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Since I've been seeing so many various scattered posts of people giving crap to Conor for not defending the 145 belt, I'm gonna lay out why I don't think that matters, and McGregor actually chose a harder path for himself.
McGregor beat a lot of really good people on his way to the belt:
Aldo, Mendes, Poirier, and Holloway.
If Conor stuck around at 145, he'd probably rematch Aldo, he'd face Frankie Edgar, Max Holloway again, and assuming he's gonna stick long-term he'd face some of the new generation like Ortega, and volkanovski.
I think Conor easily beats Aldo in a rematch (he's longer, bigger, and Aldo's chin was pretty bad after he lost to Mcgregor that first time). I think he beats Max at 145 but it might be interesting, probably beats Frankie the same way he beats Mendez.
Maybe he'd get a challenge out of volkanovski but that wouldn't be until much later and after many title defenses.
I think Conor took a much harder path than sticking around at 145 by moving up to 170 and fighting Diaz twice, and then 155 to fight Alvarez (people say Alvarez's style was made for him, but no one at 145 was going to pose a bigger challenge). Followed by Khabib and Poirier twice, his move to 170 and 155 presented him with much harder fights (excluding Cerrone but that was basically a tune-up fight).
The easier and safer road for Conor would have been to stick around at 145 and defend his belt.
McGregor beat a lot of really good people on his way to the belt:
Aldo, Mendes, Poirier, and Holloway.
If Conor stuck around at 145, he'd probably rematch Aldo, he'd face Frankie Edgar, Max Holloway again, and assuming he's gonna stick long-term he'd face some of the new generation like Ortega, and volkanovski.
I think Conor easily beats Aldo in a rematch (he's longer, bigger, and Aldo's chin was pretty bad after he lost to Mcgregor that first time). I think he beats Max at 145 but it might be interesting, probably beats Frankie the same way he beats Mendez.
Maybe he'd get a challenge out of volkanovski but that wouldn't be until much later and after many title defenses.
I think Conor took a much harder path than sticking around at 145 by moving up to 170 and fighting Diaz twice, and then 155 to fight Alvarez (people say Alvarez's style was made for him, but no one at 145 was going to pose a bigger challenge). Followed by Khabib and Poirier twice, his move to 170 and 155 presented him with much harder fights (excluding Cerrone but that was basically a tune-up fight).
The easier and safer road for Conor would have been to stick around at 145 and defend his belt.
