UFC 126 Preview: Jones and Bader Set to Clash
by RearNakedPoke on Oct 27, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
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By way of an appearance on Comcast Sportsnet’s Fight Fix show Dana White has revealed that
A fight between Jon Jones and Ryan Bader will be going ahead in February... The clash will take place on the SuperBowl weekend UFC 126 card on Saturday February 5th.
Whilst this is a fight many fans, myself included, have been clamouring for it will not be proceeded by a title shot for the winner. Instead Dana offered words of caution,
"Jon Jones is obviously the talk of the industry right now. I mean this guy, he’s the whole package. He’s a good-looking kid, he’s smart, he’s incredibly talented, he’s got the size, he’s got the strength.
We’ve had lots of guys come up through the ranks, they look like they were going to be the next big thing, we’ll see if Jon Jones is going to be that guy… He just broke into the top ten, he’s going to take on Ryan Bader, who just beat [Antonio Rogerio] Nogueira. If he gets through that fight then he’s going to fight nothing but the top five."
I for one am super stoked for this fight and put it on the same pedestal as the future Velasquez v Dos Santos match-up. Equally I must say I continue to be super impressed with Dana and Joe Silva for sacking it up and pitting these two prospects against each other. Giving the fans what they want, and the sport what it needs. Answers.
There's going to be a lot of pre-ejaculation over this fight so as shots start firing off around the world, when the actual shots start firing inside the Octagon who you got? I got Jones but like a Bader upset. Y'all?
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i think jon jones wins this pretty easily.
i just hope the handicappers see it differently and give me a -140 jones but i think i would be dreaming if that were the actual odds. what is bader, 12-0? tuf winner and appears to gas a little in the second round everytime i see him fight. jones by tko in early second round.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 29, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions
I'm taking Bader just based on his striking looks better than Jon's
If Jones can’t get Bader down I don’t like his chances, all I’ve seen of his stand up is the Bonnar fight and I wasn’t impressed.
Drink to remember, drink to forget.
by doonerthesooner on Oct 29, 2010 12:30 PM EDT reply actions
i favour Jones by brute force and raw talent but I have wondered about Baders credentials. I mean the dude is no joke either, might not pull the same bandwagon behind him but he sure has promise!
And for all the talk of Baders gas tank isn’t Jon the same guy who struggled in latter rounds against Bonnar with gas? Since then he hasn’t really re-entered those deep waters but much like his team mate Carwin early stoppages don’t mean a gas tank…
I really hope you’ve called this right, and me it wrong. I want to see Bader win this. Badly.
"If Michael Bisping ever addresses me in public comment again, I will bury him where he stands." ~ Chael Sonnen
by RearNakedPoke on Oct 29, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
The biggest question mark for me is Bader's camp, I mean It's his own camp with Aaron Simpson I believe.
They’re both good fighters but i’ts not Jackson’s
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by doonerthesooner on Oct 29, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
great point
i wonder does he travel on top of it, and will managing it have a detrimental effect?
"If Michael Bisping ever addresses me in public comment again, I will bury him where he stands." ~ Chael Sonnen
by RearNakedPoke on Oct 29, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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