Should Conor have moved to LW?

[AldoStillGoat]

He was on top of the world in the FW division and then he went to the 170 division to fight Nate which made no sense. He lost then dropped down to LW to fight Nate and won that fight. I get that Nate was a draw but he should have never taken that fight at 170.

Shortly after he KO’s Alvarez to win the LW title. It was at this point that I think Conor’s delusional side came out again thinking he could beat Khabib.

Khabib was way bigger in size and was tailor made to beat him. Why did he take that fight? He shoulda just dropped the title and said I’m too small for this division or continue to duck him. Instead he fought Khabib and lost.

Then he goes on to get stopped by Dustin twice who is better suited to the LW division than he is. His torso is way smaller than Dustin’s despite his strength and length in his arms.

Both fighters Conor could not overcome (Khabib and Dustin) have bigger frames and are more dense. I just think it was a bit delusional of Conor to think that he can keep fighting up in weight against bigger fighters.

It some ways it is respectable challenging your limits but unfortunately that challenge ended up costing him a broken leg that he will never be 100% from again.

 

[Neck&Neck]

He would died
McSkeletor

He was a natural LW

 

[AldoStillGoat]

He would died
McSkeletor

He was a natural LW

He was more natural at FW than Khabib was at LW

 

[CPH]

No trolling Conor fans anymore, please.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

He was more natural at FW than Khabib was at LW

Can't go 5 posts into a Conor thread without someone bringing up Khabib

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I don't think he could have gone back down. Same as Poirier. Once he went up, his body wasn't gonna let him go back. Especially post IV ban. Would've been disastrous

 

[VinceArch]

Can't go 5 posts into a Conor thread without someone bringing up Khabib

Khabib blessed the haters and they are compelled to keep him relevant until the end of time.

 

[mjoln]

He took his coke with fries

 

[AldoStillGoat]

I don't think he could have gone back down. Same as Poirier. Once he went up, his body wasn't gonna let him go back. Especially post IV ban. Would've been disastrous

It was delusional of him to go up in the first place. But at least he made a ton of money and went and boxed Floyd.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

It was delusional of him to go up in the first place. But at least he made a ton of money and went and boxed Floyd.

He he was smart with his career no doubt

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

It was delusional of him to go up in the first place. But at least he made a ton of money and went and boxed Floyd.

That's the thing, I thought it was dumb to go up but it seemed to work out for him (and for Nate Diaz)

 

[YSB]

Conor should have moved to Betty Ford.

 

[ThroughTheDakr]

Those were massive paydays though. It gave birth to the biggest UFC event in history

 

[El Fernas]

Conor didnt exactly choose to move to FW, he had to, from his own coach, he told Joe Rogan that they were planning on moving to LW because of the weight cut but the UFC offered them a spot at FW, once he won the belt he even fought twice at WW while not defending his FW belt, the man was not returning to FW, ever, things lined up for him and never had to vacate before winning the LW belt.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

He was more natural at FW than Khabib was at LW

Not at all, Khabib had more body fat on him and you never saw the shape of his skull like you did with Conor at FW.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

I always thought Conor should have dropped down to bantamweight.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

He was on top of the world in the FW division and then he went to the 170 division to fight Nate which made no sense. He lost then dropped down to LW to fight Nate and won that fight. I get that Nate was a draw but he should have never taken that fight at 170.

Not sure if you made an honest mistake here but he didn't "Move to WW" he made the first Nate fight at WW to accommodate Nate not having to cut weight due to short notice. Despite Nate publicly saying he can make LW no problem. Frankly it gave Conor the built in excuse of "Moving Up" if he lost or extra credit if he won.

Nate vs Conor 2 was also at WW as Conor insisted. They did not fight at LW despite both being LWs. I had to stop reading beyond this so there could be more you are completely off on.

 

[kingofthecans]

Can't go 5 posts into a Conor thread without someone bringing up Khabib

I think it should be standard now that when a TS does a Conor thread they just need to add a khabib photo in that first post just to get it out of the way.

 

[laleggenda27]

 

[dipstickjimmy]

I always thought Conor should have dropped down to bantamweight.

He didn't need to drop to BW. The UFC brought BWs up to fight him.