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What are you saying? Bader looked great in that fight, he dropped Glover twice and was doing very well [until he got tko'd]. He was beating the #1 LHW contender, so now the UFC should fire him?
Just because Dana and the UFC say some1 is the num1 contender, it doesn't mean I gotta rate em as a top teir fighter. They also said Sonnen was a num1 contender for Jon Jones coming off a loss and not fighting at that weight class in years, so what does being called #1 contender really mean these days?
I look back at some of Bader's fights the last 3/4 years and none of them are really all that impressive to me. Beating up the old man Vlad, big whoop. Then he wanted to face top talent and he caugt the beats from Machida, lol. He decisioned Rampage, like come on now, every1 decisions Rampage. He's knees are old, his counter punching is slower now. He's basically a big target standing in front of you and Bader couldn't finish him. Oh he finished Jason Brilz though, now thats a top contender, congrats. Lost to old broken man Tito, lost to the champ Jones.
I really don't see any reason for this guy to be main card or main event status. UFC has fired other fighters who have performed better than this. As I've said b4, the sole reason he still there is because he's the great white hype for that division. nuthin more nuthing less.