Why Conor did not defend his belt (LW) ?

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Hotora86 said:
You can argue the same about Conor. Eddie Alvarez was never a dominant champ, had chin issues and was already on the decline when Conor faced him. You could say Conor picked the easiest champ to beat in Eddie similarly to GSP picking out Bisping. Plus abandoned both belts because the contenders were a bigger risk than the champs he had beat - especially Tony and Khabib.
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It was only Eddie because RDA pulled out. RDA was a dominant champion and was stylistically a style that is supposed to beat Conor. So it isn't the same situation with GSP picking Bisping, Conor didn't pick Alvarez.

People also thought Alvarez stylistically had the style to beat Conor because of his wrestling/takedown threat. So either way it wasn't the same vs Bisping where stylistically GSP was the favorite vs Bisping.

Moving up in weight to challenge the champion even if the fight is stylistically in your favor is a hard feat to accomplish. We'll see how it works out for Adesanya and Jones soon. Mighty Mouse who was a very dominant champion never wanted to move up to challenge for BW title or even fight TJ who wanted to drop down to challenge for his title. Mighty Mouse is a very cerebral fighter, he understands the risk and difficulty level.
 
Because he didn't wanted to risk his belt and keep all the leverage for the Floyd fight. Ar that time khabib was close to being the no 1 contender and Tony was soon to become the interim champ and he didn't wanted nothing with them BEFORE fighting floyd. Any loss will take any leverage in negotiations.
 
Because he went and made 100 million dollars drank like a fish and railed lines an cheated on his wife . He's a disgrace but he's an absolute baller you can't deny it . And he'll probably TKO porier sad but it's true .
 
because he would have likely lost to anyone in the top 5 at that time.
 
FIghtxIQ said:
It was only Eddie because RDA pulled out. RDA was a dominant champion and was stylistically a style that is supposed to beat Conor. So it isn't the same situation with GSP picking Bisping, Conor didn't pick Alvarez.

People also thought Alvarez stylistically had the style to beat Conor because of his wrestling/takedown threat. So either way it wasn't the same vs Bisping where stylistically GSP was the favorite vs Bisping.

Moving up in weight to challenge the champion even if the fight is stylistically in your favor is a hard feat to accomplish. We'll see how it works out for Adesanya and Jones soon. Mighty Mouse who was a very dominant champion never wanted to move up to challenge for BW title or even fight TJ who wanted to drop down to challenge for his title. Mighty Mouse is a very cerebral fighter, he understands the risk and difficulty level.
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We have different opinions. That's cool with me.
Have a good 2021 man, 2020 was a bitch.
 
HardasNAILZ said:
Conor doesn’t have to defend anything.

He’s the champ champ and does what the fuck he wants.

Is that clear enough for you bro?
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Notice how posts like these receive no likes while Conor bashing posts are 30+

Get a clue, bro. Celebrity worship is a bad look. You come across as pretty pathetic.
 
PeacePipe said:
Its high risk low reward. He usually fights low risk high reward (Mayweather, Nate Diaz at WW so his reputation is not on the line etc.) Or as a last resort, high risk high reward (khabib, also), but never high risk low reward ( Aldo rematch, RDA, Nate Diaz at LW etc.)
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It’s baffling to me that people try to argue fighting Nate on short notice when he was about to fight for the LW title was a low risk high reward fight. His reputation was OBVIOUSLY on the line since losing to Nate comes up literally in every thread about him. Not sure what your point is on RDA, since RDA had to pull out of their scheduled fight.
 
LoneStalker said:
I truly can´t understand this reasoning, dudes who feel happy that some other guy makes more money.
I bet you feel very happy that the dude next door has a bigger dick than you.
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Where did he say he was happy about it?

It’s an explanation, not a boast.
 
empsim said:
He always said he only cares about money and acted accordingly.

Same goes for the UFC so they gave him everything he wanted.

edit: stop acting like he would've defended his title if not for the mayweather fight, you know that's not true.
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How can anyone say you know that’s not true?
 
Conor 2.0 will take all the belts and they will need an fooking army to get them off him.
 
kflo said:
It’s baffling to me that people try to argue fighting Nate on short notice when he was about to fight for the LW title was a low risk high reward fight. His reputation was OBVIOUSLY on the line since losing to Nate comes up literally in every thread about him. Not sure what your point is on RDA, since RDA had to pull out of their scheduled fight.
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How is it baffling? His reputation at LW was not on the line. Nate wanted it at LW, McGregor insisted it be at WW.

This meant if he lost he could always say "well I fought up at WW" , when we all know Nate is a career LW. Therefore we have "low risk" as the "risk" to his reputation at LW was not on the line.

Winning against a "WW" is the reward, but we all know it is a farce, it's not like he fought Usman. It's like fighting BJ Penn at MW, sure he may weigh in that big, but it's due to him not cutting weight. He is not a true MW.

Another example is against Cerrone, another career LW. He fights him at WW, no risk, and reaps the reward of finishing a "ww". However, should he have been stopped, he would have the fail safe excuse to use once again.

Poirier is also fairly low - risk, he's a known commodity who has a tendency to be chinny, already has a KO loss against Mcgregor. I think this is an easy fight for Mcgregor.

But then again, everyone get's old, and no one fades faster than counter strikers (Anderson Silva, Roy Jones Jnr etc. ) , so maybe this is the fight he looks old in..

I doubt it though,

I got McGregor KO round 2.
 
PeacePipe said:
How is it baffling? His reputation at LW was not on the line. Nate wanted it at LW, McGregor insisted it be at WW.

This meant if he lost he could always say "well I fought up at WW" , when we all know Nate is a career LW. Therefore we have "low risk" as the "risk" to his reputation at LW was not on the line.

Winning against a "WW" is the reward, but we all know it is a farce, it's not like he fought Usman. It's like fighting BJ Penn at MW, sure he may weigh in that big, but it's due to him not cutting weight. He is not a true MW.

Another example is against Cerrone, another career LW. He fights him at WW, no risk, and reaps the reward of finishing a "ww". However, should he have been stopped, he would have the fail safe excuse to use once again.

Poirier is also fairly low - risk, he's a known commodity who has a tendency to be chinny, already has a KO loss against Mcgregor. I think this is an easy fight for Mcgregor.

But then again, everyone get's old, and no one fades faster than counter strikers (Anderson Silva, Roy Jones Jnr etc. ) , so maybe this is the fight he looks old in..

I doubt it though,

I got McGregor KO round 2.
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It’s sort of an insane position to suggest his reputation at LW wasn’t at stake. He literally was about to fight for the LW belt when he fought Nate. Alvarez got the next title shot. Conor had to win another fight before fighting for the title. His loss to diaz is referenced literally every day here. The idea that it didn’t affect his reputation is ridiculous. It’s laughable yet it’s used all the time by the same people who try to mock him for losing to diaz.

and Poirier is only a low risk fight if you’re a great fighter.
 
PeacePipe said:
How is it baffling? His reputation at LW was not on the line. Nate wanted it at LW, McGregor insisted it be at WW

This meant if he lost he could always say "well I fought up at WW"
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During the time of the fight I was also certain that having the fight at WW was a strategic move to mitigate the risk of a loss.
But let's face it: it didn't work out that way.
At least not in hindsight.
That fight was viewed, and still is, as a big negative for Conor's LW record.
Sure - he might have been able to get a title shot anyways if the UFC really pushed the "he only lost at WW" excuse. But no matter if he could or couldn't they ended up feeling it was better to have him rematch Nate instead.
And had he lost twice in a row he surely would not have gotten a title shot straight after that.
 
PeacePipe said:
Poirier is also fairly low - risk, he's a known commodity who has a tendency to be chinny, already has a KO loss against Mcgregor. I think this is an easy fight for Mcgregor.
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How many LW:s are a higher risk than Dustin - besides maybe Oliviera?

Tony and RDA seem past it.
Gaethje? Hooker? Dustin beat them both - but I assume you have some argument for someone being a worse stylistic matchups.

But you can't really say someone is low risk if only 1-2 guys are higher risk.
 
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