Was Nate right all along? "You seem to got it all figured out when you're fighting midgets.

[ExitLUPin]

You don't got shit again normal sized human beings."

15-1 @ FW
7-4 @ LW/WW

Yes he beat Dustin @ FW but Dustin was Peahead at 145 killing himself. Lookata size of eem now that's a proper man. Notice how Conor didn't call him Peahead once @ normal sized LW Doostin. He know

Eddie and Buchinger are the only relevant LWs he beat @ 155 in his entire career

Brimage, Aldo, Brandao, Siver, Mendes etc all could have or did make 135 in their careers. The ironic part is Conor always gloated.about his size advantage @ FW and how he dwarfs everyone there

Barely got through Nate, got finished once. Finished by Duffy. Finished by Khabib. Finished by normal.sized Doostin. Beat Eddie but looked a weight class bigger. Beat Cowboy but he was shot

 

[Wand claude van-damme]

 

[BobbyJindal]

Conor has absolutely no basis to shit talk Dustin’s appearance now lmao. Conor aged like sour milk and looks like an old man, and Dustin still has a full head of hair and looks great.

 

[RobotGod]

Diaz trash too though, got smacked around the cage by Masvidal. Worse loss than Conor

 

[Hardkore]

Overrated. Beneficiary of favorable matchmaking

 

[GoodBadHBK]

It's funny how people call Aldo a BW now but back then everyone thought it was impossible for him to make 135.

Mendes a 135er? Reaching way too hard

 

[Hellowhosthat]

lol @ 135 Mendes.

 

[ExitLUPin]

Conor has absolutely no basis to shit talk Dustin’s appearance now lmao. Conor aged like sour milk and looks like an old man, and Dustin still has a full head of hair and looks great.

Dustin going Peahead gets KOd in 2014
Conor going Peahead gets KOd in 2021

Was the hair the difference?

 

[ExitLUPin]

It's funny how people call Aldo a BW now but back then everyone thought it was impossible for him to make 135.

Mendes a 135er? Reaching way too hard

lol @ 135 Mendes.

Could've said the same thing about Aldo before he moved down. They were basically the same size and Mendes even said he could make it in the past and thought about it but TJ and JoeB were both there before

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Could've said the same thing about Aldo before he moved down. They were basically the same size and Mendes even said he could make it in the past and thought about it but TJ and JoeB were both there before

I dunno dude, Mendes was a tank. He was short but he was jacked and that athleticism was a major part of his style. I don't think he'd have been as effective as a BW.

 

[ExitLUPin]

I dunno dude, Mendes was a tank. He was short but he was jacked and that athleticism was a major part of his style. I don't think he'd have been as effective as a BW.

I wasn't arguing effectiveness just that he could make it. Aldo clearly isn't as effective @ BW his defense is much worse

 

[rawknob]

I dunno dude, Mendes was a tank. He was short but he was jacked and that athleticism was a major part of his style. I don't think he'd have been as effective as a BW.

in all fairness, Mendes came in last minute, handled connor in the first like a boss, but was spent by the second and got caught

 

[Judoka_DR]

Diaz trash too though, got smacked around the cage by Masvidal. Worse loss than Conor

Masvidal would have destroyed Conor

 

[Huligani]

lol @ 135 Mendes.

He has the same frame as Faber, just more bulk on top of it. So that's not too crazy to say.

As for the subject at hand, well it's no secret that Conor knows how to fight long, so yes that favors matchups with smaller fighters. But that's not the only way he can fight, as he showed in the Nate Diaz rematch, and even in his successful moments in the first Diaz fight and this fight with Poirier. Conor just lacks heart and cardio, and for some reason he didn't do anything about Poirier's leg kicks in this fight.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

in all fairness, Mendes came in last minute, handled connor in the first like a boss, but was spent by the second and got caught

True, Mendes was really, really fucking good.

 

[NotDana]

Then why does he have a win over Poirier, Nate and was arguably winning before the tko last night. His whole career before the ufc was at LW.

Conor isn’t a big guy himself

 

[baba2008]

I don’t really care one way or the other, but it would look like anyone with that record is fighting in the wrong division at LW, never mind WW.

 

[rawknob]

Then why does he have a win over Poirier, Nate and was arguably winning before the tko last night. His whole career before the ufc was at LW.

Conor isn’t a big guy himself

he arguably lost the first round last night as well, and a lot of people think Nate 2 was a bs decision. It was close for sure, could have gone either way, but really I had nate on that one.

 

[ReyesWon]

Conor IS a midget.

Why should he be expected to be GOAT at multiple divisions?

Stupid expectations, but Conor made his money.

 

[campbecc]

There is no way Mendes could have made 135 while in fighting shape, he was short but really stocky.