Before the "Moved up 2 divisions" narrative really gets going, let's really look at it.

[Dart Feld]

Conor(even prior to tonight) had more LW fights than FW fights. He looks like a refugee at FW weigh ins. Nate has never been relevant at WW and returned to LW years ago. What went down tonight was 2 LWs fighting without dehydration. They were likely within 5 lbs. of each other.

Giving props to Conor for accepting the opponent change on short notice is still valid but any attempt to explain away tonight's loss by pretending the weight issue was anything other than what was outlined above is a huge reach.


Nate deserves all the props he can get for his performance w/o a full camp. First to rock Conor in his career and the stopped his huge streak while becoming the first person to beat/finish McGregor in the UFC.

 

[Minnja]

Props to Conor for accepting a late fight and doing it at a weight class above 155. That said- it's very clear they wanted to minimize the loss if he were to actually lose. Even though Nate is typically at 155 and has the most success tehre, you better believe that the UFC will keep calling it a WW fight and trying to put it as Conor losing to someone 2 weight classes above him.

 

[UFCfan91]

Props to Conor for accepting a late fight and doing it at a weight class above 155. That said- it's very clear they wanted to minimize the loss if he were to actually lose. Even though Nate is typically at 155 and has the most success tehre, you better believe that the UFC will keep calling it a WW fight and trying to put it as Conor losing to someone 2 weight classes above him.

when in reality he lost to a lightweight who was knowhere near a title shot in the division conor was supposed to move up to and dominate

 

[MRDOG]

I thought Nate was clearly bigger than Conor. That being said .. Conor had the advantage going into this fight. Full training camp out weighs a small size advantage when the other guy didn`t have a camp... Great win for Nate.

 

[Po]

Conor(even prior to tonight) had more LW fights than FW fights. He looks like a refugee at FW weigh ins. Nate has never been relevant at WW and returned to LW years ago. What went down tonight was 2 LWs fighting without dehydration. They were likely within 5 lbs. of each other.

Giving props to Conor for accepting the opponent change on short notice is still valid but any attempt to explain away tonight's loss by pretending the weight issue was anything other than what was outlined above is a huge reach.


Nate deserves all the props he can get for his performance w/o a full camp. First to rock Conor in his career and the stopped his huge streak while becoming the first person to beat/finish McGregor in the UFC.

He probably bulked a bit more than he usually does for fw fights.
I'm sure he cuts a lot of water weight for fw but I bet there was a muscle and diet component too.

The added muscle could have throw his cardio out of sync if he isn't used to carrying it around.

 

[QcChopper]

Props to Conor for accepting a late fight and doing it at a weight class above 155. That said- it's very clear they wanted to minimize the loss if he were to actually lose. Even though Nate is typically at 155 and has the most success tehre, you better believe that the UFC will keep calling it a WW fight and trying to put it as Conor losing to someone 2 weight classes above him.

No, when Nate was called to take the fight on short notice, HE was the one who said (paraphrasing) "I'll fight him but I am not cutting weight on short notice, I'll fight him at 170"

Anyway this was a 155 lbs fight even though it technically happened at 170

 

[wlu29]

Bottom line is Conor is a natural 155 and fought a natural 155 in nate diaz

 

[UFCfan91]

He probably bulked a bit more than he usually does for fw fights.
I'm sure he cuts a lot of water weight for fw but I bet there was a muscle and diet component too.

The added muscle could have throw his cardio out of sync if he isn't used to carrying it around.

conor gassed against mendes as well

he was exhausted by the end of that fight

fortunately mendes gassed even quicker due to lack of preperation

 

[Beastman09]

Lets dispell this myth. Its not moving up two division. Basically he is/was LW that didn't do a weight cut