Should the ufc try to get Ryan Bader back in the UFC?

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The man has won 10 of his last 11 fights....7 of those being in the ufc... he was 7-1 during that span, hes now 3-0 in bellator....

I can think of a lot of fighters who dont have half the resume this guy has and im sure that the UFC can use more talent in this division....

Now yes im pretty sure Ryan is on a 6 fight contract with bellator, and i think hes 2 fights into it, but if that contract is ever fulfilled or there are some holes in there for Ryan to get back to the bidding block, should the ufc try and pursue him?

Just wondering what people think about this guy, say what you want but he keeps on winning dont matter where.
 
They didn’t need him when he left to be fair.

However, the old dogs are being put out to pasture, Bader would be taking names in the UFC right now.
 
Bader was a gatekeeper in ufc and is a champion in Bellator.
 
Nah. LHW is stacked at the minute. We have Igor the Polish hunter and Mitch the part time car salesman in the top 10.
 
Nah. Ufc should do purely money fights like cm punk vs Mike Jackson or Conor vs inmate #696969 Big Black Billy Blue Balls.
 
He's going to be the Bellator champ champ after this tournament so I imagine Bellator will offer him more money than the UFC would

He's more valuable to Bellator than he would be to the UFC is what I'm trying to say, so I suspect they'll always be willing to pay him more
 
Nope but that damn liar said he'd have Buffer introduce him as "the master" Bader and he never did so... I mean with DC and Jones gone he could be champ but do you really want him to? I'm kind of hoping Chael beats Fedor because I don't want to see Ryan fucking Bader Knock him out... and I'm not even a Fedor fan lol.
 
why? he's fine where he is.

the less control and top fighters UFC has, the better.

they've gotten the sport as far as they can.

it's time their leeching off fighters stops.

competition is good

their only argument (best fight the best) is no longer valid.
 
He's still a top 15 contender at Light-Heavyweight for sure. The UFC claims or wants to be the place that has the best fighters in the world, so yes, they definitely should try to resign Bader. Especially since Light-Heavyweight isn't all too exciting right now anyway.
 
His fine where he is at the moment, but wud like to see him back at some point.

Not a fan of his but he has improved so much over the years, its very impressive
 
K-Town Punk said:
He's still a top 15 contender at Light-Heavyweight for sure. The UFC claims or wants to be the place that has the best fighters in the world, so yes, they definitely should try to resign Bader. Especially since Light-Heavyweight isn't all too exciting right now anyway.
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I agree, but you think hes top 15? I think hes more like top 5 in the current ufc roster...
CHAMPION : DANIEL CORMIER
1 Alexander Gustafsson

2 Volkan Oezdemir

3 Glover Teixeira

4 Ilir Latifi

5 Jan Blachowicz

I think i can sub him for 3-5 with confidence....
 
They should never have lost him nor Gegard or Mitrione or Kongo. They don't deserve any of them back.
 
K-Town Punk said:
He's still a top 15 contender at Light-Heavyweight for sure. The UFC claims or wants to be the place that has the best fighters in the world, so yes, they definitely should try to resign Bader. Especially since Light-Heavyweight isn't all too exciting right now anyway.
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Top six
 
They never should have let him go, he was ranked pretty high before he got cut but dont remember the exact ranking. He doesnt always have the best fights but he is a top talent, but 205 is weak right now, out of the top 10 there arent many good fighters, so yes they should get him back, but if he is making good money in Bellator good for him.
 
TomTomNT said:
I agree, but you think hes top 15? I think hes more like top 5 in the current ufc roster...
CHAMPION : DANIEL CORMIER
1 Alexander Gustafsson

2 Volkan Oezdemir

3 Glover Teixeira

4 Ilir Latifi

5 Jan Blachowicz

I think i can sub him for 3-5 with confidence....
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I only said top 15 because that's how far the UFC ranking of the supposedly world's greatest at the respective weight class reaches. And I didn't want to make any overbearing assumptions of how he compares to the currently ranked talent. But yeah, I also think he definitely has a good chance of making the top 5 in case of a return.
 
Let him keep crushing Bellator LHW/HW and then he will return, he is legit UFC level tho.
 
K-Town Punk said:
He's still a top 15 contender at Light-Heavyweight for sure. The UFC claims or wants to be the place that has the best fighters in the world, so yes, they definitely should try to resign Bader. Especially since Light-Heavyweight isn't all too exciting right now anyway.
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Top 15?

How generous of you

Lol.
 
Dude is a mayonnaise sandwich.


It’s crazy cause he gets the finish a lot of the time, but I still can’t ever get that excited to watch him fight. Lamas is kind’ve the same way for me
 
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