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I mean 125er jokes aside I'd have him as the #2 guy at 135 ever and if he won a rematch more clearly he'd probably be #1 again so yes he's obviously credible, As far as Faber goes yeah I do think he had clearly been looking worse before the 3rd time Dom and very few people felt he deserved that title fight, it was basically setup for a trilogy and to give Cruz an easy defence, the only wins Faber had close to that fight were against not very relevant fighters, Alex Caceres 2 years before was probably his last good win.
TJ rocked Barao badly in the first round and then beat him up for the rest of the fight when he was not fully recovered from it(Barao himself claimed to have no memory of much of the fight didn't he?) before finishing late. The fight before that Barao was doing what Cruz couldn't do in 10 rounds in 1 round finishing Faber.
This is probably the most clear case of soul stealing in MMA history I would say.
Head to head, on 2 reconstructed knees, Dom beat TJ. There is just no argument that erases that win.