Do you honestly think Conor can be successful & effective at 185?

[Izzysexboyfriend]

He doesn't have a 'great left' outside of featherweight. His power diminishes greatly with every weight class he jumps.

Based off what? By not finishing Nate Diaz? No one finishes Diaz.

 

[Mack Yancy]

Based off what? By not finishing Nate Diaz? No one finishes Diaz.

Josh Thompson finished Diaz, casual.

He was standing toe to toe with Khabib and his 'great left' did shit.

 

[Izzysexboyfriend]

Josh Thompson finished Diaz, casual.

He was standing toe to toe with Khabib and his 'great left' did shit.

Yeah Thompson is the only guy and it was by a head kick, Diaz still wasn’t even out. He never really landed a decent left on Khabib, if he did he was likely gassed by that time.

 

[Mack Yancy]

No. It is a silly idea, and the forum is a sillier place for discussing it.

This is the forum where people call Shevchenko the most attractive female athlete in any sport. I'd argue this place is already pretty damn silly.

 

[Mack Yancy]

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Justify this post. Tell me why Conor will be champ at 185.

 

[Apect15]

Motivated goatgregor can do anything

 

[brakkkop]

With how hard Costa kicks, Conor would die

yep wanna see that

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

lol no, he was crap at LW, let alone MW. He couldn't even last 30 seconds with number 38 ranked UFC LW Joe Duffy. Whats his LW record? losing record for sure!.

 

[ragreynolds]

Excluding one fight vs Alvarez, he literally hasn't even beat anyone really good at any weight higher than featherweight. He is 3-4 outside of featherweight. 1-3 at lightweight, with two of those losses coming via TKO/KO. He is 2-1 at welterweight, and all of those fights were not against actual welterweights, but rather lightweights who just didn't cut weight.

The facts are that Conor has struggled with top lightweights, has never faced an actual welterweight, and even lost to journeyman lightweight Nate Diaz. He stands literally no chance at middleweight, and anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.

 

[tomjones]

Conor bulking up while out of the test pool has made me lose alot of respect for him. In one word hes shameless.

 

[Chagaev]

Conor is too well-rounded for those one-trick ponies in the 185 division.

 

[Killhippies]

Conor's power didn't even translate that well to LW. Even with the roid weight, he's going to be underpowered at WW.

At MW, he's going to need facial reconstruction surgery.

 

[BoD 2.0]

Imagine if Steph Curry took 5 years off, broke his leg in half, and then wanted to come back as a Power Forward. Only Steph Curry is much better at basketball than Conor ever was at fighting.

 

[Robbocop]

Conor would get completely obliterated at 185, look at the size of the champs there, literally both last champs are 6'4 and Pereira is gigantic. Hell, the 170 champs are huge now as well.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

He'd get killed. I'm in.

 

[lsa]

People are so convinced Conor has a complex about his height, but if he really would have, would he be taking such a wide and low stance in these pictures? Making himself look shorter...

Everybody is relaxed, except Conor who tries to look bad ass in a "fight pose".
Yeah.,. dude has no complex about his height. Dude is walking complex..

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

All this talk that he might fight at 185 recently. Makes me wonder if he can hold his own against larger men who are much taller than him. Considering he's only 5'9".

Yes he has a great left, but lacks reach and can easily get smothered by these larger fighters.

I think his sweet spot is at 170 now. That's if he can cut to that weight class.

He's gain too much size and muscle, it will be very difficult weight cut.

Ridiculous. Conor has power at 145. Even at 155 he is largely impotent.

 

[Iroh]

Everybody is relaxed, except Conor who tries to look bad ass in a "fight pose".
Yeah.,. dude has no complex about his height. Dude is walking complex..

Even if he has a complex, that doesn't have to be because of height. It's just an easy go to for SDers because he called other guys midgets and the sorts.

And just because he falls out of tone in the pictures, doesn't equate to him having a height complex. That's a huge leap.

But hey, if you are convinced, good for you. We can agree to disagree.

 

[SuperAlly]

Has Conor ever been unsuccessful?

Mayweather
Khabib
Poirier x 2
Cabo Nate
The OAP in the pub

 

[SuperAlly]

Overinflated little man that already had bad cardio. Now he'll be slower, smaller than his opponents and even worse cardio. He might beat a couple of lower ranked top 10-15 guys but I can't imagine him doing well at the top.

A true Middlweight these days is walking around at 215lb+. He'll be tiny in there and if it's a wrestler, good night.

Conor might beat MWs ranked 10-15? What have you been smoking. That’s some good shit. He wouldn’t beat lightweights ranked 10-15