headlined by Alexander Gustafsson meets Anthony Johnson in a battle of top UFC light heavyweights.

Davis (13-2, 1NC) is coming off a decision victory at UFC 179 against former title challenger Glover Teixeira and has won four of his last five fights. His only defeat in his last five fights came to Johnson at UFC 172 earlier this year.

Bader (18-4) has won three in a row and all three have come by decision. His most recent victory came in August as he defeated Ovince St. Preux in the main event of UFC Fight Night 47.

The current UFC on FOX 14: Gustafsson vs. Johnson fight card is below.

Alexander Gustafsson (16-2) vs. Anthony Johnson (18-4)
Dan Henderson (30-12) vs. Gegard Mousasi (35-5-2)
Phil Davis (13-2, 1NC) vs. Ryan Bader (18-4)
Nico Musoke (13-3, 1NC) vs. Albert Tumenov (14-2)
Sultan Aliev (13-1) vs. Kenny Robertson (14-3)
Stanislav Nedkov (12-1, 1NC) vs. Nikita Krylov (17-4)
Konstantin Erokhin (9-1) vs. Viktor Pesta (9-1)
Mairbek Taisumov (22-5) vs. Yan Cabral (12-1)