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Marcus Brimage was really a 135 and ended up going 7-8 in his career. No disrespect, he just was a gimme fight for Conor. Brimage only won 1 more fight his entire career.
Max Holloway was 21 years old and a UFC journeymen at the time. Looks good on paper, but it wasnt that great of a victory.
Diego Brandao was a good finisher, definitely a higher level win compared to the first 2, but ultimately is a journeyman who went 28-21.
Dustin was a solid win, but we all know what happened when Dustin moved up.
He fought a past prime Siver, who was a step down in competition. Siver went on to fight 2 more times and fought Kawajiri and beat an ancient BJ Penn.
Conor had an entire training camp for Aldo who got injured. Chad steps in on 2 weeks notice and nearly beats Conor.
Flash KO'ing Aldo was his greatest victory. He ducked the rematch, but this was a top tier win.
Gets completely embarrassed by Nate Diaz. Looking back at this, this is humiliating as Diaz was barely a top 10 fighter. A double champ lost to a mediocre fighter in Diaz.
The rematch was just as embarrassing. He literally ran the entire fight and eked out a decision after playing it safe.
His performance over Eddie was really good, but Eddie is the least relevant LW champ in UFC history. Another stylistic match-up that worked in his favor.
Gets Smashed by Khabib.
Gets another gimme easy fight against grandpa Cerrone.
Gets smashed by Dustin twice and breaks his leg.
His wins over Aldo and Eddie are quality wins without a doubt, but the rest of his career was getting beat by better guys or beating cans and journeyman.
Max Holloway was 21 years old and a UFC journeymen at the time. Looks good on paper, but it wasnt that great of a victory.
Diego Brandao was a good finisher, definitely a higher level win compared to the first 2, but ultimately is a journeyman who went 28-21.
Dustin was a solid win, but we all know what happened when Dustin moved up.
He fought a past prime Siver, who was a step down in competition. Siver went on to fight 2 more times and fought Kawajiri and beat an ancient BJ Penn.
Conor had an entire training camp for Aldo who got injured. Chad steps in on 2 weeks notice and nearly beats Conor.
Flash KO'ing Aldo was his greatest victory. He ducked the rematch, but this was a top tier win.
Gets completely embarrassed by Nate Diaz. Looking back at this, this is humiliating as Diaz was barely a top 10 fighter. A double champ lost to a mediocre fighter in Diaz.
The rematch was just as embarrassing. He literally ran the entire fight and eked out a decision after playing it safe.
His performance over Eddie was really good, but Eddie is the least relevant LW champ in UFC history. Another stylistic match-up that worked in his favor.
Gets Smashed by Khabib.
Gets another gimme easy fight against grandpa Cerrone.
Gets smashed by Dustin twice and breaks his leg.
His wins over Aldo and Eddie are quality wins without a doubt, but the rest of his career was getting beat by better guys or beating cans and journeyman.