We've seen it on a few seasons, the winner of tough is not always the fighter we see for years to come. So, out of this season, who do you think will have the brightest future?
Gonna go with Efrain. He reminds me of Joe Daddy. He managed to dominate a fight against a very dangerous opponent. He fought a very smart fight, which is not common with young fighters.
Efrain and Nover are both going to do well at LW but that division is so loaded I think it will be a LHW who has the most success.
Vinny if he can learn how to take a punch will do great but I'm not sure.
Eliot who has great BJJ and is more a well rounded fighter then Vinny could do very well himself.
However I think Bader who will be probably the second best wrestler in the division behind only Rashad. In a divison that is full of well rounded fighters but doesn't have a lot of top BJJ guys or top wrestlers and Bader is a well rounded fighter with All American wrestling I think he will do very well at LHW.
Bader > Rashad at wrestling. Evans had a mediocre wrestling career. Bader was much better than him in collge. But I dont know if he has the skills to get the striking that Rashad has.
Bader, Efrain, Nover, even Junie has some potential. Elliot Marshall has good bjj and should be able to stick around in the UFC for a while. Time will tell but there is def. some talent from this season, even though I think a lot of it needs time to develop.
I think Vinny has the most potential by a wide margin. His striking during the show looked better than I expected and we already know his Jitz is very advanced. His future is very bright, I also think Junie has a future because as we all know heels thrive in the UFC and N. Diaz has been quiet for a while leaving a bit of an asshole vacuum.
I think Bader has a birght future. He's the best pure wrestler in the LHW division the UFC has, they dont have many wrestlers, Rashad is the only other one whop comes to mind, possibly Hammill too and old man Coleman (but he'll retire after Rua smashes him).
Was also very impressed with Eliot Marshall, although Bruschoz is a bit of a can and was the worst fighter on the show.
Definitely Efrain for me. He's only 22 years old and I think with the right training this guy's going to improve drastically, to me he's definitely a long term prospect for the UFC. He's able to use both his wrestling and submissions in his fights, he also has good submission defence. He surprised me against Nover, I also think he has a very positive attitude.
I feel like Bader will make an impact too, he's a power house.
I think Elliot has a very bright future in this sport
his jitz might not be on the same level as vinny but its very good and unlike vinny he doesnt get knocked out from getting punched in the arm...:dunno:
I literally just watched the vinny fight and i have to say that was far worse then i would have imagined. I would go with Effrain, might be the obvious pick since we won but based on who he fought and how he won, him composure i think we will see him around but he has a long way to go
Personally, I think Phillipe should improve his wrestling and move upto welterweight even if it has more dangerous wrestlers. I think LW has way too many good fighters and it would be even harder for him to try to even reach contender status.
I would say Ryan Bader. He is a wrestling power house with good and heavy hands. He is already one of the best wrestlers in the UFC's light heavyweight division and it doesn't have that many great BJJ guys that would give him alot of trouble. He picked the right division to make an impact in, at least in my opinion.
I think this TUF was full of people with potential, unlike the last what, 3? Bader and Efrian have a lot of potential obviously, but even some of the ones who didnt get tehre still have potential. Marshal is going to be reallly good I have a feeling. He's got pretty good stand-up (beat a lot of the fighters standing in TUF) and absolutely fantastic BJJ. Nover will be great when he learns to wrestle. Vinny has awesome BJJ and some good kicks, just needs to work on the rest. Junie showed some great stand-up at the finale and I think when he's mentally there he's going to be a threat.
I think ephrain has the most potential of this season. at first i thought he was just a wrestler, but after pulling off a sub or two, i think he could do very well in the ufc. his striking could be better but i am very impressed with his sub defense and obviously take downs and gnp. i guess we shall see when he faces some tougher guys. for some reason i am thinking we are going to have to watch a junie vs. ephrain rematch. i wanna see him face somebody like josh neer or joe lauzon.
You guys forget Krystoff too easily. He would of ko'd Vinny the same way as Bader if vinny hadnt pulled guard.. Also if Vinny pulled guard vs Bader he'd of subed him!
Bader would power bomb him if he tried to pull guard.
Haha, but seriously.. I think it's lame that people keep saying "if Vinny pulled guard, he would have won." Yeah, and Bader was just going to let him, right?
I went Bader, in a division full of wrestlers I think it's just going to be too tough for Nover. Bader has the perfect opportunity however, as he'll have some of if not the best wrestling at LHW so as long as he stays out of submissions he can LnP his way to victory.
Bader has good enough stand p/GnP that hes not going to have to lay n pray. I think the Days of LnP are coming ot an end and aside from Eliot's fight on TUF, there won't be many mroe wins coming by kaying on someone who's working to submit/sweep you
Lots of respect for Junie (he was my second choice, Bader being who I went with). I think this is agruably the best season of TUF ever as far as talent is concerned. We'll see most of these guys for a long time I think.
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