2013-2016 Conor is the greatest peak fighter I've ever seen in MMA

[Crash-override]

Max was coming off a loss to Bermudez and a underwhelming split decision to Leonard fucking Garcia. Idiots need to stop pretending Max was a great fighter when Conor beat him

So he just magically turned it around right after the conor fight? Get off it bro, he was already improving. You guys make it sound like max absolutely sucked and that's the only reason conor won.

Yea max was so terrible back then if conor did not tear his acl he would of knocked max out right? Preferable eye roll!!

 

[ChickenBrother]

Even his wins against Aldo and Alvarez were suspect. Stacking promotional weight against his opponents.

Fans of Conor “Corner Cutter” McGregor are going to have to come to terms with the truth of his manufactured greatness if they want to publicly celebrate his legacy.

Lol can't disagree with any of this but I do give the man credit for delivering in his fights, which of course is the hardest part. That said, he made Aldo and Alvarez look easy. Although he beat them fairly squarely, he benefited from favored son treatment from the UFC comparable only to Lesnar MAYBE and likely more.

Agree. I think the guy who called it “smoke and mirrors” was a little harsh, because there are not many fighters who could have stopped short notice Mendes, Aldo and Eddie like that. Like you said, McGregor was clearly a phenom and it’s hard to argue with the performances.

You do have to wonder how many other guys would have been capable of a run like that had the company rolled out the carpet for them in the same way. Off the top of my head…. Topuria? Arman? Fiziev? Zabit?

I really think McG was lightning in a bottle. Right place, right time, right product. His style and trash talk was gold for casuals. I think Topuria is a star in the making but if the UFC were so inclined, they could provide that treatment to a lot of grapplers who could win the belt - Arman being one of them. Even someone like Khabib was obviously a contender on the rise but the UFC didn't treat him as a serious contender until he TKOed Horcher and then beat Johnson pillar to post before subbing him. If it were only about winning, everyone would fight like Fitch but of course there's no money in it for the UFC to promote someone like that.

To his credit, McG is one of the few fighters who could consistently clown top guys in the stand up. His wins over Aldo, Alvarez and even Cerrone looked comparable to Anderson's dominance. But of course Andy's was way more impressive being a crazy streak of title defenses vs. McG who never defended.

 

[Poatan Power]

His rise to stardom was pretty remarkable. A combination of marketing, talent, skill, work ethic, back story, etc. that is rarely put together at the right times to produce a story like his. Rags to riches.

Not everyone will appreciate it but that's okay.

 

[Crash-override]

Sure and Conor didn't improve since losing to Artemij Sitenkov.

My God, that was his 3rd fight and he was 18, grasping at straws much?

 

[suffersystem]

It was conors 16th fight and max 10th fight not much difference. Add in that conor tore his acl and fought 1 1/2 rds seriously injured they were very equal in expirence and talent. Also consider max won 10 plus fights right after that loss, I know what I'm watching how about you?

It was Dustin's 20th fight and he had been fighting and beating top 10 ufc talent for years and was in the top 5 of feather weight. Again I know what I'm watching do you?

Dustin still fights exactly the same just is more durable due to less of weight cut

The highest Poirier has ever been ranked was #10, and that was going into this fight. According to fight Matrix anyways. He went from #12 to #10 before this one, then dropped down to #16 and went to LW soon after.

Was he really a top 5 FW beating top tens for years?

 

[Crash-override]

The highest Poirier has ever been ranked was #10, and that was going into this fight. According to fight Matrix anyways. He went from #12 to #10 before this one, then dropped down to #16 and went to LW soon after.

Was he really a top 5 FW beating top tens for years?

He was a top 5 fw and was in wec first and yes had been top ten for years before conor fight. He was in wec in 2010 and fought conor in 4th quarter of 2014

To prove my point he was a top 5 featherweight here is a article right before the fight. Guess I can't link it just Google ufc 178 and bleacher report

Conor #9 and Dustin #5 I remember all this like yesterday bro

 

[suffersystem]

He was a top 5 fw and was in wec first and yes had been top ten for years before conor fight. He was in wec in 2010 and fought conor in 4th quarter of 2014

To prove my point he was a top 5 featherweight here is a article right before the fight. Guess I can't link it just Google ufc 178 and bleacher report

Conor #9 and Dustin #5 I remember all this like yesterday bro

Found the old UFC rankings yes Dustin was #5 and Conor #9, well done bro, I def conced defeat. Just never seen him ranked that high on the other sites so didn't think he got up to #5 in UFC rankings either

 

[dcthegod]

I love “super short notice” mendes and “not only short notice, wasn’t even in the gym” like he didn’t fight and beat Ricardo llamas 3 months prior. Like he was an ex fighter coming off the couch after a longgggg layoff. Such trumped up bullshit. Didn’t mcgregor have half a leg during that fight too? Wasn’t he training to fight a completely different fighter and was given the same amount of time to prepare for mended as mended was given to prepare for him?

 

[The Last King]

His run was incredible. Def one of the best runs ever. Slept Aldo in 13 seconds when Aldo was still in his 20s. Then moved up a weight class and humiliated Eddie who took the LW belt from peak RDA via stoppage. Love him or hate him but that run was impressive.

 

[P4p Islam]

I know Conor is a joke nowadays but sometimes it's hard to remember just how good he was at his peak when he took fighting seriously and didn't have all the money and fame he does today.

From 2013 to 2016 Conor went on an insane run beating Holloway, Poirier, Mendes, Aldo, Diaz, and Alvarez all while becoming the first double champ. What's even crazier is that in that period he missed a year after tearing his ACL, but came back and picked up like he never left. It was truly an unreal run, and seems almost fabricated when compared to the washed up drunk he is today. 2013-2016 Conor is as good as it will ever get in the UFC.

Who is bj penn?

 

[ifindgifsforjackslack]

There was a time when I thought damn Conor really is as good as his shit talk but then his contract with the devil ran out and he started losing and getting in trouble.

he was actually probably exactly good as his shit talk. good once or twice but then overplayed and overrated

 

[Mike]

Cool, you should watch more mma.

 

[JarlSkuld]

Absolutely not. This thread is ridiculous. But...I welcome it! Please, more of these dumbass threads. At least the Fedor cult is replaced with the Conor cult...and Conor actually fought in the UFC. Great!

Jarl

 

[gimmick122]

It's the greatest rise to stardom. Not the greatest peak.

DJ, Jose Aldo, GSP, Anderson Silva, Fedor, Jon Jones, etc. had peaks (fighting the best, considered the best) that lasted and grew over many more years.

 

[infokuss]

I know Conor is a joke nowadays but sometimes it's hard to remember just how good he was at his peak when he took fighting seriously and didn't have all the money and fame he does today.

From 2013 to 2016 Conor went on an insane run beating Holloway, Poirier, Mendes, Aldo, Diaz, and Alvarez all while becoming the first double champ. What's even crazier is that in that period he missed a year after tearing his ACL, but came back and picked up like he never left. It was truly an unreal run, and seems almost fabricated when compared to the washed up drunk he is today. 2013-2016 Conor is as good as it will ever get in the UFC.

gtfo you filthy despicable casual

 

[chimpoehurricane]

I know Conor is a joke nowadays but sometimes it's hard to remember just how good he was at his peak when he took fighting seriously and didn't have all the money and fame he does today. From 2013 to 2016 Conor went on an insane run beating Holloway, Poirier, Mendes, Aldo, Diaz, and Alvarez all while becoming the first double champ. What's even crazier is that in that period he missed a year after tearing his ACL, but came back and picked up like he never left. It was truly an unreal run, and seems almost fabricated when compared to the washed up drunk he is today. 2013-2016 Conor is as good as it will ever get in the UFC.

It's a shame. He became a meme and a influencer part time fighter.

No fighter has been more exciting.

 

[haj02]

So he just magically turned it around right after the conor fight? Get off it bro, he was already improving. You guys make it sound like max absolutely sucked and that's the only reason conor won.

Yea max was so terrible back then if conor did not tear his acl he would of knocked max out right? Preferable eye roll!!

He didn't magically turn it round, he started to improve and was steadily fed the right level of fighter. At the point Conor beat him, it wasn't a particularly impressive win. Just like when Sitenkov beat Conor, it wasn't a particularly impressive win.

 

[Crash-override]

He didn't magically turn it round, he started to improve and was steadily fed the right level of fighter. At the point Conor beat him, it wasn't a particularly impressive win. Just like when Sitenkov beat Conor, it wasn't a particularly impressive win.

No, you clearly were not watching when they fought each other they were in similar positions and it was a good win.
if he was as low level as you make it sound max wouldn't have been fighting top ten Dustin a few fights before the conor match up. Max was borderline top ten way back then, I can tell a lot you were either not watching or smoke a lot of pot and forgot. Most of you guys regurgitate other people's opinions that aren't the truth when the matchup was made.

Yes, the win aged very well but again like Poirier it's not like his style changed at all.

Max was ranked in that fight and conor was not so they were very close in talent and experience that's why the fight was made bro

 

[haj02]

No, you clearly were not watching when they fought each other they were in similar positions and it was a good win.
if he was as low level as you make it sound max wouldn't have been fighting top ten Dustin a few fights before the conor match up. Max was borderline top ten way back then, I can tell a lot you were either not watching or smoke a lot of pot and forgot. Most of you guys regurgitate other people's opinions that aren't the truth when the matchup was made.

Yes, the win aged very well but again like Poirier it's not like his style changed at all.

Max was ranked in that fight and conor was not so they were very close in talent and experience that's why the fight was made bro

Max wasn't even ranked in the top 20 and he didn't change his style? So he was already drowning people with volume at that point?

 

[Crash-override]

Max wasn't even ranked in the top 20 and he didn't change his style? So he was already drowning people with volume at that point?

He was ranked 12th, ok then how did he fight back then? It's always been the same style just refined as time passed