How Would Bader Fare Against UFC Heavyweights?

Loses to Francis
Loses to Gane
Loses to Stipe
Loses to Lewis
Loses to Blaydes
Loses to Volkov
Loses to Rozenstruik
Tossup with Daukaus
Beats Abdurakhimov
Beats Tybura
Loses to Aspinall
Tossup with Tuivasa
Beats Sakai
Beats Ivanov
Beats Harris
Beats Pavlovich
Probably Beats Gustafsson
Beats Arlovski
Beats Rothwell
Probably beats OSP
Beats de Lima
Beats Latifi
Beats Oleinik
Beats Collier
Beats Danho
Beats Sherman
Beats Espino
Beats Hardy
Beats Spivac
Beats Boser
Beats Mayes
Beats Lins
Beats Nascimento
Beats Felipe
Beats Porter
Tossup with Romanov
Beats Baudot
Beats Parisian
Beats Vanderaa
Beats Hunsucker
Beats Barnett
Beats Tafa
 
He was undefeated in that division wasn't he? I remember watching him vs Jones when they were both undefeated at the time. Bader is a good fighter, Jones is on another level.
He was undefeated before the Jones fight, but Jones clowned him. He literally leapfrogged over him once and then took him down. Bader was a pretty solid LHW gatekeeper in the UFC but nothing more--the same was true of Phil Davis. Bader was finished 5 times in the UFC. If he came back at age 38 and fought even bigger guys at HW, it wouldn't go very well for him.
 
People, we've already seen Bader in UFC....he is not that special, resilient, but a step below. He is also very very slow, I think he would get eaten alive at LHW.
 
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Rumble, Glover, Machida, and Tito all beat him.
Very true.
But he did avenge that loss to Machida and Tito got a touch lucky with that win.

Not saying he was the goat or anything. I just see him as a #4 or 5 and if he got lucky, could pull a Bisping and get a belt. Maybe even one defense if he got extra lucky. He has a lot of wins and a few good ones.
 
Loses to Francis
Loses to Gane
Loses to Stipe
Loses to Lewis
Loses to Blaydes
Loses to Volkov
Loses to Rozenstruik
Tossup with Daukaus
Beats Abdurakhimov
Beats Tybura
Loses to Aspinall
Tossup with Tuivasa
Beats Sakai
Beats Ivanov
Beats Harris
Beats Pavlovich
Probably Beats Gustafsson
Beats Arlovski
Beats Rothwell
Probably beats OSP
Beats de Lima
Beats Latifi
Beats Oleinik
Beats Collier
Beats Danho
Beats Sherman
Beats Espino
Beats Hardy
Beats Spivac
Beats Boser
Beats Mayes
Beats Lins
Beats Nascimento
Beats Felipe
Beats Porter
Tossup with Romanov
Beats Baudot
Beats Parisian
Beats Vanderaa
Beats Hunsucker
Beats Barnett
Beats Tafa
So barely/fringe Top 10. Fair enough. A few of those guys you have him beating would have a puncher's chance, though. It only takes one haymaker from a 240-50 pound guy with reasonably heavy hands to put someone like Bader to sleep.
 
Very true.
But he did avenge that loss to Machida and Tito got a touch lucky with that win.

Not saying he was the goat or anything. I just see him as a #4 or 5 and if he got lucky, could pull a Bisping and get a belt. Maybe even one defense if he got extra lucky. He has a lot of wins and a few good ones.
Eh, neither he nor Mousasi avenged their fights with Machida. They both fought a 40+ year old Lyoto (whose karate style doesn't age well) in pointless rematches. It's almost as bad as Tito "avenging" his losses vs. Chuck.
 
Yeah i'm not sold he does much in the top 10. Of the top 15 in the UFC i'd probably go with 3/15 wins, maybe 5 or 6 wins at best.
 
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What's with all UFC shills tonight?
Nothing. We're not "shills." We simply have general and MMA IQs above 70 and don't buy garbage about a UFC LHW who was cut 6 years ago coming back and winning the UFC HW belt (or even coming close to doing so). You can chase such fantasies in the Worldwide forums if you'd like, though.
 
He wasn't even top 5 at LHW when he was in his prime

LHW is better than HW given the level of athlete HW has in MMA. A few years ago he could have won the UFC belt IMO. Now I don't think he would.
 
Very true.
But he did avenge that loss to Machida and Tito got a touch lucky with that win.

Not saying he was the goat or anything. I just see him as a #4 or 5 and if he got lucky, could pull a Bisping and get a belt. Maybe even one defense if he got extra lucky. He has a lot of wins and a few good ones.

Machida was WAY past his prime. Bader was better the first time he fought Machida and got smoked
 
LHW is better than HW given the level of athlete HW has in MMA. A few years ago he could have won the UFC belt IMO. Now I don't think he would.
When the hell was Bader ever winning a UFC belt? He always lost to the top LHWs, and he was never beating Stipe or DC
 
I’d actually like to see him back in the UFC at HW, just for curiosity sake
 
When the hell was Bader ever winning a UFC belt? He always lost to the top LHWs, and he was never beating Stipe or DC

The UFC HW belt. I think he could have.
 
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