Quote (HomeRun916 @ Apr 27 2017 03:25pm)
Guy can scrap, no doubt. Has unbelievable power and sees things just a little differently than most people.
But in what regard is he that much ahead of anyone? Has multiple submission losses, was tagged a lot vs Mendes, and the Nate fights speak for them selves.
I could say the same stupid shit about Khabib being absolutely better than everyone, he's actually undefeated. But I'm not a dullard, every man will meet his match one day.
honestly, the nate fights made conor so much better. His boxing was sharpened, gameplan more refined, power still deadly, fought with less emotion. Not many people improve that much in that short of a time, especially after already reaching the top and becoming champ. I feel like after the alvarez fight i would've liked to see him defend again against either ferg or lord khabib, to see if he could be that great consistently. It's less so about what occurred in the past and looking at a fighter objectively at their skill set. If he fought chad again, i guarantee he wouldn't have gotten tagged as much, and he wouldn't have gotten taken down as easily. Conor was leaving himself wide open to those takedowns with his reckless aggression, and chad just timed them easily. He doesn't do that anymore tho.