Will Bader re-sign with the UFC, and does he still hold value????

[Lionheart7167]

Bader's been around awhile. Clearly a name. Did well for himself in Bellator (double champ)

He's older now though and clearly on his way out.

Will the UFC sign him?

If they do who would you like to see him fight? I assume he can only make HW at this point.

 

[Dogshare]

I hope not. Before we know it Bader vs Jones will be announced as the ultimate rematch champ vs champ.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Dana said Yes! but only if he changes his name to "The Master"

 

[Simple Southerner]

No & no

 

[Necrocrawler]

He's on the movie business now

Will portrait Mark Coleman on the upcoming biopic of Mark Kerr

 

[ninja boot]

I wouldn't be surprised if they made him a short term contract offer.
His name recognition alone would be welcomed in a division that is fairly thin on game athletes.

 

[Kungpowking]

No. After getting immediately starched by a 2nd tier guy in PFL. He should just retire and coach. He is simply too slow at this point to compete at the highest levels.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Why would they sign him? His only recent wins are an old Fedor and Kongo and in his last fight he got KO'ed by Renan, the guy Francis just ran through a few months ago. It's either Game bred or GFL at this point where can he fight other washed guys with name value.

 

[Cartiac]

Hell yea, considering the UFC is signing Bellator guys like MVP and Pitbull, there is definitely a place for Bader. I don't think he burned any bridges with the UFC and has fairly recently cornered UFC fighters. I do think any offer would have to be at LHW because there is just nothing at HW, and something like Ryan Bader vs Anthony Smith works on any card

 

[StewDogg11]

Why not? It’s not like Heavyweight is brimming with talent. He’d still be Top 10 material and has a certain level of name value.

 

[Tweak896]

Bring DC out of retirement for Bader, lets give fans what they want

 

[joy2day]

He's too bad even for the UFC HW division, which is saying something.

 

[rjmbrd]

He's about to turn 42 so prepare for Jon Jones demanding to fight him next. He'll call him a heavyweight champion and legend.

 

[tritestill]

Bader should retire, but most fighters fight past when they should.

 

[DoctorStoppage]

No, he’s completely done. His chin was never great but it’s completely shot now.

 

[USA!USA!]

I mean, HWs are all pretty bad.. at HW it would be entertaining.. at LHW nope

 

[jjjjjjjjjjohnny]

Bader's been around awhile. Clearly a name. Did well for himself in Bellator (double champ)

He's older now though and clearly on his way out.

Will the UFC sign him?

If they do who would you like to see him fight? I assume he can only make HW at this point.

highly doubt they would sign him - no value and no return on investment.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

They can feed Tom Jon’s left-overs I guess

Tom’s gonna have to defend that interim 1-2x more

 

[JustOnce]

UFC would never re-sign Bader, I think. He is probably good enough to lay on their top guys, unless they get him out early lol.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

No, he looked shot in the way he approached his last fight. Retire or fight other old people in GFL.