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Originally Posted by Swiiftx
Whoa, the replay, wtf is Bader thinking, close to 2 m away, he rushes Machida with a right hand like he has no respect for Machida. Had it coming.
Well he had to try something or he was going to get 30-27'd landing zero offense. He's just not good enough to fight guys of Jones/Machida's caliber. Honestly, outside of Shogun having a decent chance against Machida (i'll be taking Machida in the rubber match though @ evens or better) I don't think any LHW has a real chance over Machida or Jones. We saw what happened to Evans against both of them. Machida got robbed against Rampage, and landed the only significant offense of the fight and would have won easily over 5 rounds.
The only other guy who has any chance at all is Gustaffson simply because he's a tall good striker who offers something different.
If Shogun wins and ends up with the title shot, Machida/Gustaffson in a #1 contender bout has the potential to be amazing.