Good read, kinda reminding of Jack Slack type of article
Some good details were spotted in Barao's game but still type of fighter that would implement that type of gameplan on Barao are very few.
He would have to be quicker than Barao, have amazing jab (which actually only few people have in UFC, GSP of course and Cruz too) and he would have to be bigger than Barao having bigger reach. Now all that said there is not a guy like that in BW right now.
The other thing, X factor which makes Barao such a great champ, is ability to adapt his gameplan during fight. Much like Silva and Jones, he can improvise, study you and throw your gameplan out the window. Thats the thing that makes the difference between champs and contenders. So to beat Barao you need to adapt to his adapting, kinda hard