Prime? Conor was out of his prime the second he left the UFC to box and has never come close to his peak other than the blink-and-you'll-miss length Cowboy fight. He has looked awful in and out of the ring since then.Dustin won the trilogy against him while they were both in their athletic prime
Dustin, easily.I just got into a HEATED dispute with a buddy whos more of a casual fan. Def not Sherdogger level MMA IQ but he knows some stuff about MMA. Big Conor fan. He said Dustin is a choker in the biggest fights and Conor will always be better so it got me thinking, who is greater?
Pro-Conor points
- 2 division champ, 3-1 in title fights including interim (Dustin 1-2)
- has the best win of the 2 in Aldo
- clearly better FW than Dustin was at FW
Pro-Dustin points
- faaaaaar deeper resume and much stronger schedule faced
- 2-1 H2H against Conor
- among common opponents (Brandao, Duffy, Max, Eddie, Khabib), Dustin is 5-1-1 while Conor is 3-2
- clearly better LW than Conor was at LW even tho Conor was champ, he did it skipping the line and finishing someone who Dustin also finished
Gotta be Dustin, beating a prime Max Holloway who was a sitting champion was insanely impressive
Prime? Conor was out of his prime the second he left the UFC to box and has never come close to his peak other than the blink-and-you'll-miss length Cowboy fight. He has looked awful in and out of the ring since then.
Conor is much better at beating midgets, while Porier fights guys his size or bigger. Prime Conor lost to NATE DIAZ <45>
Nate was at the tail end of his prime by 2016. Too many wars ended it a lot earlier.To prime Nate Diaz who came in as WW vs a LW Conor.
So what lots more guys would be champs if they were fed easy matchups and got to duck other contenders.Conor was a champion twice, Dustin wasn't. Makes it pretty difficult to argue in Dustin's favor.
Nate's a natural lw too. Going up to ww just means he's fighting out of shape. Conor cherry picked Nate because he thought he'd be light work, stop with the revisionist history.To prime Nate Diaz who came in as WW vs a LW Conor.