That's exactly the point. He hasn't had a good winning record yet has still been the most marketable fighter in the UFC. This is exactly my point, and you seem to be giving way too much credit to people that have provenly deserved none. Casual fans likely don't know his record they just see the marketing and think he's fun to watch.
I'm not giving them credit, I'm just noticing that there are a lot of these people, that's all. I get your point about marketability, but what I'm saying is, even in the eyes of casuals, he'll lose traction if he doesn't win fights. That's inevitable, not only because these casuals won't tune in a hundred times to watch a guy they got so hyped up for only to be disappointed once more, but also because you can see that Conor just isn't good at talking trash and doing all this marketing shit when he is not confident. And how can he be any confident if he just doesn't win fights when he faces credible opponents?
I watched Conor vs Khabib at one of my friend's place, alongside many other friends, all of which are casuals, and don't know much about MMA and wouldn't sit down to watch an MMA event unless GSP was fighting, or Conor, a few years back. Everybody was so convinced that Conor would win, and they couldn't even tell you why. The face they made when Khabib (a total unknown to them) landed that first takedown and started mauling Conor....lol. And guess what, nobody who was in that room and tuned in to watch the fights that night because it was marketed as a huge event due to Conor being on the card has watched another UFC event since. So yes, Conor was the reason why they tuned in, but once all the hype surrounding him was unveiled as a masquerade, it was clear that they would no longer believe it or get excited about him.
Don't fucking put words I didn't say in quotation. I liked your original post but now you're just being fucking stupid.
Take a deep breath, sit down, take a sip of water, and relax, pal. We're having a civilized discussion. I said he's talented, and said he was an excellent 145er as well. I'm not counting him out. You're the one putting words in my mouth there, mate.
I didn't say "he just needs to be hungry again" as you quoted me, insinuating that a tiny desire in him and he just automatically wins. I was mentioning hunger with other corrections he must make to win this fight.
I'm looking at your post right now, and I don't see "other corrections" being mentioned anywhere. You do mention "training like a madman", so I guess this probably implies making adjustments, but you got to admit that, on its face, your statement ("it comes down to how much hunger is in the guy") makes it sound along the same lines as those constant delusional excuses from Conrat fanboys who basically just won't admit that any of his losses might be due to his opponent actually being the better fighter. But hey, for sure he can make adjustments, and he better fucking do so, otherwise he's fucked.
You must have some fucking Conor delusion if you are completely counting him out. It's a fight and Conor is a top level guy. If you think there is now way he can catch Dustin you are a fool.
Again tell me where I said I'm counting him out, because I can't fucking find it.
I said this is NOT about "counting him out", that was my point. Looking at the LW record of the guy, the amount of time he stayed inactive, and how he looked in his last fight makes me believe that Dustin has more chances of winning this than Conor, because it seems like the sport has passed him by. That's all I said. I did not say Conor CAN'T win this fight. I'm just saying that, taking certain things into consideration leads me to predict that Dustin is more likely to win the third match.
