Conor McGregor was only a Top Fighter for 2 years. And that was 3 years ago.

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Let that sink in.


He first headlined a fight card against Diego Brandao in 2014. His last UFC win, against Eddie Alvarez, was in 2016. And that's it friends! That's all there was. 2 years.

For the past 3 years he has gotten destroyed by Khabib, embarassed in a circus type boxing match, cheated on and embarassed his girlfriend, and broken a lot of laws.

This guy is not an elite level athlete. He's a guy that was very good for a short period of time, but now is a TMZ Headline.
 
if you can't beat Nate Diaz then you're not elite, elite fighters beat Nate Diaz
 
The only A-level athletes in the UFC are Romero and Paulo Costa
 
AS much as I dislike the guy you gotta hand it to him , He came in and did what he wanted to accomplish in such a short period of time , Probably a good thing considering the draw backs from having a long career ( CTE and other injuries ) .
 
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He hasn't done much lately, this much is true.

He lost vs Khabib. True.

Besides that he's got one of the more impressive resumes in MMA.
 
He’s been busy collecting L’s lately...

Inside and outside the octagon...
 
loisestrad said:
Besides that he's got one of the more impressive resumes in MMA.
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See this is the problem. How? How does he have an impressive resume? People make statements like that, without even thinking it through. Then other people just believe it.

The guy has zero title defenses, and only a handful of top 5 wins. And when you look even closer, the resume gets weaker. Being that Mendes took the fight on a weeks notice, and so did Nate.
 
Conor and Ronda were from an era where people they fought had delayed reactions to strikes.
 
BoD 2.0 said:
See this is the problem. How? How does he have an impressive resume?

The guy has zero title defenses, and only a handful of top 5 wins. And when you look even closer, the resume gets weaker. Being that Mendes took the fight on a weeks notice, and so did Nate.
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First double champ, beat P4P GOAT Aldo like it was nothing, beat Alvarez (who was presented as a stylistically tough match, do you even know who he is ...), beat Holloway, Poirier, beat Nate.

It's a pretty great resume.
 
BoD 2.0 said:
See this is the problem. How? How does he have an impressive resume? People make statements like that, without even thinking it through. Then other people just believe it.

The guy has zero title defenses, and only a handful of top 5 wins. And when you look even closer, the resume gets weaker. Being that Mendes took the fight on a weeks notice, and so did Nate.
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He has some really good names on there, but he has some asterisks such as Holloway being 16 and Chad rolling off the couch.
 
loisestrad said:
First double champ, beat P4P GOAT Aldo like it was nothing, beat Alvarez (who was presented as a stylistically tough match, do you even know who he is ...), beat Holloway, Poirier, beat Nate.

It's a pretty great resume.
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Aldo is a great win (though he did have a 14 month layoff).
Alvarez lost against Cerrone (among many others), so is that truly a great win?
Holloway took the fight on short notice, was coming off a loss against Bermudez, and was 7-2; was that truly a great win?
McGregor cheated against Poirier.
A win over Nate Diaz (and an arguable win at that) doesn't make your resume impressive.
 
He wasn't on top after beating Brandao by any means. Conor wasn't seen as a top fighter until the Mendes fight. No-one thought Conor would achieve what he achieved after beating Brandao and Dennis Siver.
 
Dana needs to hire someone to keep Conor in line. Conor is a thug with some talent for fighting.
 
acannxr said:
Aldo is a great win (though he did have a 14 month layoff).
Alvarez lost against Cerrone (among many others), so is that truly a great win?
Holloway took the fight on short notice, was coming off a loss against Bermudez, and was 7-2, was that truly a great win?
McGregor cheated against Poirier.
A win over Nate Diaz (and an arguable win at that) doesn't make your resume impressive.
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I'm not a Conor fan but Alvarez was the champ so yes it was a good win.

He beat Poirier fairly and the Max fight looking back was a good win, the same way it'd have been for Max if he won.

You can't make excuses for any of those losses for those fighters that's ridiculous.
 
acannxr said:
Aldo is a great win (though he did have a 14 month layoff).
Alvarez lost against Cerrone (among many others), so is that truly a great win?
Holloway took the fight on short notice, was coming off a loss against Bermudez, and was 7-2; was that truly a great win?
McGregor cheated against Poirier.
A win over Nate Diaz (and an arguable win at that) doesn't make your resume impressive.
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You can do that with just about EVERY single fighter out there. No resume is truly impressive cuz there are always things to be said to counter that.

Look at Stipe beating DC. DC won the first rounds, so Stipe basically lost.

Who cares. I don't even dispute that Conor hasn't done much lately.
 
sampuncher said:
I'm not a Conor fan but Alvarez was the champ so yes it was a good win.
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It was as good a win as GSP defeating Bisping.

sampuncher said:
He beat Poirier fairly
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No, he didn't; McGregor punched Poirier on the back of the head multiple times (not in transition) in plain view of the ref.

sampuncher said:
and the Max fight looking back was a good win
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No, it wasn't. People act like the Holloway back then is the Holloway fighting now.

sampuncher said:
You can't make excuses for any of those losses for those fighters that's ridiculous.
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They're not excuses, it's context.
 
acannxr said:
It was as good a win as GSP defeating Bisping.


No, he didn't; McGregor punched Poirier on the back of the head multiple times (not in transition) in plain view of the ref.


No, it wasn't. People act like the Holloway back then is the Holloway fighting now.


They're not excuses, it's context.
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They're excuses.
 
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