You're thinking with emotion not logic. This is the problem, everyone is super emotional about McGregor. Who gives a fuck if you like him or you hate him, you need to objectively evaluate him as a fighter and his achievements.
How many fighters run through a division and overthrow the divisional GOAT, and a consensus top 5 GOAT of all-time (at the time easily and even now), win a UFC title. Then move up a weight-class and win another UFC title simultaneously.
- And then are called shit and completely overrated, terrible and all hype - by fans. Who else in the history of MMA?
For the sake of argument and leaving out more variables, let's not include WMMA. How many two division champions are there ever in UFC history?
Randy Couture, BJ Penn, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, and Henry Cejudo.
Now let's look objectively at each case: Couture beat a guy who had back surgery and was using PEDs, Penn won the WW title early on and never defended it, McGregor got an instant title shot but dominated the LW champion, Cormier arguably only had the LHW belt because Jones tested positive (he never beat Jones), and Cejudo won a very close decision (fly-w) and was losing vs Moraes but came back to win.
Who really had the cleanest and most legitimate run for their two titles? And only 3 on the list held simultaneously. McGregor one of them and I think pretty clearly the cleanest and most dominant double champion out of all. He KO'd Aldo, was undefeated at FW, and dominated / KO'd Alvarez. What's the counter-argument here? The only thing to say is: 1. He avoided wrestlers, which I would agree but he did beat Mendes and Eddie Alvarez so not totally true. 2. He got an instant LW title shot / did not defend at FW, to which I say...who cares? We always want super-fights between divisions, why is it a problem only when McGregor did it? It's the reverse-hypocritical complaint that Jones detractors use now.
