Kav is legit AF, but Ireland has a tiny tiny pool to pick from. The whole country is 1/5th the size of just the city of Shanghai, and MMA did not even become popular there in any capacity until Conor really. That being said, he not only produced Conor, but a litany of regional, European and amateur champs, UFC stand out Gunni, helped turn Anthony Lion-heart Smith in to a now savage, produced Euro champ guys guys that had winning records in the UFC like Paddy, Pendred and Ais, and even took a guy like Artem - who's martial arts base is ballerina - and he made him in to a TUF finalist who put on a fucking War with top ranked Cub and clowned top prospects like Ishihara.
Not even Bruce Lee is going to make Charlie Ward contend with UFC elite, and it's the curse of Conor that a lot of these Irish local level scrubs from SBG are getting pushed further than they should go and getting put in to make ups that they have no right being in.