Just had an epiphany

[PlatinumColbyCovington]

Conor McGregor Submission (neck crank) UFC 229 6 October 2018 4 3:03 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Defended the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Win 26–0 Al Iaquinta Decision (unanimous) UFC 223 7 April 2018 5 5:00 Brooklyn, New York, United States Won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
Win 25–0 Edson Barboza Decision (unanimous) UFC 219 30 December 2017 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Performance of the Night.
Win 24–0 Michael Johnson Submission (kimura) UFC 205 12 November 2016 3 2:31 New York City, New York, United States
Win 23–0 Darrell Horcher TKO (punches) UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans 16 April 2016 2 3:38 Tampa, Florida, United States Catchweight (160 lbs) bout.
Win 22–0 Rafael dos Anjos

Conor - dominated by a 5 foot 2 FW on 2 weeks notice
Al: Journeyman, great fighter but someone he's expected to beat
Barboza: Striker with no ground game
Johnson: Submitted by Elkins, striker with no ground game
Horcher: Who?
RDA: Also dominated by Colby and Usman way more handily, yet they're not placed on a pedestal the way Khabib is

Khabib REALLY IS unproven. This is why he NEEDS to fight Tony to JUSTIFY the hype. We need him up against a strong wrestler or someone crafty off his back like Tony to properly gauge where he's REALLY at in the P4P / All time greats list.

 

[Klaavical]

That epiphantious

 

[ChaosIsGOAT]

I agree with all of this. He needs to fight an elite wrestler.

 

[Reign009]

An epiphany?

 

[Damon3388]

Weird flex, but OK.

The more obvious play would have been to point to the number of record-padding cans without Wikipedia pages that make up his early record.

 

[Verace]

Stop watching mma

 

[theTKDguy]

He isn't just unproven, he legit sucks. Terrible fighter.

 

[whitebelt4life]

Conor McGregor Submission (neck crank) UFC 229 6 October 2018 4 3:03 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Defended the UFC Lightweight Championship.
Win 26–0 Al Iaquinta Decision (unanimous) UFC 223 7 April 2018 5 5:00 Brooklyn, New York, United States Won the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
Win 25–0 Edson Barboza Decision (unanimous) UFC 219 30 December 2017 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Performance of the Night.
Win 24–0 Michael Johnson Submission (kimura) UFC 205 12 November 2016 3 2:31 New York City, New York, United States
Win 23–0 Darrell Horcher TKO (punches) UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans 16 April 2016 2 3:38 Tampa, Florida, United States Catchweight (160 lbs) bout.
Win 22–0 Rafael dos Anjos

Conor - dominated by a 5 foot 2 FW on 2 weeks notice
Al: Journeyman, great fighter but someone he's expected to beat
Barboza: Striker with no ground game
Johnson: Submitted by Elkins, striker with no ground game
Horcher: Who?
RDA: Also dominated by Colby and Usman way more handily, yet they're not placed on a pedestal the way Khabib is

Khabib REALLY IS unproven. This is why he NEEDS to fight Tony to JUSTIFY the hype. We need him up against a strong wrestler or someone crafty off his back like Tony to properly gauge where he's REALLY at in the P4P / All time greats list.

Al is a journeyman? You're an idiot.

 

[aashmore]

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[sabretitan]

Tony lost to MJ bud relax

 

[PlatinumColbyCovington]

Al is a journeyman? You're an idiot.

Let's face it. Your boy will never win the title. He was submitted by a guy who went on to lose three in a row and then retired.. LMFAO

 

[Mahkor]

So many elite wrestlers in the promotion yet all the champs need to fight one.

 

[EVIL WAR GOD]

Khabib won't be a Goat until he beats Tony, GSP, or Askren. Or he defends a bunch of times.

 

[GiSP]

McGregor sucks, I agree totally TS. Great call.

 

[whitebelt4life]

Let's face it. Your boy will never win the title. He was submitted by a guy who went on to lose three in a row and then retired.. LMFAO

Yeah, mma math, it always works.

 

[vanillaisis]

Similar to the WW division running from Ben Askren Khabib had a similar problem coming up through LW where everybody was ducking him.

 

[ChaosIsGOAT]

Yeah, mma math, it always works.

MMA math doesn't work but you can't deny that Khabib should've finished Iaquinta.

 

[whitebelt4life]

MMA math doesn't work but you can't deny that Khabib should've finished Iaquinta.

Colby lost to a fighter who then went on to lose 3 of his next 5 fights...therefore Colby will forever suck. MMA math.

 

[ChaosIsGOAT]

Colby lost to a fighter who then went on to lose 3 of his next 5 fights...therefore Colby will forever suck. MMA math.

What does that have to do with what I said? I agreed with you. I just said that Khabib should've finished Al given how that fight went.

 

[ferrisjso]

MMA math doesn't work but you can't deny that Khabib should've finished Iaquinta.

MMA math works when people don't use it to make connections that aren't there. Like the fighter A beat figher B who beat fighter C who beat fighter D stuff is just a misapplication. Context matters too. MMA math isn't perfect but if you were to bet on the MMA Math pick every fight, you'd win a lot more than you'd lose over time.