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They can't. Conor will lose all leverage to call shots, even at 155.
I've seen people talking about Nate potentially facing Eddie for the 155 title after this if he beats Conor.
Then I thought, if McGregor goes back to 145 and beats Aldo and Nate beats Eddie..
Champion vs Champion.
At LW I presume...
LMAO...just another way for Conor to duck FW contenders for the belt.
They can't. Conor will lose all leverage to call shots, even at 155.
True. Frankie v BJ is another one where one guy lost twice before the third. Different results in the third fights tho but still stand as good examples of it happening.How could they justify Rampage/Wanderlei 3 after the first two?
Who the f wants a third no matter who wins?
Because the guys at 155 would go ape shit. Nate is ranked #5 (?) at LW and he just beat Conor twice. That's a hard sell to give Conor the shot at the LW belt after losing to the #5 guy twice in a row. He would likely need to go back to 145 and beat one of/or both of Aldo/Edgar to build his aura back up. Orrr...he'd have to vacate the 145 belt and take on a few 155'ers to earn the title shot. This is just my opinion, though. Dana and Co. will do whatever they want anyway.If they were both champions why wouldn't they want to do it?
Because the guys at 155 would go ape shit. Nate is ranked #5 (?) at LW and he just beat Conor twice. That's a hard sell to give Conor the shot at the LW belt after losing to the #5 guy twice in a row. He would likely need to go back to 145 and beat one of/or both of Aldo/Edgar to build his aura back up. Orrr...he'd have to vacate the 145 belt and take on a few 155'ers to earn the title shot. This is just my opinion, though. Dana and Co. will do whatever they want anyway.
"He" meaning Nate wouldn't still be the #5 guy at LW? I'm trying to get your position. If Nate was a WW and stayed there after beating Conor a second time, there would be no issue with Conor taking on Eddie. But, because Nate, after this fight, will be going back down to LW, it makes it a little weird for Conor to take a title shot when he got whooped by the #5 LW. That's my rationale, though. I'm sure Conor and Dana could spin the hell out of that logic and Eddie is more than happy to oblige it, but even some casuals would be like "WTF?".He wouldn't be the number 5 guy though, he'd be the champion.
"He" meaning Nate wouldn't still be the #5 guy at LW? I'm trying to get your position. If Nate was a WW and stayed there after beating Conor a second time, there would be no issue with Conor taking on Eddie. But, because Nate, after this fight, will be going back down to LW, it makes it a little weird for Conor to take a title shot when he got whooped by the #5 LW. That's my rationale, though. I'm sure Conor and Dana could spin the hell out of that logic and Eddie is more than happy to oblige it, but even some casuals would be like "WTF?".
Ahhh..got ya and I agree. It still seems weird they'd have a trilogy if Nate beat him a second time. Though, I'm sure the angle this time would be "Now they will fight at 155 where Nate won't have a size advantage".No, that's not what I'm saying.
I'm saying that if Nate were to get a shot at Eddie after beating Conor and win he'd be the 155 champion.
And then if Conor beats Aldo again, they could do a third fight as a champion vs champion fight.