Conor win over Eddie wasn't that dominating compared to what Timophy did to Eddie .
ONE FC is massively underrated , it's just UFC fans living in a very small bubble of the MMA scene .
Eddie was never finished the way he was against Timophy .
And it's funny that everyone are saying Eddie is overrated or old or past his prime , etc...
Eddie just before leaving the UFC for ONE FC he KOed Justin Gatje and lost to Dustin Poirier two guy who will fight for the title against the second P4P GOAT in Khabib .
Eddie BTW was about to KO Dustin but Dustin took advantage of the rules and touched the ground with his finger in order to herb dean to disqualify Eddie very dirty .
Everyone here respect Dustin and Justin and yet none want to admit that Eddie gave both of them hell .
If you respect Dustin and Justin then there's no way to not respect Eddie and not give credit to him .
Also if Eddie was overrated and sucked then that mean Conor win over Eddie wasn't a big deal so in turn you basically turn Conor resume above featherweight as a joke .
Nate Diaz 1-1 ? Old man Donald Cerrone who prior to Conor fight was getting demolished by Tony and Gatje ? The humiliating beatdown by Khabib ? What is Conor resume beyond featherweight ? It's the Eddie win and the belt that Conor got from it .
Sure Conor almost fought RDA and has spoken many time of fighting the top contender but did he actually did that ? No so let's not make excuse for him it's sad .
If everyone praise Conor for getting the historical feat of getting another belt while holding another , then you'll better give credit to Eddie as well for being the champion .
If everyone praise Khabib resume ( which in great part was because he easily beat Dustin and Justin ) and his win over Dustin and Justin then there's no way around not giving Eddie a tons of respect unless you downplay Khabib resume .
So onto Eddie in ONE FC : He only got 2 fights in ONE FC and yet he got very badly finished in his first fight there and in the second he almost broke his leg and almost got finished in the first rounds by Eduard Folayang a guy no one here care about and even if Eddie managed to choke Folayang out it should be noted that its because Edward abysmal fight IQ .
Eddie won his second fight in ONE FC but almost got finished in the first round and even if Eddie won it in the end it wasn't because he is awesome but because his opponent had terrible fight IQ .
BTW You can watch the ranking of ONE FC here
https://www.onefc.com/rankings/ , Eddie isn't even in the top 5 best lightweight .
Sure he might easily beat Shinya Aoki but there's still at the VERY LEAST 5 guy who most consider the heavy favorite against Eddie : Christian Lee , Iuri Lapicus , Pieter Buist , Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev and Amir Khan .
Also guys like Eduard can easily redo what he did to Eddie and not fall for the amateurish mistake while Timophy got Eddie number , that is a fact .
Lightweight in ONE FC is just as strong as the UFC , but by locking at everything it think ONE FC lightweight division is stronger .
UFC fans should look outside of their little bubble , you may be a Tony , Khabib or Conor fans it doesn't matter .
What matter is that Eddie extremely tough time in ONE FC all impact the legacy of Tony , Khabib and Conor as they all have fought Eddie or a guy that Eddie beat ( Dustin and Justin ) .