He's only been taken down like 6/26 times IIRC in the UFC. Of those 6 successful takedowns 5 were from a level change in the middle, and only 1 against the cage (after 24:30 minutes of fighting and 6 successfully defended ones too).
Conor is much better at defending clinch and cage based takedowns.
The vast majority of those were from Nate who is notoriously bad at taking people down. He is the only one who tried to take him down against the cage.
Eddie went for takedowns in the clinch and was stuffed just like I said Conor is best at, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here.
No, Eddie shot for doubles in the center of the cage, was stuffed, and immediately broke off of the clinch when they failed. He didn't try to take Conor down against the cage.
Uhhh what? Going for a guillotine instead of sitting there is literally what led to the end of the fight as Conor used it to escape back to his feet and then KO'd Mendes seconds later lol.
Mendes had his best success sitting in Conor's guard raining down punches. Chad still got elbowed badly by Conor so he didn't entirely do great, but it's when he tried to advance position or go for submissions that Conor repeatedly got back to his feet.
No Mendes' issue was staying in guard. He gassed himself out trying to out muscle Conor in guard and ended up absorbing elbows and wasting energy. If he tried to pass guard without going for a sub he would have dealt more damage and conserved more gas.
Staying in Conor's guard is the exact reason why Mendes gassed and by extension why he lost.
Nate went for a guillotine he himself said should've tapped Conor and Conor instead escaped it. He then countered the escape into full mount during Conor's escape. Conor rolled and Diaz managed to roll with it to take his back. It's then literally the impact from a punch by Diaz as he maintained position on Conor's back that created the space necessary to get his arm under the neck and get the choke. It's not that Conor did anything wrong there, it's that Diaz showed why he is a 2nd degree black belt with the most submissions in LW history.
Conor is good at scrambles and transitions. He's not so good when his opponent loads up in their chosen position.
Conor has only been held in one position by Mendes and he did well like that. It allowed Conor to trap Mendesin place and defend obvious openings.
When Nate quickly transitioned and attacked as he transitioned it prevented Conor from defending well. Thus, transitioning and attacking is a much better plan
Khabib isn't the blueprint perfect grappler to matchup with Conor's grappling deficiencies like Sherdoggers seem to think he is (or more likely parrot he is). His best shot at taking down Conor is a shot and Khabib instead gets most of his takedowns by chainwrestling. His best shot at beating up Conor on the ground is by achieving a position and maintaining it and Khabib instead tries to advance or get submissions. Doesn't mean that might make any difference at all though but it is worth acknowledging.
Conor has shown no experience defending the types of trips and throws that Khabib employs (Nate tried to foce doubles while Conor was pinned against the cage so don't even pretend like that applies). Nor has Conor dealt with a persistent chain wrestler of Khabib's caliber.
Khabib has shown to be extremely capable at maintaining positions and doing damage from anywhere while threatening subs and GnP. He is also a master of limb trapping which limits routes for escape and defense.
Khabib is the best style to beat Conor at LW BY FAR. He has more tools than anyone else and more than enough means to get him down.
You only believe this (or pretend to believe this) due to a lack of info. Conor lacks experience on the ground against grapplers like Khabib.
