RDA got outwrestled (and outstruck) by a grappler in Khabib and LOST. Conor got outwrestled shortly against a grappler in Mendes, then Conor back up and KOd him and WON. the shameful thing is , RDA is a blackbelt on the ground and more of a grappler than Conor is, yet he still failed how embarassing for RDA and his fans. anyone else agree?
Big difference, Conor fought a guy who had 14 day training camp while he trained for 14 weeks. He was also way bigger than Chad Mendes, which helps a lot. Before Mendes was gassing, Conor didn't show any defensive wrestling at all.
Funny how Mendes became the l33tist wrestler to ever walk into the octagon only AFTER he lost to Conor. I wouldn't put him in front of Edgar, although he has a killer power double-leg.
Conor withstood the storm and battled on to vicory. But do you honestly call getting taken down at will as "passing a wrestler's test"? lol