I followed him from the beginning. He's a good fighter. He's at least top 10 in the world and will give everyone a tough fight.
But he IS a boring fighter. His records of FOTN is deceiving. He doesn't hit hard, but he throws hard at times. So when he connects, it can hurt someone like it did against Holtzman. I don't think he looked that great before that either.
He is a good grappler, so he can sub guys like Stephens, but he's not necessarily a huge submission specialist either.
He has good cardio, he's from a good camp, has power and athletic, and he's a grinder, so if things doesn't go his way and can't impose his will like against Hooker and Arman and Guram, it can lead to an entertaining fight. And I thought he lost against Arman and lost against Hooker as the decision went. Really, he should've gone 0-3 when that happened.
He may have 5 fight of the night bonuses, his skillset, and what he tries to do in his fights, makes him a boring fighter, in my opinion. I think those bonuses are incredibly deceiving.
He's an elite fighter. But he is a boring fighter, if that makes sense. However, if you put him up against someone like Islam, Chandler, Arman, Oliveira, or even like Edgar back in the day, Guida, Maynard, Dawson, etc, you will have an exciting one, if that makes sense.