is Conor the UFCs greatest knockdown artist?

[mjoln]

Silva/Hunt/Machida etc

Knockdown is failed ko

 

[daltonames]

Bit of a skewed metric. JDS for example, didn't get as many knockdowns because no one got up from the first one. shrug.

 

[Mattnac]

Lazy bum is having his cherries picked for him. /s(/s?)

Wait, is that a regex?

 

[daltonames]

In a row he's fought:

#5 Poirier
#10 Siver
#1 Mendes
(C) Aldo
#5 Nate
#4 Nate
(C) Eddie
All-time great Floyd
(C) Khabib
#5 Cerrone
#2 Dustin

Fuck off. There's tons of top fighters who have fought far less ranked fighters than he has. Like everybody raves about Tony and Khabib's big win streaks even though only Cerrone and RDA were top 5, meanwhile Khabib's only top 5 fighters were his 3 defences.

He's actually been much more active at fighting the top fighters than he gets credit for.

LOL at Nate's rankings there. His best win at LW in the last 5 years was Michael Johnson. Don't think he has a top 5 win at WW.
LMAO at including Siver as well.

 

[jitzmonkey]

Wasnt he celebrating the biggest instagram views earlier?


Weird Conor never brags about his title defences.

Would be weirder if he did/could.

 

[Do better]

goat kockdown artist ?

Numbers don't lie

 

[Mamou]

In a row he's fought:

#5 Poirier
#10 Siver
#1 Mendes
(C) Aldo
#5 Nate
#4 Nate
(C) Eddie
All-time great Floyd
(C) Khabib
#5 Cerrone
#2 Dustin

Fuck off. There's tons of top fighters who have fought far less ranked fighters than he has. Like everybody raves about Tony and Khabib's big win streaks even though only Cerrone and RDA were top 5, meanwhile Khabib's only top 5 fighters were his 3 defences.

He's actually been much more active at fighting the top fighters than he gets credit for.

Siver was #10 to sell the fight, the UFC moved him in the rankings to give Conor a "top 10" fight

both Diaz fights were two unranked WWs fighting, don't know where you're getting #5 and #4

 

[daltonames]

Numbers don't lie

But they mislead, as I mentioned elsewhere, a number of guys on there like Cody or JDS have less knockdowns because the first knockdown ends the fight. Also, at least 6 or 7 of those knockdowns are from Nate 2 and the Eddie fight.

 

[weaponzero2k2]

goat kockdown artist ?

NO ….but he's the greatest "TAP" artist

 

[Local Plata]

Negative.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

How many knock downs has conor had in title defences?

 

[Local Plata]

I mean, he definitely had a fast track through the UFC. But idk about cherry picking (except Cowboy, that was a dumb fight). He starched the reigning champ, beat up Mendes. He moved up and wanted to face the reigning champ RDA at 155, no questions asked. The Diaz replacement wasn’t a cherry pick.

Mendes was out of shape and had 10 days notice, and that was the ploy by the ufc to say "see! He fought a wrestler!" And mendes bullied the fuck out of Conor in rd 1 then gassed. Can't take anything away from Conor's amazing performance against also, although a rematch should have happened. And his win over alvarez was great too. Still, lots of babying by the ufc for him his entire career.

 

[ChangeIsComing]

No, I’m just not an ass kisser.

That makes shit up to sound like their opinion is relevant? I mean Cherry picks opponents....exactly when did this happen??

 

[I WILL CUT YOU]

 

[generalyum]

Wait, is that a regex?

Haha that made me laugh way more than it should've. Looks like regex though

 

[bjjwar]

He lacks KO power, so he may punch many guys into a off balance state and must be up there.
Floyd said it best, he punches like a little girl.

 

[Fioretti]

LOL at Nate's rankings there. His best win at LW in the last 5 years was Michael Johnson. Don't think he has a top 5 win at WW.
LMAO at including Siver as well.

He also fought Nate at 170, where neither of them were ranked...

 

[Ancient Warrior]

That makes shit up to sound like their opinion is relevant? I mean Cherry picks opponents....exactly when did this happen??

I never said he cherry-picked opponents.

Pay attention.

 

[1BadMF]

It's a lost art, really

 

[mjfan23]

He is ufc GOAT for a reason