Conor have the worst cardio ever in the UFC?

[markg171]

It's not that his cardio is the worst, it's that his heart disappears when a) he's tired and b) people can take his shots.

His power is still the same as ever. Poirier said Conor flash KO'd him in the rematch, but simply never followed up when he was hurt otherwise it would've been another 1st round KO for Conor. As well as that Conor's still the hardest hitting guy he's ever fought. He's also dropped Nate 3x at WW, which nobody else has done in his 4 WW fights since, and KO'd Cowboy at WW. There's no indication his power is gone.

What's changed is that Conor no longer fights like how he used to where there was always a 3rd, 4th, 5th punch lined up so his opponents were constantly getting hit. His power is good and combined with his precision and timing makes it deadlier instead of having Ngannou levels of power, but in reality he was always a pressure/volume fighter. He'd sting a guy and then hit them again immediately while they were already disoriented which is what got him those finishes. People were saying they never knew what hit them because they quite literally didn't see it as he was hitting them while he'd already hurt them. That was his secret.

Nowadays he tries to fight as a hulking bruiser looking for a big punch to put them out as he wants a one punch KO/doesn't want to gas. Instead they get hurt but survive it as there's nothing following up behind it when that's what his level of power needs to be effective. Then he gasses from the extra exertion on bigger punches as well as gets disheartened when fighters absorb his shots.

Like seriously, wtf is this:

He classically Old School Conor baits and catches Dustin clean, making him stumble back. And then he pulls back too instead of pouncing? Of course Dustin survived. Conor doesn't have his old style and finishing intincts.

 

[Canadian Kicker]

This is the same guy that went to a 5 round decision with Nate?

Not saying Connor's cardio is elite but lets face it, there are lots that would not be able to pull that off.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Justin gassed in a single round against Khabib.

His cardio is just okay. He's by no means some cardio god.

His cardio is far beyond “just ok” to do what he did to Tony Ferguson. If you think his cardio is “just ok” then answer this question: have you ever competed, not trained, but competed in a combat sport?

 

[markg171]

His cardio is far beyond “just ok” to do what he did to Tony Ferguson. If you think his cardio is “just ok” then answer this question: have you ever competed, not trained, but competed in a combat sport?

Against Tony Justin only landed 143/197 strikes and attempted zero takedowns, while absorbing 136/296 strikes and zero TD attempts by Ferguson. This fight went 23:39 minutes, not 25.

Somehow, according to you though, this is far bigger proof of cardio than Conor landing 197/322 strikes and going 0/1 on TDs, while absorbing 252/435 strikes and making Nate go 1/7 on TDs. This fight did go all 25 minutes.

Conor/Nate II has Justin/Ferguson beat by every metric, yet you're sitting here using the lesser one as proof of cardio.

 

[Luthien]

Weren't they training partners at one point?

That would explain lots

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Against Tony Justin only landed 143/197 strikes and attempted zero takedowns, while absorbing 136/296 strikes and zero TD attempts by Ferguson. This fight went 23:39 minutes, not 25.

Somehow, according to you though, this is far bigger proof of cardio than Conor landing 197/322 strikes and going 0/1 on TDs, while absorbing 252/435 strikes and making Nate go 1/7 on TDs. This fight did go all 25 minutes.

Conor/Nate II has Justin/Ferguson beat by every metric, yet you're sitting here using the lesser one as proof of cardio.

On the surface, your argument has merit. Dive deeper as an actual analyst and you’d quickly realize that Justin threw much harder strikes and no baby leg kicks over the duration of the contest while spending 0 minutes running around the octagon like a gazelle. Plus, he was caught and dropped with and uppercut early and as anyone who been seriously tagged before knows, it saps your cardio. He still finished Tony in the 5th. Does Conor have a stoppage after the 2nd round in his entire UFC career?!
Not to mention that by every metric of career success other than money and popularity, Tony is superior to Nate. Tony won the interim LW title; Nathan couldn’t even win the BMF Title.

 

[Fedora Millionankles]

Against Tony Justin only landed 143/197 strikes and attempted zero takedowns, while absorbing 136/296 strikes and zero TD attempts by Ferguson. This fight went 23:39 minutes, not 25.

Somehow, according to you though, this is far bigger proof of cardio than Conor landing 197/322 strikes and going 0/1 on TDs, while absorbing 252/435 strikes and making Nate go 1/7 on TDs. This fight did go all 25 minutes.

Conor/Nate II has Justin/Ferguson beat by every metric, yet you're sitting here using the lesser one as proof of cardio.

So you avoided my question like Covid so I appreciate you for confirming that your “expert opinion” is nothing more than speculation from the uninitiated.

 

[markg171]

On the surface, your argument has merit. Dive deeper as an actual analyst and you’d quickly realize that Justin threw much harder strikes and no baby leg kicks over the duration of the contest while spending 0 minutes running around the octagon like a gazelle. Plus, he was caught and dropped with and uppercut early and as anyone who been seriously tagged before knows, it saps your cardio. He still finished Tony in the 5th. Does Conor have a stoppage after the 2nd round in his entire UFC career?!
Not to mention that by every metric of career success other than money and popularity, Tony is superior to Nate. Tony won the interim LW title; Nathan couldn’t even win the BMF Title.

Justin threw harder but never even dropped Tony who gets routinely dropped by a light breeze from everybody else, meanwhile Conor dropped Nate 3x. Okay.

Justin absorbed more damage because he got knocked down 1x and immediately popped back up, meanwhile Conor nearly lost a round he dropped Nate 2x in after Nate rallied back hard, and then did lose the next round 10-8 because Nate was teeing off on him. Okay.

Tony is superior than Nate, meanwhile Nate just guillotined Tony in their last fight. Okay.

Quite literally nothing you said is correct. Impressive.

 

[jsbx45]

Of any UFC fighter I'm sure there are worse, but as far as top fighters go it's got to be Shane Carwin, and it really cost him in that Lesnar fight.

 

[Dorkman]

Probably someone like Tank Abbot.

 

[cheesus]

Conors cardio isn't that bad, he's got a good 2-3 rounds in him, not even close to having the worst cardio. Romanov gassed after a single takedown attempt against Volkov.

 

[jeff7b9]

Amongst the big names, Vitor Belforts cardio was the worst I've seen in the ufc. Conor has bad cardio but it's not the worst.

Came to say Vitor and BJ, both of them have very few wins in fights that went past round 1.

 

[stephen90]

Go on UFC fight pass and pull up all the Tank Abbott fights you can get.

 

[JakePaulMMA]

I'm no Conor fan but this is a stretch. Here's some guys with actual bad cardio.

Houston lost a contact right before this. Ref called "time out" as Kimbo helped him look for it. Do YoUr ReSeArCh!!!!

 

[markys00]

This thread is a huge fail.

 

[hayz]

He never really had cardio issues when he was younger. I think it's because 1) He's younger 2) Lived a cleaner life 3) His knee injury vs Holloway made it so he couldn't do road work like he did earlier in his career. He switched to swimming/riding a bike for cardio.

He also loads up almost all of his shots, going for the KO. That will tire you out quick. He isn't fighting people who will fold after one good shot. Nate, Khabib, Poirier (different fighter nowadays) etc.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

Huh?

Many have taken "that left hand shot" ... and promptly made Conor quit to pressure, when he gassed.

No no. Nobody. Timing beats speed. 4oz gloves bruh

 

[podsox]

Mexico City Cain

 

[RockyLockridge]

Woodley didn't have exceptional cardio.

Cardio is terrible which is why his out put is so low over 5 round fights

 

[Seismic]

Conor has great cardio. If he was a low output, conservative fighter like 95% of the roster he'd never gas. Conor fights at a tempo that gasses not only him but also his opponents, Chad Mendes, Khabib and even cardio machine Nate in the rematch all looked spent. Khabib needed to recharge his batteries in RD3, he NEVER had to do that in any other fight.