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You do know Conor has knocked out Dustin before, right?
FW Dustin was never a top contender like he is at LW. The only top FW he beat was Josh Grispi which was his first FW fight. He was a top 10 FW but never a true top 5 guy. He was #5 by UFC when he fought Conor but UFC tends to overrate some of their guys
https://www.sherdog.com/news/rankings/7/Sherdogs-Official-Mixed-Martial-Arts-Rankings-73041
Sherdog had him 8th going into that fight and thats more in line with how other media rankings and fans had him
Against other true top FWs he was 1-2 before fighting Conor losing to Cub and KZ. He finished Max but Max was 4-0 and 20yo in his UFC debut. He was far from even being considered a ranked FW back then. He beat some other decent FWs like Garza, Brookins, Corasani and Brandao but none of them were ever ranked. His best win after Grispi @ FW was Eric Koch. Good win and he was top 10 before getting murked by Lamas but was like 10-15 level when Dustin beat him
And I think the point of the guy you responded to is champs generally defend their title against top 3 guys mostly on stureaks. Conor has never defended in any promotion. Hes had some favorable matchmaking then seeks out random fights fighting LWs @ 170 and the like