Opinion: Beating Conor Mcgregor changes your bum life forever (Khabib, Poirier, and Diaz)

[koa pomaikai]

In the history of the UFC, there has been three fighters that were able to beat Conor Mcgregor.

Dustin Poirier
Nate Diaz
And… Khabib Nurmagomedov

The victory over Mcgregor changed each of their lives as it brought on unprecedented fame and money.

Let’s first examine Khabib…

Khabib faced Conor in the highest selling PPV of all time, earning a record pursue and becoming an icon famous in the Muslim world. He even got to meet Putin because he beat Mcgregor.



Khabib was able to leverage his fame from beating Mcgregor to become the sponsor for many different businesss, with his latest success being the promotional face of an investment company in Wahed.



Now let’s examine what beating Mcgregor did for Dustin Poirier. He earned a record purse for his trilogy after he beat Mcgregor. And he earned enough to comfortably retire.

He launched a hot sauce company ( very few fighters get the amount of money to start a company )



He has become a PPV star as well after his trilogy concluded with Mcgregor.

And finally let’s end it looking at Nate Diaz, it has almost been a decade since Nate Diaz shook the world and subbed Mcgregor and gone on to become a PPV star being in some of the highest PPV selling matches despite never holding a title.



Nate would go on to use his fame and status to secure a big payday against Jake Paul in boxing and vs. Jorge in boxing. Nate became extremely financially successful in the bouts after his Mcgregor win.

Beating Conor Mcgregor were able to drastically change the lives of these fighters. Conor is controversial whether you love him or hate him but it can’t be denied if you are lucky enough to get a fight with him and skilled enough to win that fight…

It will forever change your bum life.

 

[RichardHarrow]

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

How do you think Mayweather was able to pay the taxman

 

[HNIC215]

Khabib was destined for greatness with or without Conor.



Dustin also had his hot sauce and stuff prior to defeating Conor, however, the fight did bring him new attention and fans - so maybe.

Nate, I agree with for sure. He was always a bum, gatekeeper in that division. Conor changed his life without a doubt.

 

[ILove4MinutesHyuna]

Damn its gotta be hard to be a fan of a guy who has 1 win in 8 years

do you guys just watch his old fights on youtube and pretend he is still at 145 pounds beating manlets?

 

[MarioLemieux]

Of course, easy fight and tons of eyes on it.

Nate did it first and it definitely popularized him.

Khabib benefited the most and is the biggest social media star in all of Russia but he's still active as a coach and has a bunch of other stars under him. He would have been a success anyway because he has a GOAT aura.

Dustin beat Conor twice, I'm sure he made some good coin off it.

 

[koa pomaikai]

Khabib was destined for greatness with or without Conor.



Dustin also had his hot sauce and stuff prior to defeating Conor, however, the fight did bring him new attention and fans - so maybe.

Nate, I agree with for sure. He was always a bum, gatekeeper in that division. Conor changed his life without a doubt.

Destined for greatness in the world of MMA, beating Conor brought him greatness in the world outside of MMA

 

[MarioLemieux]

Damn its gotta be hard to be a fan of a guy who has 1 win in 8 years

do you guys just watch his old fights on youtube and pretend he is still at 145 pounds beating manlets?

Their claim to fame now is that he makes other people rich by getting his ass beat.

 

[El Fernas]

Fighting Floyd changed Conor´s life. Got his first real payday, that money was well invested into some shit random whiskey company that went from nothing to worth something and Conor sold his share, after that fight its all downhill for him fighting wise, beats Cowboy at the right time of him being washed but not too washed up.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Jesus Christ, can we get this McNugget schill off the Dog already??!!

 

[richardjohnson]

lol Dustin started with his hot sauce before he kicked Conrats ass

whatever helps you cope with the losses though I guess

 

[MRT]

In the history of the UFC, there has been three fighters that were able to beat Conor Mcgregor.
...

Yes, beating Conor's ass has been life-changing for several fighters.

That observation (not an 'opinion') has been made countless times...why put effort into a new thread?

 

[Chagaev]

I guess without Conor Khabib's record as a champ would be very thin. Decisioning Iaquinta and finishing Dustin&Justin- good, but lackluster.

For Dustin&Diaz it's probably more about money than some big change in their career.

 

[joy2day]

Yes, beating Conor's ass has been life-changing for several fighters.

That observation (not an 'opinion') has been made countless times...why put effort into a new thread?

Have you looked at the other responses in this thread? Hate has a way of causing people to deny obvious facts.

Kabib and the others are great fighters, but this is not a measure of greatness, it is commercial appeal.

A lot of you guys sound like the WNBA players that are resentful of Kaitlin Clark; poor jealous and resentful bitches.

I don't like Conor, but I'm not burying my head in the sand about the facts.

 

[SuperAlly]

Living your life vicariously through a coke fiend sexual predator doesn’t change your life for the better though

 

[HNIC215]

Destined for greatness in the world of MMA, beating Conor brought him greatness in the world outside of MMA

Incorrect... Khabib was destined for greatness around the world as well.

Khabib's Muslim heritage garnered interest from businessmen across Islamic nations worldwide, eager to engage in commerce with him and his associates.

Conor is meaningless and has no bearing or influence in these matters.

 

[Egészségére!]

Losing to Conor does more to hurt your career than beating him does to help it

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Not convinced by this account.

 

[haj02]

You aren't wrong, all of those guys have made far more money than they ever would have if they didn't beat McGregor but what's the point? They all whooped him badly and finished him in humiliating fashion and it still burns McGregor to this day. His post fight speech after scraping a majority decision where he ended the fight on his back getting beat up against Nate was cringe as fuck. They all will live rent free in his head forever.

 

[bjjwar]

This is such a retarded take. Nate was a fan favorite since the Ultimate fighter, fought for the title, had epic moments inside and outside the octagon before McGregor even joined the UFC.

Khabib was an undefeated champ, seen as one of, if not THE best of all time way before he faced McGregor.

Poirier fought McGregor the first time, didn’t get any fame. He started to really get fame when he went up and put up many great performances even getting a title.

Those 3 guys were already more than well established and had a big fan base, fame and money before facing McGregor…