Didn't even compete in MMA even though he was healthy the whole time.
Because he fought in the biggest event in combat history instead.
Alvarez, who Conor beat, got whooped by Poirier taking away from the status of that win.
Alvarez turned the fight around before the DQ and had Poirier down and nearly out (which is the only reason the knee even happened), and Poirier quit precisely because he thought he'd get a DQ.
Then Poirier came back and whooped Pettis. And Alvarez whooped top 5 Gaethje.
Keep hating.
He has lost 2/4 competitions
So what is it? Does his boxing match not count, or does it only count when you want to hate on him?
You can't say he hasn't competed all year as a knock against him, and then bring up the loss to Floyd as knock against him.
will quite possibly be the underdog (to nondelusional people) in most possible matchups returning to MMA.
The delusional ones are the ones saying he'd be the underdog when he returns. Here's the top 5
- Tony has terrible defence and gets hurt in almost every fight, while having poor wrestling
- Khabib legitimately could kill Conor IF Conor doesn't KO him quickly as Khabib equally has poor striking
- We all saw what Conor already did to Eddie.
- Barboza is an absolute standup killer, who deals terribly with pressure, and Conor is a pressure fighter who wants to fight standing up
- Justin is an incredibly sloppy striker, who while is an amazing wrestler, does not want to use it
Conor will be a favourite or a small underdog over anybody he's facing at LW. His worst possible matchup would be an amazing wrestler with great striking, and that doesn't exist among the contenders (but does exist if he wants to face GSP or Tyron)
