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Originally Posted by rufio.e0
"It only takes a mediocre striker to lay waste to Filho"
Name one that's done it. I agree with you that Filho doesn't have as much of a shot at LHW, but suggesting that he goes down to mediocre strikers is a bit much. Especially since he's undefeated and prior to the Sonnen fight, had just got done demolishing Joe Doerkson on the feet (even though Doerkson's a submission fighter... his stand up was cleaner than Filho's).
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I also said tall, i just can't picture filho beating a tall decent striker, not even a brawler, save a lucky punch. Shonnen showed Filho's weakness right there, though could have been more of a mental weakness then anything, he just expected to walk through shonnen and got a bit more then he thought he would. Sonnen was a brink UFC fighter and at best had mediocre striking, looked pretty sloppy to me during that fight, he was just using his reach and was never in danger of ever getting caught by filho's short arms. I think filho's undefeated record is extremely padded and will continue to be so, unless of course he does move up to 205, i'll be happy when i see him get his first defeat.