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Interesting thought. My take on the Mcgregor/Poirier saga is that Dustin was always the better fighter. Even though Conor knocked him the fuck out the first time, it kinda feels like a fluke today. It was a weird punch that dropped Dustin, they both moved up to 155 after and Dustin did better things there.
Maybe Conor underastimated him in the second fight due to the easy result in 2014, but he learned in the third fight Dustin is actually elite.
Hmm interesting, I have a different take. I think any iteration of Conor at 145 takes out Dustin. I don't think it was a fluke or underestimation too much(tho Dustin did talk McGregor down a lot back in 2014). Dustin has always had somewhat iffy durability, I find that almost every decent shot that hit's him he has a noticeable reaction to it, be that a smile, a wobble, fall back onto his heels, etc he always gets a little bit hurt. I think he was so drained at FW that he barely got scraped by Conor's forearm by the ear and it put him on queer street and his body just wasn't able to take it as well as he can when he's healthy at 155.
Even now where Dustin has made leaps of improvement to his hands, head movement, etc he still got cracked with decent shots from Conor but ate them so much better since he's at a healthy weight. At FW he would always struggle with the shots Conor would put on him. I think 9/10 times Conor sleeps Poirier at 145, he's just too vulnerable at 145 for someone with McGregors power.