Despite Saturday night being just his second time walking to the UFC Octagon, it isn’t the first time Ryan Loder will be competing inside Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.
Back in 2013, Loder became an All-American for Northern Iowa inside the same building he will make his UFC debut in on Saturday night. It’s truly a full circle moment for the California native.
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Loder has been part of a handful of fight weeks, spending time coaching and cornering UFC fighters such as Max Griffin and Anthony Hernandez, so the ability to have gone through a fight week before entering one of his own has lifted the nerves that many feel just days away from the biggest moment of their fighting career.