Shalarous (W) Njokuani (W) Bocek (W) Dunham (W) Cerrone (W) KHABIB (LOSS) High (W) Benson (W) Nate (W) Pettis (W) Cerrone (W). So Khabib was his lone loss in what wouldvr been a 10 fight win streak including destroying some good fighters and winning a title. Aside from Jose Aldo that version of RDA would be Conors 2md best win.I'd just like to remind everyone that Khabib has never actually fought a legit top 5 LW fighter, while said fighter was deservedly ranked in the top 5.
He fought RDA before RDA was a top 5 guy. And Edson Barboza never should have been ranked top 5 -- Edson only got that top 5 rank because Conor, RDA, Cerrone, and Nate Diaz all left the LW division. Of course you are going to move up if 4* guys above you leave the division. The second Edson fought true top 5 fighters (Khabib, Kevin Lee), he got exposed.
I'm not denying that Khabib is a great fighter. He is without a doubt UFC championship level. However, people are acting like he could go 6-0 over the next few years fighting Conor, Tony, Poirier, Alvarez, Kevin Lee, etc. This is where I take issue with the Khabib fanboys -- the guy is totally unproven against true top 5 talent. Let's see how he handles other championship level guys, before we declare him the GOAT.
I'd just like to remind everyone that Khabib has never actually fought a legit top 5 LW fighter, while said fighter was deservedly ranked in the top 5.
He fought RDA before RDA was a top 5 guy. And Edson Barboza never should have been ranked top 5 -- Edson only got that top 5 rank because Conor, RDA, Cerrone, and Nate Diaz all left the LW division. Of course you are going to move up if 4* guys above you leave the division. The second Edson fought true top 5 fighters (Khabib, Kevin Lee), he got exposed.
I'm not denying that Khabib is a great fighter. He is without a doubt UFC championship level. However, people are acting like he could go 6-0 over the next few years fighting Conor, Tony, Poirier, Alvarez, Kevin Lee, etc. This is where I take issue with the Khabib fanboys -- the guy is totally unproven against true top 5 talent. Let's see how he handles other championship level guys, before we declare him the GOAT.
Barboza was ranked number 4.He has 1 top 5 win ever. RDA was ranked number 5. Barboza was ranked number 5 contender so in real terms he was number 6 as the champion has always been number 1 but UFC have started to not rank champions for some stupid reason. Maybe to make it seem like top 6 wins are now top 5 wins.
I've never seen someone get completely owned In every conceivable way like yourself but still continue to come back, stalk me, repeat the same exact things you've said a million times before.Fk you need help.......And not your usual calling of other Fanboys like @MescalineDreams kind of help.
Never fought the Pettis/Melendez/Bensons/Thompsons of LW when they were on top
Khabib has NO wins over any currently ranked top 5 LWs
Khabib hasn't fought Alvarez/Porier/Nate/Gathje/Lee/Furgeson etc etc etc etc
Khabib avoided so many of the top LWs of yester-year AND TODAY
And yet people call Conor the "cherry picker" or claim Conor was "babied?"
It's amazing how sherdoggers shit on Conor yet Conor has more wins over currently ranked top 5 LWs (Alvarez and Poirier) And Conor made them look like amatures
Khabib has been living off his win over a pre-prime RDA for a decade. Conor embarresed Alvarez straight off of Alvarez actually dethroning CHAMP RDA.
LW is the deepest division in MMA history but it's honestly impressive how Khabib avoided fighting all the top LWs (minus a pre-prime RDA)
Is Khabib the LW Rousey?
Conor is the championship calibre fighter with actual championship experience
People are grossly under rating Conor here
I never said Khabib ducked
LW is the deepest division in MMA history but it's honestly impressive how Khabib avoided fighting all the top LWs (minus a pre-prime RDA)
Is it Khabib or the UFC matchmakers to blame more for the fact that there are indeed SO MANY of the LW fights that would have been awesome that haven't happened (yet)??
Khabib being injured != Conor sitting on a yacht drinking champagneAnd yet Conor never ever missed weight at 145
Khabib is the one who's literally almost DIED cutting to 155
Khabib has never beaten anyone his size and is a massive weight cutter who literally kills himself to fight smaller guys at 155. Just saying
Funny how Khabib never gets shit for it.
Crazy how many double standards there are against Conor
Another thing I don't get is how can any fan of LW on sherdog cheer for Khabib to beat Conor when Khabib himself said he's going to WW after?
With how inactive Khabib is, anyone who ever complained about the so called "inactivity" of Conor, also exposes themself as a double standard hypocrite for cheering for Khabib when khabib has been a million times more inactive and would make a terrible champ
Alvarez didn't want to fight Khabib when he was champion, it's why the UFC were able to get away with paying him such a low amount for the Conor fight. They simply threatened to give Khabib the next title shot and Eddie wanted no part of him.
Nate turned down Khabib 3 times throughout the course of his career, this is well known.
Lee was never in a position to fight Khabib; as much as I like Kevin, Khabib was already the #1 contender while Lee wasn't even in the top 10 at the time.
Ferguson pulled out of UFC 223, and Gaethje/Poirier were never in a position to challenge for the title or the #1 contender spot until Dustin beat Eddie recently.
He would've absolutely mauled Pettis when he was champion, let's not even go there. One of Pettis' main weaknesses is his takedown defense, and Khabib knows how to expoit that better than anyone.
Cliffs: Khabib has never ducked anyone, more often than not HE was the one being ducked as he was rising through the LW ranks.
Never fought the Pettis/Melendez/Bensons/Thompsons of LW when they were on top
Khabib has NO wins over any currently ranked top 5 LWs
Khabib hasn't fought Alvarez/Porier/Nate/Gathje/Lee/Furgeson etc etc etc etc
Khabib avoided so many of the top LWs of yester-year AND TODAY
And yet people call Conor the "cherry picker" or claim Conor was "babied?"
It's amazing how sherdoggers shit on Conor yet Conor has more wins over currently ranked top 5 LWs (Alvarez and Poirier) And Conor made them look like amatures
Khabib has been living off his win over a pre-prime RDA for a decade. Conor embarresed Alvarez straight off of Alvarez actually dethroning CHAMP RDA.
LW is the deepest division in MMA history but it's honestly impressive how Khabib avoided fighting all the top LWs (minus a pre-prime RDA)
Is Khabib the LW Rousey?
Conor is the championship calibre fighter with actual championship experience
People are grossly under rating Conor here
I give him shit all the time hes a huge guy fighting lightweights cause he cant beat people his size. Now hes got a belt because he beat a real estate agent/part time fighter. Like Rogan said extreme weight cutters are cowards that milk the system to get an advantage.And yet Conor never ever missed weight at 145
Khabib is the one who's literally almost DIED cutting to 155
Khabib has never beaten anyone his size and is a massive weight cutter who literally kills himself to fight smaller guys at 155. Just saying
Funny how Khabib never gets shit for it.
Crazy how many double standards there are against Conor
Another thing I don't get is how can any fan of LW on sherdog cheer for Khabib to beat Conor when Khabib himself said he's going to WW after?
With how inactive Khabib is, anyone who ever complained about the so called "inactivity" of Conor, also exposes themself as a double standard hypocrite for cheering for Khabib when khabib has been a million times more inactive and would make a terrible champ
Barboza was ranked number 4.
Know your facts before spewing your bullshit.
He was top 4, Johnson top 5 and RDA top 5.I rectified it later on. Barboza was ranked number 4 contender which means he was ranked number 5 in real money as UFC doesn't rank their champion. RDA was ranked number 5 in UFC which means he was actually the 6th best LW. Therefore Khabib has 1 top 5 win ever. Barboza not RDA. Happy?