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Benson has had quite the career. First off he was the former WEC champ, and had two wins over Cowboy. Then beat Jim Miller and Clay Guida before getting his title shot against Frankie Edgar. After winning the title from Edgar he rematches him and beats him again. Twice, the man beat prime Frankie 2x! So then he defends against Nate Diaz and Gilbert Melendez before finally losing to Pettis.
Anybody who knows anything about MMA surely has to respect that type of run. Is there any way Conor can compare? Was Conor's path to the title comparable? What will his first 3 defenses look like? Can he make 3 title defenses?
IMO Benson was a solid champ and his championship legacy is only comparable to BJ and Frankie. I don't see Conor having the same success he did at lw as he did at FW. He beat Eddie Alvarez who was good but on a side note Eddie is also the only UFC champ to never have successfully defended his title at least once, So basically he beat the UFC's weakest champ ever to get the title.
Anybody who knows anything about MMA surely has to respect that type of run. Is there any way Conor can compare? Was Conor's path to the title comparable? What will his first 3 defenses look like? Can he make 3 title defenses?
IMO Benson was a solid champ and his championship legacy is only comparable to BJ and Frankie. I don't see Conor having the same success he did at lw as he did at FW. He beat Eddie Alvarez who was good but on a side note Eddie is also the only UFC champ to never have successfully defended his title at least once, So basically he beat the UFC's weakest champ ever to get the title.