1. Why would I bring up Faber? Aldo fought McGregor sandwiched in between Mendes 2 and Frankie 2. That why I mentioned those fights because those fights are a good indication of his cardio at the time. Aldo never even fought Faber in the UFC. Tf would I mention him for?
2. Yes Nate is longer but he's no where as quick as Aldo (or Frankie or Mendes for the record). And Nate has always had issues with his quicker opponents. At that time Aldo was beating Frankie and making it look easy. The same Frankie who lost his LW title in a split decision to Benson; the same Benson who 50-43 Nate. I mean Frankie and Nate were in the same division at the same time. Frankie got his title shot because Nate had a number 1 contenders fight against Maynard (Maynard won) that was so atrocious that DW gave Frankie a TS coming off a win against Sherk (or Hermes I can't remember). The he won and went to defend the LW. No one would have favored Nate Diaz over Frankie Edgar at the time. You can try and revise history all you want and try to make Diaz a world breaker but that's the truth. And to say that Aldo at the time wouldn't beat Nate during that time is just plain MMA ignorance and fanboyism. This is the same Nate who was losing to Clay Guida and Joe Stevenson.