Cole Miller and if he had fought Conor...

This brings me to Cole Miller. Had he fought and beat Conor, would he have been a house hold name in the UFC with insane leverage that allows him to choose whatever match up he wants until a rematch with Conor?

No, because Conor wasn't as big as he was when he lost to Nate. He would have had about as much leverage as Joe Duffy.
 
Life is so crazy and so is the MMA. One fight can change a persons legacy. For example, had Karo Parisyan fought and beat Hughes, he could have been a more of a house hold name. Or if Joe Riggs showed more flashes of brilliance, he too could have been considered a prominent fighter in the UFC. Both similar like Diaz bros who don't have the best record but they have significant wins that allowed them to remain in the limelight despite inactivity.

This brings me to Cole Miller. Had he fought and beat Conor, would he have been a house hold name in the UFC with insane leverage that allows him to choose whatever match up he wants until a rematch with Conor?
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damn cole woulda got iced so bad
 
Who ended up taking coles spot?
Diego Brandao

Yup. I remember this. If this fights happens Cole goes onto becoming a 2-weight world champion and boxing Floyd in an absolute war for the ages breaking every PPV record.

MMA’s biggest “what if” of all-time
 
I dunno man, Cole Miller beat Junie Browning when he was coming off TUF (granted in retrospect Junie sucked but he was at least talked about) to go 4-1 in the UFC and still no one seemed to give much of a fuck about him lol.
 
lmao cole would have gotten sparked, and probably faded into obscurity even faster than he already has.


pulling out cause of an injured thumb? conor fought poirier with a jacked thumb, cole is a goof.
 
If cm punk could beat stipe I think his mma popularity would rise as well
 
Cole always felt like a poor-man’s Lauzon, to me

A Pepey to his Do Bronx

A Bektic to his Khabib
 
I know thinking everyone is a bad match up for conor is the thing to do, but seriously? Cold got worked by siler and Bruce Leroy. He wasn’t beating conor.
 
Is this serious? Cole lost a stand-up fight to Steve Siler. He has no wrestling and a bad chin. The guy who fought Conor instead, Diego Brandao is a better, more dangerous fighter than Cole. No one Conor fought except Nate had their life changed. And he's level better than Cole with a much better chin.
 
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Is this serious? Cole last a stand-up fight to Steve Siler. He has no wrestling and a bad chin. The guy who fought Conor instead, Diego Brandao is a better, more dangerous fighter than Cole. No one Conor fought except Nate had their life changed. And he's level better than Cole with a much better chin.
Aldo’s life certainly changed in loss
 
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