The tweet doesn't really do a successful job of that point and I'm not hating when I say that because A) Haters will say its not UFC, so therefore it doesn't count. They don't bring up Conor's Cage warrior championship fights nor do they bring up his Cage fighting Championship accolades when they talk about his career. B) Conor is not in the goat conversation, nor considered one of the greats. Even his biggest fans don't put him up there. I never really hear Conor mentioned in that breath. Khabib is, so I think people have more of a scope on his pre-ufc career than Conor.
Only Khabib's prefight Career matters for some odd reason. To me, it doesn't matter what he did in the regionals, it matters what he did in the UFC. Same thing with usman. Ok, he lost before he came to the ufc in his second fight. He's the world champion now. Is he not one of the goats because he lost in his second fight? Does that diminsih his 14-0 UFC record? No.
That's how it is like for me. Okay, If you're someone who doesn't like 29-0, that's fine. Khabib is not 29-0 if you believe that. He's 13-0, which is an UFC lightweight record, 13 fight winning streak, UFC light weight record, three consecutive submission wins, UFC LW record. Probably has the most 10-8/10-9 rounds through 13 fights in the UFC, most definitely a UFC LW record, if not a UFC record.
So again, What is exactly the pre-ufc proving or disproving?
Haters who hang on to this is like saying "You averaged 20 points per game in College Basketball against 5'8 unathletic C-level athletes" Okay, but He's averaging 30 points in the NBA and is an NBA MVP candidate. Are we really going to hold a college basketball resume against him? To me, it doesn't make sense