Why Conor will run LW easily

[legedema]

Dustin outstruck max, eddie, justin, hooker pretty easily

Everybody know Dustin is mile away of Conor in stand up, Conor embarrased him at the first fight and will do it again

He is too fast, technical, accurate and powerful

Nobody can stop Conor now Khabib is gone

Maybe Oliveira can, but i don't think he is that good to avoid punch

so , Nate would fuck the whole division

 

[G10]

The hate is strong if you think Hooker is a better striker than Conor, especially defensively.

Look at the combos poirior was landing repeatedly in his fight against hooker. One, maybe 2 rounds of that punishment from someone as accurate as Conor would result in him getting stopped. I like Hooker and he's an elite fighter... but he gasses and starts blocking with his chin when he's tired.

Conor is likely faster and more powerful than Hooker, and he might be a better boxer, but Hooker brings a lot more weapons to the table as a striker. He's a more complete kickboxer and clinch fighter, plus he is a much better offensive grappler, to boot. Also, Poirier's best rounds against Hooker came after the 3rd. You know who else has a history of fading late in a fight? This whole thread's about him. If I were a Conor fan, I would not be rooting for him to take over any fight in the later rounds.

Could Conor put Hooker away in the first round? Definitely. But I think the fight is much more competitive than people think.

 

[Conor_Is_Overrated]

Is 1-1 vs Nate Diaz ---> will EASILY run the LW division!

 

[BHR]

hes gonna run away from it if hes the champ nate will get a TS first he will avoid the top contenders he might fight tony justin rda and felder aswell as hold up the division for boxing your crazy if you think he will fight chuck

 

[jitzmonkey]

I do agree that the mind-games is Conor's greatest intangible strength, and it's contributed to a lot of his victories. However, an important factor to consider is they worked for him earlier in his career, before he got established in the UFC. Many fighters looked at Conor as a joke during his rise at 145lbs; that's one reason Mendes took a fight with him on a week's notice. Nowadays, after seeing the highlight reel Conor's built up of KOs over Mendes, Aldo, and Alvarez, I doubt most fighters look at him as a joke. Sure, I think he can still get in a lot of guys' heads, but I think most fighters are wise to it, now.

Maybe, honestly we don't have recent data on him. The Cerrone fight doesn't tell us anything. Until we have more than a 3 minute highlight real of him, it's hard to bet against him.

 

[jitzmonkey]

Diaz won because he has chin. Dude Conor threw kitchen sink at Diaz especially in first fight. There is no man in world who could maintain that pace. Diaz won because he has chin and he survived and "bum" didnt pace himself.

Yeah, he also didn't get super emotional and make dumb mistakes. He took a measured approach to the fight. Remember, it was conor that gassed and shot. Diaz peppered him. Diaz didn't knock him unconscious.

 

[KantoTerror]

He can beat most of the division. I'd definately favor him over Poirier, Gaethje, current Tony.

I think Oliveria, FKL, and Islam are hard fights, especially Islam. Chandler may be tough to.

I'd be intrigued with Conor vs Hooker. Both are 2-3 round fighters and good strikers in their own right. Conor's a better striker, but Hooker is pretty damn durable and fights until he can't. Plus Hooker would have height and reach advantage, and unlike Cowboy, Hooker is in his prime.

RDA vs Conor is another good one, but RDA is getting too old. RDA is very good at mixing it up, we've seen him take down and outgrapple natural WW's, so with that gameplan he stands a decent shot against Conor. RDA is also a decent striker.

He will stay away from Islam...he will stay away from any Khabib replica...that's pretty much the blueprint to beat him. I'd favor Conor over anyone who is willing to stand and bang that isn't a take down threat. Most of these guys don't have the TD prowess that khabib possess...Khabib's chin is also underrated. Now Conor might struggle with Kevin Lee, Oliveira and even Michael Johnson...Tony is shot...he ain't surviving a Conor beat down.