the majority of khabib fans aren't saying he's the goat. They might say he's their personal goat, but acknowledge his career is short. I honestly felt like he could have been with a few title defenses. The number is arbitrary really, but 6 in LW would have been good enough for me. 6 title defenses, 7 title fights in a deep division is really enough, imo. Doesn't need to be 15 like jones. UFC 262 in my eyes only highlights more of how much above he was better than the competition at his weight class. There was no parity in Khabib fights, especially the title fights.
But I digress
I think most fans know he's not the goat. I've seen the hardest of hardcore khabib fans here, say Jones is the goat or GSP is the goat. I think people just get triggered and by being triggered, they're keeping him in the conversation.
I worry about the undefeated precedent and I don't like it. I just hope it doesn't turn into boxing where the O is overvalued. I think if fans want to argue that khabib is great, just leave that 0 out of the conversation, imo. He could be 13-1, he's still be the best LW at least to ever do it. The 0 isn't really the reason. At least for me. If he had actually lost to tibau but everything remained the same, he's still the lw goat.