Remember when Conor starched Aldo and people thought CM was invincible?
Remember Conor lost his next fight and people said he was overrated?
Remember when Conor won the rematch and then became the LW champion and people again are saying he's invincible?
My point: perception changes from fight to fight. When people were clamouring for that fight Weidman was undefeated and had just beaten Maia, Munoz, Anderson x 2, Lyoto, and Vitor in that order. It actually made sense at the time but I would call it more of a really good matchup rather than super fight.