Dustin has had a STELLAR career thus far

[bjpenngoat]

he has some big name wins:
Max
Alvarez
Pettis
Gaethje

He has a lot of top 10-15 talent and rising at the time of the fight:
Hooker
Bobby Green
Brandao
Jim Miller

He also has a lot of tough guys not necessarily high level guys but tough outs on any night:
Koch
Yancy
Jospeh Duffy

Thats really good man. He can really go down as an all time great with a few more big wins.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

He's an exciting fighter and from all accounts a good guy. He's also always improving and should be a role model for young fighters.

When he started growing out his hair his career really took off

 

[Doctor Jonah]

Dustin objectively has a superior LW resume to BJ Penn and Takanori Gomi

Easily a top 5 LW of all time, perhaps even top 3

 

[thehighking]

He's one of those guys who put in the work and earned every bit of his success. Nice to see him getting some recognition.

 

[Surveillance State]

He's done a complete 180 since Michael Johnson KO'd him. I remember rooting against him hardcore in that fight because he was being a jerk leading up to it. Since then, he's proven to be a very likable personality. He also went on an absolute tear after that loss, only losing to Khabib since.

 

[gonads20]

A good portion of his legacy will be determined with his next fight with Conor.

 

[bjpenngoat]

michael johnson has had such a weird career. He beats a few huge names and loses so many close calls to average guys.

 

[Fatback96]

Dustin beat Max Holloway before it was in style.

 

[USMCTKD]

First time I took notice was when he out of nowhere beat highly touted Josh Grispi, who was close to getting a title shot at the time. I'm glad his career continued to evolve since and he hasn't looked back.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I hope Dustin wins. He really deserves to sit at the top of the division after all the work hes done across his career

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

First time I took notice was when he out of nowhere beat highly touted Josh Grispi, who was close to getting a title shot at the time. I'm glad his career continued to evolve since and he hasn't looked back.

Agreed. He was an exciting "meh" fighter for a long while. We all knew and like him (his fights), but I don't think that many people would have thought he'd be, as the OP says, so stellar lately. I'm rooting for him.

 

[TheBulge]

Most impressive is how he beats them. Often times at their own game like against Holloway and Justin.

 

[Bad Karate]

Yes he has. It is ok to not be the greatest ever contrary to sherdog belief. He still has nothing for Conor.

 

[RemyR]

I still can’t believe he out brawled Justin Gaethje

 

[bladewister]

Someone's gotta fettish for Dumbo ears . . .

 

[Joseph_McBride]

The CDF win looks pretty great in retrospect as well

 

[markg171]

Sure, and there's been lots of fighters like that.

First or last baby.

 

[Substance Abuse]

He's lost before. Dude was never good.

 

[Mammothman]

He reminds to Ryan Bader, 2 highly touted guys that were very good but lost against the very best and had a couple of WTF losses, they still worked their ass off and racked an incredible streak with legit names under their names

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

yeh dis kid is guud. displays de skills. dosnt matter, come fyte tyme, heil get countered and fook'd