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By conors very own logic he is not the real 155 lb champ.
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I disagree. Max has gotten a lot better since the first fight, both grappling and striking. How do you gas from someones size if one of the two only grappling exchanges occurred in the finishing sequence of the fight? They only grappled twice.
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Im taking it you have never fought or sparred a guy longer and bigger ? It wears youbout man because you have to be tense / on all the time . Max doesnt have the size to push conor back so conor can be more relaxed and push the pace .
Max has gotten better but he is still better in zero aspects same as the first fight and he will be the smaller man . He wont knock conor out he wont be stronger to out grapple him and cant kick compared to conor , i guess if they hit the mat and max got the better postion he could get a sub . But thats his only chance imo
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By a guy who walks around at over 170... Conor has the ability to cut weight to damn near death status.
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LOL as if Conor would have fought Frankie if he won
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So if conor would win again because he won the first time, then duffy and that flyweight would win again since they tapped him out the first time, right? I guess fighters cant change and improve
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I was talking about the dismantling Max part, and I have no issue with him regarding himself as the champ champ, no one else has to, but of course he's gonna.
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THIS is a perfect example of how to rack up almost 10k posts in just over a year lol... Being a casual doesn't excuse you from failing to providing substance to your argument.
By your logic everyone from Tito Ortiz to Jon Jones are PAPER CHAMPS because Frank Shamrock NEVER lost the BELT when he left the UFC.
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If you don't defend the title, you are in no way the champion.
It isn't about just winning the belt, you have to remain the champ. In no way is Conor the champ
It isn't about just winning the belt, you have to remain the champ. In no way is Conor the champ
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LOL
that's not only biased opinion, but a stupid one at best.
Conor did not climb through the rankings to fight Aldo.
He leapfrogged the competition, much like he did at LW.
If he had cleaned up, no one would say anything. But he didn't even defend it ONCE.
He FORFEITED the belt when he refused to defend it for over a year while healthy.
Max is the new FW champ.
The funny thing is that Conor didn't even climb through the LW rankings, and again refused to defend the belt for a year already (whole healthy).
He must defend or he won't be the LW champ either. Just a loudmouth who got a gifted title shot.
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Cleaned house? Like Brimage/Porier/Brandao?
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If Conor wanted to defend the belt he'd have defended it.
That's how it works.
You don't get to do a Kalib Starnes with the belt and call yourself champ.
Duh. That's why Conor was stripped days after beating that can Alvarez.
That's how it works.
You don't get to do a Kalib Starnes with the belt and call yourself champ.
Duh. That's why Conor was stripped days after beating that can Alvarez.
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LMFAO
, Poirier, Siver, Mendes isn't a respectable route? I know Mendes was an interm and he got the shot after Siver but still Mendes fight should've sealed the deal.
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Siver was ranked #13... until he accepted to fight Conor. Then he was bumped to #10.
From there, Conor jumped to fight Aldo.
The fact you know Conor fought Mendes with a full camp (while Mendes had none) should obviously be a point you would consider... if you were not such a dishonest nuthugger.
Like I said, if he had (at the very least) defended against Frankie, not many people would have an issue with it.
But he did not. So my point stands.
Gifted title shot.
Refusal to defend for over a year (while completely healthy)
move to LW
Rinse, repeat./..
He FORFEITED the FW belt.
If he does not defend, he will FORFEIT the LW as well.
And I have no problem with that. Life goes on. It's not like Conor didn't receive anything for his troubles. He had millions of reasons to not defend. So I understand why he did it.
But you can't eat the cake and have it too, and that is what he is trying to talk (and you are falling for it).
I do think whoever is the champion is so deservingly.
No one can force Conor to defend the belt. But titles have expiration dates. and at FW, they expired long ago.
Max is the new king. Long live the king!!!
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He didn't really clean house .. beat a dominate champ . Best probably the #3 guy at the time in mendes . Didn't have to fight Frankie, Cub Lamas KZ to name a few . Defiantly made the best of his opportunities tho
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Plus, Max has been nothing but respectful of Conor.
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Blessed beats Harvey Wippleman in a rematch.
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I'd like to see them fight again at some point, Max was so young and very raw in that first fight. would be fun to see them fight now.
