ACTAFOOL

i disagree....i think it matters a lot how you win

just saying ''look who he beat'' doesnt mean anything, unless you are showing it to some casual fan that determines who they are gonna bet on by how impressive a fighters record is on wikipedia

the most important thing is HOW he beat each person, did bader have a tougher competition? yes...in lil nog right now, and lil nog actually got the better of bader in that fight, i really disagree with the decision, round 1 was bader no doubt, but 2 and 3 was lil nog, he rocked bader many times and bader only took him down what? 2-3 times in those 2 rounds? and if im not mistaken 2 of those takedowns lil nog got right back up, bader was in troulbe and in my eyes lost that fight, if the TDs werent scored as effective grappling and octagon control and agressivness and imposing your will bader would have lost

so, lets take a closer look, bader has beaten one tough but overrated fighter in lil nog (even though it was a very close fight and he got rocked many times and didnt really pose a threat to lil nog after the first round)....and thats it...you really mean to tell me jardine is a credible opponent? really?...and he still didnt tool him like JJ has tooled his opponents

vera and hammil is a much more impressive win than jardine and not only did he beat them (well he lost DQ to hammil but everyone knows JJ won that fight) he destroyed both of them as if they didnt even belong in the UFC

how is bader barley ''beating'' lil nog and getting rocked many times and beating jardine (thats a big win?) more impressive than what JJ has done? JJ looks unstoppable while bader looks very beatable

on wikipedia...sure...its more impressive...but if you actually watch their fights...im guessing 9 out of 10 ppl would rather bet on JJ than bader

Squirrelfighter

Lyoto Machida. Almost ALL of his wins are UDs. He's one of the most dominant LHW fighters in the world. How is not nearly as important as who.

Bader took him down (almost) at will. They were both landing punches. Though Nogeuira did land more punches in combination, he was obviously a more versed stand-up fighter. However in MMA, takedown=victory(for now). I also disagree with Nog rocking him multiple times. The second round I see going either way, Nog's hands were better, but Bader took him down almost on a whim. In the third Bader scored takedowns, as well as almost matched Nog on regularity of punches, though the pace of that round was rather slow. The punch where Bader stuck his tongue out. I've not only seen this done, but done this. Its more a man, that hurt less than I thought it would, adrenaline reaction than a rocked reaction.

Since he didn't beat Hammil...it doesn't matter. His ground skills were very nice and he was winning without question, however he went and performed the same illegal technique a whole buncha times and got disqualified!

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ACTAFOOL

comparing machida is just unfair, im not saying decisions arent impressive, you can win by decision and be impressive, machida was, he outstruck all of his oppenents, caused more damage and displayed very good TDD...so how he won actually was impressive also, just a different kind of impressive

now how can you say bader almost took lil nog down at will? theres no almost...it wasnt even close to ''at will'', lil nog stuffed almost all of his TDs in the 2nd and 3rd round...i remember thinking either lil nog has really developed some vey impressive TDD or baders wrestling really isnt what i thought it was

getting a W or a L doesnt mean anything because there are so many things to factor in that W or L...in MMA it can happen in a split second, so the most important thing is the performance leading up to that W or L...thats what determines how good a fighter is

yes, JJ got DQed but no1 can debate that he wasnt destorying hammill and making him look like a bum when hes been on a tear of his own in the UFC

getting a win doesnt mean anything, remeber the duffee knockout? hell remember sherk vs dunham?

you actually would rather bet on bader than JJ just because of his wins over lil nog and jardine??....

well, to each his own, i guess we can agree to disagree...i just really dont think W and L are that important when comparing 2 fighters

Squirrelfighter

All disagreement aside, yes, I will be betting 100,000 creds on Bader to win.

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marcthegame

not a chance bone has to much hype for him not to fight a top 10 guy in LHW. I don't know about you guys i want to see him fight a top 10 guys to see if this hype is real.

Roflcopter

Are you ****ing kidding me? Are you absolutely ****ing joking?


Oh look! Two black people! I know! Let's make them fight!

There are nowhere near each other in the rankings, and not only that, they aren't even in the same weight class, but they are black and that's all that matters! YEAAAAH.


GTFO with this bullshit. This is more nonsensical than the constant calls for him to fight Phil Davis.

Or of course, the one poster who said he wanted so see Anthony Johnson vs Melvin Guillard.

Absolute gems of stupidity.

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MrObjective

The hype train will keep rolling till he's LHW champion.

Jon Jones would be a 3:1, 4:1 favorite to beat Bader. They've run out of gatekeepers, it's time for him to contend.

Winner of Bader VS Jones
VS
Winner of Machida VS Rampage

There's time for that to happen concurrently with Rua VS Evans.

marcthegame

I hate to say it but this needs to happen I have the hype train will end once he fights rampage or Machida.

Hellboy

[quote=Terror Kovenant;1274504]I can't really think of 10 LHWs in the UFC that should be placed above Bader. QUOTE]

Shogun
Machida
Rashad
Jones
Rampage
T.Silva

D.P.

Not the same weight class, but I do think Harris should at least be getting a known opponent for his next fight instead of welcoming Falcao. He shows a lot of promise.

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