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Originally Posted by Masq
He's been finished in MMA for quite some time.
I view this as the prevailing "casual" view, that Conor can not continue since he's not at the very top of the MMA world. As a fight fan, I see it as the opposite. Fighters lose and deal with great adversity, and Conor fighting through that adversity to continue to fight would be more impressive to me than all the glitz and glam and championships he's won.
Conor lost to the #1 fighter in the world (Khabib) and now twice to a top five lb for lb fighter. There are so many fights I'd still like to see Conor in. That could be vs a top guy (ex: Olivera), or a middle ranked guy (ex: RDA), unranked old vet: (ex: Guida), or hell even someone The UFC has cut (ex: Diego Sanchez). I'd like to see any of those fights.
I don't know exactly where Conor stacks up in the LW division but he clearly still has ability. In fact, I'm not sure he's shown any decline in ability from his peak as "champ champ" so as a fight fan, I want to see him fight.