McGregor's resume... light on killers

[Chaotic Progressor]

Just thought of this bc I saw UFC post like, prompting the idea of Illia v Conor, n I thought 'lol, would not be good for Conor'.

Then I thought... hm, who has Conor beat that can really bang? Or is a knockout artist like him...

He has a better resume than say - Poirier, Holloway (whilst injured mid fight and having to adapt to ground game), Mendes, Alvarez & ofc Aldo (though this was the perfect storm of his mind games and getting Aldo to react like that... I wonder how repeatable that performance would be in a rematch).

Other than Aldo, he's never really beaten a big striker - Poirier and Holloway I know are good, great even sometimes strikers, but they're more both just kind of... grinders.

Who's he beat that can fkn BANG? Can't see anyone.

 

[Chama]

Old fart in the pub had a boxing background. So I heard.

 

[Chaotic Progressor]

Old fart in the pub had a boxing background. So I heard.

Fair

 

[ryun253]

Old fart in the pub had a boxing background. So I heard.

That old man was an undefeated street fighter with a 500-0 record in the mean streets of Dublin til Conor showed up

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

That old man was an undefeated street fighter with a 500-0 record in the mean streets of Dublin til Conor showed up

so now he's 501-0?

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

I wouldn't focus as much on his record vs strikers because really, even if he had been successful, that would have been like a decade ago. The guy has 1 win in the last 8 years and it was over one of the most CTE riddled fighters out there... and even that was 5 years ago.

Conor turns 37 next year and is already completely unrecognizable physically... he'd be lucky to finish a game of pickle ball let alone fight for a belt again.

 

[ryun253]

so now he's 501-0?

Conors career was never the same after

 

[Substance Abuse]

What year is it?

 

[Through The Looking Glass]

Siver was pretty washed when they fought. But in his prime he could bang bro

 

[Tweak896]

Conor's resume is actually decent if you're being honest. The guy sucks now, but prime Conor took out plenty of guys. Mendes did pretty good in BKFC. Most complaints during his run was he skipped over Frankie.

 

[HuskySamoan]

Beating Mendes, Aldo and Holloway was pretty huge. Shit even Alvarez wasn't a bad one. Overall a thin resume though.

 

[MarioLemieux]

Khabib and Nate Diaz outstruck Conor.

 

[krelianx]

Holloway is excellent, and Siver, while overall not a great fighter, is a very good striker.

 

[MarioLemieux]

Highschool Max wasn't nearly as good as the Max that just beat Gaethje and got KO'ed by Topuria.

Dustin finished Conor twice when he wasn't depleted.

 

[orca]

he beat a young hungry dustin and max
the hungry max that isnt like today that eats a million shots
CHAMP ALDO

 

[MrCoffee]

I bet Conor gets KO’d in a bar.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Just thought of this bc I saw UFC post like, prompting the idea of Illia v Conor, n I thought 'lol, would not be good for Conor'.

Then I thought... hm, who has Conor beat that can really bang? Or is a knockout artist like him...

He has a better resume than say - Poirier, Holloway (whilst injured mid fight and having to adapt to ground game), Mendes, Alvarez & ofc Aldo (though this was the perfect storm of his mind games and getting Aldo to react like that... I wonder how repeatable that performance would be in a rematch).

Other than Aldo, he's never really beaten a big striker - Poirier and Holloway I know are good, great even sometimes strikers, but they're more both just kind of... grinders.

Who's he beat that can fkn BANG? Can't see anyone.

Lol almost thought you called Aldo the "OTC" right there. Was bout to say didn't know he was UFC's Tribal Chief.

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

Beating Mendes, Aldo and Holloway was pretty huge. Shit even Alvarez wasn't a bad one. Overall a thin resume though.

You forgot Poirier

 

[whocares]

prime Conor took out plenty of guys.

Hey now. to be fair he did ok with the ladies too

 

[tritestill]

Conor was incredible in his prime, let's not become revisionist, but that was the past and this is now and Ilia vs, Conor is stupid and Conor was real good in his prime.