There was a 16 month maybe a two-year period when all the stars aligned for Connor McGregor.. people can hate him and dislike him and say that he’s no good now.. and that might be true But when he had his day, it was a glorious one that lasted about two years where he was just unstoppable. It was a site to behold, and some of the best pay-per-view I ever spent money on.
After his boxing match with Mayweather he had so much money it became kind of pointless for him to train and fight. The Guy was so rich he could have retired right there. He lost the grind and it showed in his last MMA fights starting with his first come-back vs khabib all the way to his last fight with Dustin.
@@razzledazzle3863 he’s given the ufc the best entertainment it’s ever had. Transformed the company, won 2 world titles and produced some the best performances in ufc history. Take your tongue out khabibs a** you loser 😂. Couldn’t dream of achieving what he has, whether he’s a cock or not you’ve got to admire greatness.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
What made/makes Conor AND O'Malley special is their accuracy and shot placement. Not even the biggest fan but its just undeniable. Conor when he was hungry had a special run. We will see Seans as well
Definitely the BEST performance in UFC history! Went up a weight class to fight the champ and beat him FLAWLESSLY to be the worlds first simultaneous CHAMP CHAMP!
It's relative man. Connor at FW was one of the best to do it. It's just the fact that he became bigger then to sport and lost his drive. @@ronjones3977
@@red_panda_boots just say your a casual khabib isn't overrated dude lost like 2 rounds his whole career......he is one of the greatest ....fought and dominated everyone Conor couldn't defend his title once yet gets all this fanfare he's by far the most overrated
@@ronjones3977 I mean khabib is def top 10 but so many people say hes the goat which he def isnt true considering his resume is very shallow, and tbh conor now is lowkey underrated as alotta people just think of the khabib fight and dp 2&3 when they think and talk abt conor, and not his pre-maywhether career
a lot of people don’t understand how crazy that was, eddie alvarez is one of the greatest lightweights in mma history no one beat him like that. conor made it look like he was a gatekeeper. eddie knocked out gaethje a year after too
@@andrewoberg Cerrone has never won a title and always lost in any number 1 contender fights he was put in against top guys. Double digits in losses and multiple losing streaks throughout his career. The definition of a journeyman and eventual gatekeeper against up and comers later on in his career. Go do some research
@@andrewobergeddie had just koed rda in the 1st round.... eddie is a beast eddie was also piecing dustin up in their 1st fight until that kneee..... khabib Dick rider😂😂😂
Prime Connor mcgregor makes him one of the greats there’s no doubt, now just to wait for the khabib fans comments and try discredit what he did in this sport 😂
@10thclimbtovictorystevens65 he did But he definitely beat a lesser Conor. The last time we seen prime Conor was against Mayweather. He was never the same since that. Javier Mendes said Conor is Khabibs toughest style opponent. And it was because of this version of Conor who fought Eddie. In a way I feel like we were robbed from what that fight could've been
This was hands down the greatest performance ever for a fighter gaining the title imo. (Just ignore Mcgregor as a personality and look at it through the scope of him just being another contender).
I think he fully deserves the spot that he's in even if he's not at his greatest anymore. He truly is a masterclass striker and generally a spectacular fighter to watch.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
In his prime I would put this Conor against any Lightweight rn and he would smoke all of them besides maybe Islam lets be real. What annoys me the most is that Conor could have easily continued at featherweight after that he just didnt know how to cut weight professionally.. In McGregor Poirier 2 Conor was only 170 pounds on fight night Dustin was fucking 186 pounds which is crazy. When you hear guys like Volk saying that hes cutting from 183 pounds to featherweight you know Conor just never had good professional people around him to cut weight sadly Conor is not a big guy at all or atleast was. Give Conor a good nutrientists and he would have made 145 easily every time and wouldnt even look like a Skeleton. He probably walked around at 175 180 thats an easy cut Strickland said he was 218 pounds in his vlog before the Dricus fight
@@avecinaahmadalonto4169Khabib is not making 145 lol he bearly made 155 tons of times in his career and pulled out a few times I believe against tony Ferguson
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
@@humbertopedraza147 it was the first time someone had good boxing in the ufc "he's landing while Eddie's moving" boxers do that all the time wait until this guy sees pacquiao lol
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
His quickness was his super power but fast twitch doesn't transfer over to the distance. To take a fight to the end you can't train that fast twitch the way he does. It's like a marathon runner vs a sprinter. If he catches you it's over, but if you get him into a final round you probably won.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
Nah that Combo was matrix shit. I feel like the fight was moving in this exact slomo’d speed for Conor in his head during this fight. One of the nastiest combos in any fight sport I’ve ever seen.
That first four piece he lands to get the first knockdown is my favourite combo by far. It’s so ridiculously fast i barely caught what he threw when watching it live.
That slip pull counter is crazy. To know the distance to move out of the way just enough to where a fist touches your nose but doesn't actually hit you and you stay in range to land a four-piece to knock someone out is crazy
Say what you want about any of those men, they are all good and more then capable of knocking each other out, they all are special, they all are good, they all are strong, some are a little more patient then others and some are a little more lucky then others. They are all fn awesome, my hat is off to all of them
I remember when he first popped up. With his Viking style braids. Smooth but rigid. Patient yet powerful. It was some of the best live mma performances I’ve ever witnessed. Shit was glorious. I think he’s kind of a jerkoff but who isn’t at times? His reign was still triumphant
Conor looked good in that fight, Diaz is honestly just a bad matchup for Conor style wise, he’s almost impossible to finish and Conor doesn’t have enough power to knock him out and Nate’s got a mean submission game and good boxing
Diaz had been training with andre ward for a long time. Ward said that even Nate gave him the work at times. He was genuinely peaking during that time and the prospect of fighting Conor in a fight he was meant to lose gave him this back against the wall mentality. You could see him get more dangerous as the fight went on. The second fight was nates best performance by a huge margin. But, it was also the size. Not only can he take the shots, fighting a bigger guy will tire you out faster. So, yeah, it was a tricky style matup and factors which led to the loss. I also think Nate during his prime was very underrated. If he had stayed around the sport, more people would've seen it. But he essentially wasted his best years.
I remember the build up to this fight, everyone wrote Connor off because Eddie would be too tough and Connor would end up gassing out, never seen anyone make winning a belt look so effortless
As a non biased fan i feel if he had that same hunger and wasnt swimming in money, i believe he wouldve given khabib a good go and maybe win. He went into that fight like an emotional bully underestimating khabib
I never seen someone land 1,2,3,4😢punch in my life in real fight , but only from Conor that makes everyone loves Conor McGregor and makes everyone wanna watch UFC because of Conor McGregor ❤
Connor was exciting and everyone has a punchers chance when they have power. They’d not be naive, he was fast tacked because of his ability to make money and that’s fine, but that’s why he won anything. This was always going to happen.
This fight made people forget what kind of an animal Eddie was in his prime. Eddie was the real deal, an absolute savage and a true champion. The fact Conor did that to him and made it look that easy is the most impressive part of it
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There was a 16 month maybe a two-year period when all the stars aligned for Connor McGregor.. people can hate him and dislike him and say that he’s no good now.. and that might be true
But when he had his day, it was a glorious one that lasted about two years where he was just unstoppable. It was a site to behold, and some of the best pay-per-view I ever spent money on.
True that
Oh you hit the nail on the head my friend, he got me into mma many years ago on his come up, watching him was so fun he was incredible.
After his boxing match with Mayweather he had so much money it became kind of pointless for him to train and fight. The Guy was so rich he could have retired right there. He lost the grind and it showed in his last MMA fights starting with his first come-back vs khabib all the way to his last fight with Dustin.
@Makula-px8frhe won’t bro let’s be honest
@Makula-px8frlmao watch you will say the same once he gets beat again .
When Conor was active in the sport he was a sight to behold.
Lol
@@razzledazzle3863 he’s given the ufc the best entertainment it’s ever had. Transformed the company, won 2 world titles and produced some the best performances in ufc history. Take your tongue out khabibs a** you loser 😂. Couldn’t dream of achieving what he has, whether he’s a cock or not you’ve got to admire greatness.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
You mean when he was in that weight class lol
Word for word
Connor looked so good in this fight it made most people not even know how good Eddie is
They all forget, even to this day
True! I was very suprised to find out that he had fightd with Poirier, Gaethje and Chandler 😅 None of those fights were like this one tho
That almost happened to Aldo, but Aldo kept having great fights long after the conor loss and retired as a legend
@@isveryniceyesConor could never fight again and he would still be a legend. Conor greatness isn’t defined by wins and losses.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
It was great while he lasted.
100%
My gf says the same thing
@@kshepard05 Don't lie
Still it's great
That’s what she said
Prime conor... miss those days
Hungry McGregor was the man
60 Gs BABYYYYYYYYY
@@ZAH33D Exactly.
What made/makes Conor AND O'Malley special is their accuracy and shot placement. Not even the biggest fan but its just undeniable. Conor when he was hungry had a special run. We will see Seans as well
Irish genetics
Definitely the BEST performance in UFC history! Went up a weight class to fight the champ and beat him FLAWLESSLY to be the worlds first simultaneous CHAMP CHAMP!
Best in ufc history????? You obviously haven't seen many fights this aint even the best of Conors overrated career
It's relative man. Connor at FW was one of the best to do it. It's just the fact that he became bigger then to sport and lost his drive. @@ronjones3977
@ronjones3977 I'm not even a conor fan but if we're talking about overrated careers khabib takes it
@@red_panda_boots just say your a casual khabib isn't overrated dude lost like 2 rounds his whole career......he is one of the greatest ....fought and dominated everyone Conor couldn't defend his title once yet gets all this fanfare he's by far the most overrated
@@ronjones3977 I mean khabib is def top 10 but so many people say hes the goat which he def isnt true considering his resume is very shallow, and tbh conor now is lowkey underrated as alotta people just think of the khabib fight and dp 2&3 when they think and talk abt conor, and not his pre-maywhether career
a lot of people don’t understand how crazy that was, eddie alvarez is one of the greatest lightweights in mma history no one beat him like that. conor made it look like he was a gatekeeper. eddie knocked out gaethje a year after too
LOL the same Eddie who had lost a decision to journeyman Cowboy a few fights prior? Conor fans are hilariously delusional.
@@moneyman8772 journeyman cerrone? this guy can’t be serious. & conor isn’t even in my top 25
@@andrewoberg Cerrone has never won a title and always lost in any number 1 contender fights he was put in against top guys. Double digits in losses and multiple losing streaks throughout his career. The definition of a journeyman and eventual gatekeeper against up and comers later on in his career. Go do some research
@@moneyman8772 research? i was there retard, cerrone was a pioneer of mma
@@andrewobergeddie had just koed rda in the 1st round.... eddie is a beast eddie was also piecing dustin up in their 1st fight until that kneee..... khabib Dick rider😂😂😂
Prime Connor mcgregor makes him one of the greats there’s no doubt, now just to wait for the khabib fans comments and try discredit what he did in this sport 😂
Well he beat connor for 1...
@10thclimbtovictorystevens65 he did
But he definitely beat a lesser Conor.
The last time we seen prime Conor was against Mayweather. He was never the same since that.
Javier Mendes said Conor is Khabibs toughest style opponent. And it was because of this version of Conor who fought Eddie.
In a way I feel like we were robbed from what that fight could've been
@@10thclimbtovictorystevens65kebab wpuld never beat a hungry and determined calculated prime Conor
This was hands down the greatest performance ever for a fighter gaining the title imo. (Just ignore Mcgregor as a personality and look at it through the scope of him just being another contender).
I think he fully deserves the spot that he's in even if he's not at his greatest anymore. He truly is a masterclass striker and generally a spectacular fighter to watch.
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
In his prime I would put this Conor against any Lightweight rn and he would smoke all of them besides maybe Islam lets be real. What annoys me the most is that Conor could have easily continued at featherweight after that he just didnt know how to cut weight professionally.. In McGregor Poirier 2 Conor was only 170 pounds on fight night Dustin was fucking 186 pounds which is crazy. When you hear guys like Volk saying that hes cutting from 183 pounds to featherweight you know Conor just never had good professional people around him to cut weight sadly Conor is not a big guy at all or atleast was. Give Conor a good nutrientists and he would have made 145 easily every time and wouldnt even look like a Skeleton. He probably walked around at 175 180 thats an easy cut Strickland said he was 218 pounds in his vlog before the Dricus fight
Prime Connor was special
I think it’s just the determination and confidence, when a fighter has true confidence in their abilities they usually win
His timing is out of this world
I believe that if khabib and conor fought THAT night, it wouldve been more competitive
Now imagine, khabjb fought eddie that time. Eddie will be another michael johnson. Or khabjb fought aldo. You will call him weight bully.
@@avecinaahmadalonto4169Khabib absolutely would've been a weight bully at FW come on bro🤣
connor would eatckhabib up
@@avecinaahmadalonto4169Khabib is not making 145 lol he bearly made 155 tons of times in his career and pulled out a few times I believe against tony Ferguson
I love how you said more competitive, cuz the outcome wouldn’t have changed anyway.
Love him or hate him I still love him. lmfao
Then go suck him
Fighter throws where you are. BEAST throws where your gonna be.
Connor a legend but Nate Diaz a legend too he was the one who ended Conor’s prime
By what definition
Conor did this to Eddie after the two Diaz fights... Diaz ended nothing.
This happened after the Diaz loss
Once in a lifetime conor mcgregor experience ❤
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
The brendan shaub take really solidified this for all of us 💀
Prime Conor was a sight to behold someone who could trash talk and knock you out at the same time
The first time someone had good boxing and power in the ufc it peaked here
Have you topuria fight?
@@humbertopedraza147 it was the first time someone had good boxing in the ufc "he's landing while Eddie's moving" boxers do that all the time wait until this guy sees pacquiao lol
Absolute peak and unrepeatable Conor.
When Connor was hungry. It was like he was invincible.
Respect for him for all he has done for the UFC ❤
Some of the funnest fights to witness live. Fookin legend
I was in the audience to see this live (UFC 205) it was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.
Back then when Conor was hungry
That 4 piece combo to end the fight while Eddie was falling is insane!
That blew me away as well. 4 punch combo in like 1 second
Connor schooled Eddie that night
Prime connor was very focused 👊
I mean it isn’t all that surprising since his motto is “precision beats power and timing beats speed”
For two years conor was god
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
It was all downhill as a fighter from this point, however it was all uphill as a businessman.
Literally, he chose the bag over legacy. In this economy, who could blame him. Set his family up generational wealth.
@@AnonymousPersona agreed
His measurement of range was brilliant.
When he touched gloves he's measuring
"Precision beats power and timing beats speed"
- Conor Mcgregor
I miss old conner. He will never be the same. The hunger is gone. But damn prime conner has had some epic moments.
We all miss this conor
The Golden Era of Conor McGregor
Everything was perfect from Press Conference to Weigh ins to Actual fights.
Thx for your services Conor ❤
Connor prime was something else bro
When Connor was in his absolute prime he was unlike anything I had ever seen
One of the greatest performances of all time.
That combo was prolly best finishing sequence. Atleast top 5
His quickness was his super power but fast twitch doesn't transfer over to the distance. To take a fight to the end you can't train that fast twitch the way he does. It's like a marathon runner vs a sprinter. If he catches you it's over, but if you get him into a final round you probably won.
Guys who watched ufc 302 live at tv
I skipped church its a dead end after that
Khabib enters the room...
true. Khabib make him tap like chicken 😂
"whatever that was" is crazy. Imagine being dropped and you have no idea what you got hit with lolll
Eddie also made a lot of pros look like amateurs. No slouch at all.
Brendan has also never seen a book he could read
Conor was God Mode on this night. It was really something to see.
Connor doesnt aim for where you r he aims for where ur guuna be
This performance was flawless
The glazing is crazy
“He’s moving while he’s landing I’ve never seen anything like it” Bro never watched Silva fight apparently
Hit Eddie so fast and precise that he had no idea what he'd gotten hit with. 💀
Prime Conor was so good
Facts. Best Championship Performance EVER. Prime Conor was so fucking good prime Conor is one of the best fighters to ever do it. Casuals think Khabib fought prime Conor....😂 hell no he didnt he fought a washed up 2 year lay off coked up alcoholic Conor who lost his hunger and Motivation and had lost his Karate stance and had a shitty boxing stance..
The money took his hunger
very quickly
Thats why the guy from Dagestan grew above him.
Nah that Combo was matrix shit. I feel like the fight was moving in this exact slomo’d speed for Conor in his head during this fight. One of the nastiest combos in any fight sport I’ve ever seen.
Connor was a different breed in his prime fr
This is what a fixed fight looks like ladies and gents
That first four piece he lands to get the first knockdown is my favourite combo by far. It’s so ridiculously fast i barely caught what he threw when watching it live.
“I’ve never seen anyone hit someone while they’re moving” dudes got rocks for brains
I think he was referring to when connor rocked eddie, eddie was falling back as connor was still landing combos.
@l_W7 he was, but his head was in the same spot the 3/4 shots in the combo. Lol
@@WorldsGr8est12 yeah because he threw the punches so quick eddie litterally couldn't move his head. Lol
you dweebs love to hate on Schuab… he’d obliterate you
There it is! The person who's never fought before
Connor turned on aimbot for that scrap
connor got sooo many people into mama too, legend.
That slip pull counter is crazy. To know the distance to move out of the way just enough to where a fist touches your nose but doesn't actually hit you and you stay in range to land a four-piece to knock someone out is crazy
If conner stayed active and didint start drinking heavy hed be a champ to this day probably
Connor was prepared. He watched hours of fights and studied moves. Connor knew exactly what he was going to do and trained for it.
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Say what you want about any of those men, they are all good and more then capable of knocking each other out, they all are special, they all are good, they all are strong, some are a little more patient then others and some are a little more lucky then others. They are all fn awesome, my hat is off to all of them
Nothing like seeing a stand up fight in the cage.
Prime connor font work was next level
Whenever I watch it, I forget it’s a title fight. Let alone for double champ status. It’s unbelievable
Gave him that 4 piece with a side of biscuits 😂
Whatever that was , that was fast ~ Eddie
Conor mcgregor deserves more respect he single handedly put ufc on the map globally 🌎
How good he WAS....
This podcast episode came out days after that fight so that’s why they say IS.
Crazy how fast the game evolved. That's kind of normal now. He had very good timing of course. And when he was hungry he was so much better
I remember when he first popped up. With his Viking style braids. Smooth but rigid. Patient yet powerful. It was some of the best live mma performances I’ve ever witnessed. Shit was glorious. I think he’s kind of a jerkoff but who isn’t at times? His reign was still triumphant
Dope edit brotha
Conor looked good in that fight, Diaz is honestly just a bad matchup for Conor style wise, he’s almost impossible to finish and Conor doesn’t have enough power to knock him out and Nate’s got a mean submission game and good boxing
Diaz had been training with andre ward for a long time. Ward said that even Nate gave him the work at times.
He was genuinely peaking during that time and the prospect of fighting Conor in a fight he was meant to lose gave him this back against the wall mentality.
You could see him get more dangerous as the fight went on. The second fight was nates best performance by a huge margin.
But, it was also the size. Not only can he take the shots, fighting a bigger guy will tire you out faster.
So, yeah, it was a tricky style matup and factors which led to the loss.
I also think Nate during his prime was very underrated. If he had stayed around the sport, more people would've seen it. But he essentially wasted his best years.
Connor caught lightning in a bottle for his 3 year run, we will never see a MMA fighter blow up like Connor
I remember the build up to this fight, everyone wrote Connor off because Eddie would be too tough and Connor would end up gassing out, never seen anyone make winning a belt look so effortless
Demetrius Johnson did the same thing with a ko knee
Best ever striker in the UFC
Cerronne would like a word, Brendan. Lol
Motivated Conor was crazy…..
"The accuracy of his punches"
*hits him behind the ear twice*..
When Connor had his time, he was greatest, just cannot be beaten by anyone
As a non biased fan i feel if he had that same hunger and wasnt swimming in money, i believe he wouldve given khabib a good go and maybe win. He went into that fight like an emotional bully underestimating khabib
It was like a mass text ping ping ping ping😂😂😂
For real, i think about those few combos all the time.
I never seen someone land 1,2,3,4😢punch in my life in real fight , but only from Conor that makes everyone loves Conor McGregor and makes everyone wanna watch UFC because of Conor McGregor ❤
Connor was exciting and everyone has a punchers chance when they have power.
They’d not be naive, he was fast tacked because of his ability to make money and that’s fine, but that’s why he won anything. This was always going to happen.
Switching to boxing stance killed his mma career but it made him more rich than he ever would have at ufc
This fight made people forget what kind of an animal Eddie was in his prime. Eddie was the real deal, an absolute savage and a true champion. The fact Conor did that to him and made it look that easy is the most impressive part of it
Hungry McGregor was different after he accomplished his goal of being first double champ he was checked out
That fight had us questioning if eddie was trash