Ok sherdog, if Conor beats Khabib, who will become...

[Thesnake101]

The next Conor killer? Tony? Kevin?

It seems like nearly everyone poses a threat to Conor/is a bad matchup for him and will expose him, but only one man has been able to actually beat Conor in the UFC, and it was Nate. Let's say that Conor does in fact come back and beats Khabib in under two, will the fight be labeled as a fluke or will the Dagestani get discredited to push the narrative of Conor not being that good?

 

[VitorBelfoTRT]

Obviously Conor is good. Obviously he isnt perfect. No fighter is. Hes a duck now though is all.

 

[JoshR86]

As soon as anyone can stop Khabib's TD's and he has to rely on his striking alone then he'll be considered not that good.

Khabib will share the same fate as Ronda and Brock.

If Conor beats Khabib you'll see a lot of people jump on the GSP bandwagon.

If GSP then dethrones Conor, I actually might think Penn fans might finally give him some credit.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Or

 

[VVarhead]

Let's say that Conor does in fact come back and beats Khabib in under two

 

[20falarVerdades]

Thread is useless until Conor actually signs the contract and fights Khabib

 

[777 Others]

It seems like nearly everyone poses a threat to Conor/is a bad matchup for him

Everyone is a bad match up for everyone at LW.....it’s a stacked division

 

[THEGOATOFMMA]

Zabit once he moves to 155.

 

[nanika]

rematch obviously

 

[Local Plata]

Dunno, will he ever actually fight often enough against the highest level athletes to actually be able to make a prediction? We have Conor mystique vs. ??? ... so fiction vs. fiction at this point.

 

[jeremyemilio]

The next Conor killer? Tony? Kevin?

It seems like nearly everyone poses a threat to Conor/is a bad matchup for him and will expose him, but only one man has been able to actually beat Conor in the UFC, and it was Nate. Let's say that Conor does in fact come back and beats Khabib in under two, will the fight be labeled as a fluke or will the Dagestani get discredited to push the narrative of Conor not being that good?

No one.

Once one fighter beats one single other fighter who some people think might beat him, he has nothing left to prove and never has to fight again. He's automatically the GOAT. It's clear to everyone but the haters that if he beat that one guy, then he would, therefore, beat every other fighter that exists (except for that other guy who beat him once who is, therefore, the only guy who can ever beat him).

Everyone knows that.

 

[chaos_36]

If and that's a big IF (not impossible though) IF Conor beat Khabib then I think Kevin Lee ragdolls him, although I think Kev beats the brakes off both of them without breaking too much of a sweat.
#KevinBless

 

[Sean Long]

If and that's a big IF (not impossible though) IF Conor beat Khabib then I think Kevin Lee ragdolls him, although I think Kev beats the brakes off both of them without breaking too much of a sweat.
#KevinBless

Kevin Lee that lost to T Ferg and Al Laquinta..........That Kevin Lee?

Bawahahahahahahahaha.........

P.S. Khabib beat Al Laquinta.......

 

[Arne Rud]

They all beat Conor, Tony, Khabib and Lee

 

[Thaijitsu612]

Whoever is winning fights. There's kinda a formula for deciding who will face the champion next.

Kinda...

 

[Sean Long]

Conors PROVEN Kryptonite was Nate Diaz version 1.0. Khabib is 100 times that.

 

[Crystaline Entity]

Ha.... Conor beating Khabib....Its been a long day. Thanks. I needed a good laugh.

 

[cade187]

Conors PROVEN Kryptonite was Nate Diaz version 1.0. Khabib is 100 times that.

This is a dumb post. Nate and Khabib are literally polar opposites.

 

[XThe GreatestX]

The next Conor killer? Tony? Kevin?

It seems like nearly everyone poses a threat to Conor/is a bad matchup for him and will expose him, but only one man has been able to actually beat Conor in the UFC, and it was Nate. Let's say that Conor does in fact come back and beats Khabib in under two, will the fight be labeled as a fluke or will the Dagestani get discredited to push the narrative of Conor not being that good?

You know what it is?

Its that Conor is soooo flawed. Sooooooooo flawed.

Great standup. But gaping holes in his game. To lose to Nate Diaz the way he did and then to go to life and death with him in the rematch......

There are a lot of bad matchups for him at lw tbh. Basically any great wrestler is gonna be a problem for Conor.

Of course Conor can KO anyone standing

 

[XThe GreatestX]

This is a dumb post. Nate and Khabib are literally polar opposites.

good post.

The issue I see with Conor however is that........

His standup is great ( for mma). But everything else? He is either competent ( offensive wrestling) or kinda helpless ( defensive wrestling/Ju jits)

LW is a shark tank. I would love to see Conor against them all tbh. lots of fun matchups