This just further confirms that Cowboy took a dive. The Conor nuthuggers don’t see it that way though, they see Conor beat a better than ever 110% hungry prime Cowboy with a 20lb weight advantage.
Well, they have to exagerate to compensate for all the Conor non-fanboys who claim Cowboy took a dive.
I understand their plea, since I recently had to defend Fedor's KO of Rampage, when the same people who predicted an easy KO win for Jackson, "terrible match-up for the Russian, one jab and it's over, Fedor is done -andwasneverthatgoodtobeginwith-" were now claiming that Rampage was just another bum who never stood a chance.
Sure, Rampage & Cerrone looked terrible in these fights, but when haters hold Fedor & Conor responsible ("dem fights wuz done fixed!"), nuthuggers strike back.
The only thing that is understandably annoying is how McGregor is getting a title shot (in another weight class against a dude he just got dominated by) from that performance, instead of just being a random WW bout with no official ranking consequences.
Then again, who knows? If Conor is hurting for cash at some point and decides to write his autobiographie Matt Hughes style, aka holding nothing back, I hope plenty of juicy Dana Deals will be revealed, legal consequences be damned
(I myself thought that the Chad Mendes bout looked fishier that the Cerrone one, so I'm obviously no expert)