Conor McGregor took harder challenges by moving up to 170 and 155 than defending belt

[NGute87]

Straight up Dick sucking BS right here.
He fought 155 pounders at 170 pounds, No one is fooled by this BS.
Nate Diaz should have been a gimme fight, and he lost both of them.

 

[abject]

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.

Haters will get badly triggered by this. It means khaducked welterweight and is the reason why he aint in the goat convo. Meanwhile mcgrahaw at least stepped up

 

[Unfinished]

Conor is the manliest, toughest and most savage fighter of all time. The guy fears nothing and doesnt give a fook about pain like his interview with broken leg proved.

 

[TJ Dillashank]

Defending a belt in the most stacked division is easier than fighting Nate Diaz and Cerrone? lol

 

[CPH]

Conor didn’t choose LW. Why are people still thinking that he could make the weight?

 

[Sean Ryan]

I don't know what fight you saw. Round 3 was the arguably 10-8 round for Nate.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.fo...scorecards-from-nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2

Here's the official scorecard for the fight.
Conor took 1, 2 and 4.

I think if you have Diaz a 10-8, you could argue a 10-8 for McGregor for dropping him multiple times.

I think the judges were good for once in this fight. I don't think any round was 10-8 really given McGregor was tired rather than seriously hurt and I think Diaz was playing possum a little bit after I rewatched it. Hoping McGregor would follow him to the ground.

 

[Gnome Chumpsky]

A man pretending to be a woman so they can feel less shame slurping McNuggets nuggets

 

[Shaddows]

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.

Sorry, but I had to stop reading this nonsense.
You reek desperation naming Holloway or Mendes... even DP.

Holloway was before he had his amazing run... which by the way, losing to COnor was what made him take MMA more seriously.
Mendes was without notice, while he was hunting.
Heck, even DP was at FW where he was good but not like LW.

The fact is, moving up has different challenges. But it did not put his belt at risk, so he had nothing to lose. Same as losing to DIaz at WW did not affect his standing at LW.

Besides, he would have to fight Frankie and Mendes (with a full camp), and we both know he would lose to them.
Oh, and let us not forget another good reason: IV Ban.
Conor was just too big to stay at FW without IV's to hydrate back into shape.

So no. This was not a harder challenge.
It was a calculated move to allow him to get a second belt without endangering the one he miraculously got from Aldo.

 

[Franklin U.]

Once again , Mma fans showing the dumb. Conor never fought at welterweight. He devised to fight other lightweights and not worry about the weight cut. Donald Cerrone, at his stage of career, was a complete gift / mulligan for Conor. That fight did him no favors.

Conor was never a great mmartist. His stand up afforded him a great run at 145 and - in hindsight- fought an Alvarez that was on the other side of his career. I cant tske away his run or his ko of Aldo.

In the end, McGregor is not a 1st or 2nd tier goat( for a former UFC champ champ- that should be impossible but its not). Goat isnt even in the same sentence unless we're talking gate/ $$$.

Lol- tougher challenges LMFAO , a couple of career LIGHTWEIGHT gatekeepers and his last - the guy was just showing up for the cheddar.

Conor is done .

 

[JJCc]

Once again , Mma fans showing the dumb. Conor never fought at welterweight. He devised to fight other lightweights and not worry about the weight cut. Donald Cerrone, at his stage of career, was a complete gift / mulligan for Conor. That fight did him no favors.

Conor was never a great mmartist. His stand up afforded him a great run at 145 and - in hindsight- fought an Alvarez that was on the other side of his career. I cant tske away his run or his ko of Aldo.

In the end, McGregor is not a 1st or 2nd tier goat( for a former UFC champ champ- that should be impossible but its not). Goat isnt even in the same sentence unless we're talking gate/ $$$.

Lol- tougher challenges LMFAO , a couple of career LIGHTWEIGHT gatekeepers and his last - the guy was just showing up for the cheddar.

Conor is done .

He fought Khabib, Dustin and Alvarez (who just became champ, pretty much at the top of his career at the top).

He didn’t just fight gate keepers at lightweight. Fought the best too.

 

[BigGing]

No considering all he did was fight other 155ers that were also at 170

 

[GrantB13]

I say yes but not because of any noble sportsman act. He was killing himself to make 145 and constantly gloated about being bigger than everyone and how they were all midgets. Voting yes doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

He physically couldn't stay. Him killing himself to stay at 145 would severely impact not only his performance but also his health. The IV ban is the reason he can't do the cut anymore.

Never missed, and didn't have an IV against Aldo and looked better than ever. This is a myth, why do you think Max Holloway can keep making 145? You think Conor is bigger than Max?

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

I think the Alvarez fight made him think he was invincible. It was the first counter left he landed absolutely fucked Eddie up. The combo to end it was nice but after the first left in that sequence you could see Eddie was in big, big trouble.
Eddie liked to hook. So the counter nearly took his head off, fully extended and just perfectly timed.
However when he fought Nate you could tell he was shocked he couldn't put him away.
I voted that moving up was a harder challenge. It was. We are all getting to see that now. Khabib would have beaten him at literally any point in my opinion.
I reckon RDA would have beaten him. I just think Eddie fucked up big time in this fight and created a monster.
Respect to McGregor for taking the risks. Not so much for Cerrone or asking for Diego Sanchez

You realize he fought Nate before Eddie right?

 

[gaffbyknees2]

Nah horseshit. Simply took high reward low risk fights. If he wins he gets all the credit if he loses he can say well its not my weight class and make excuses. He's a bum.

 

[613]

I'm just saying him fighting Diaz at 170 was harder than any fight that would have been available to him at 145. Do you think Aldo at 145 would be a tougher challenge than fighting Diaz at 170?

Well Aldo is 100 times the fighter Nate is. I know he lost to Conor, but quick KOs don't say much about who would win a rematch. Aldo's leg kicks and Conors brittle legs could have been interesting.

 

[Franklin U.]

He fought Khabib, Dustin and Alvarez (who just became champ, pretty much at the top of his career at the top).

He didn’t just fight gate keepers at lightweight. Fought the best too.

You're out of your mind. The topic is about his , lol, " tougher" challenges at ww.

He hasnt fought a true welterweight, yet ( reread my post).
Yes- I already know , he took 3 embarrassing losses to bhibster and DP at his weight class.

He fought Nate NOW then itd be an actual welterweight but hes not and it wont happen.
If you think Eddie was at the top of his career just because he had an unbelievable minute vs RDA then you're either new to sport , or your mma acumen lacks - big time.

Let me repeat - Conor has never had a true welterweight fight.

 

[dnmb]

Your pushing bullshit anyone who was watching at the time, ain’t buying. Diaz was not a 170’r. You see the fight vs Macdonald? That silly blind argument is out.

Conor and Dana were looking for an easy fight, Diaz laying on the beach 10 days prior, came in and smoked mcmouth.

They forgot to take into consideration that Diaz is almost impossible to one punch KO

 

[Breaking]

He fought lightweights who didn’t want to cut weight anymore at 170.

Shut up.

 

[613]

Aldo gasses about as hard as McGregor. Plus, pretty good chance McGregor puts Aldo out at 145.

I mean, do you think if Aldo goes to 170 to fight Diaz that it would be competitive? Diaz would smoke him, he's way too small.

Aldo would murder Diaz. Only an idiot would think otherwise. Diaz would be crippled