Respectfully, what Diaz did to him on the ground while he was barely alive is not statistically relevant, despite the fact that we all know he has a shitty ground game and if Diaz simply pulled guard on a fresh Conor, he would have subbed him trivially.
What Im saying...: you have to frame his accomplishments in relation to what he was able to accomplish against his peers. Assessing his strength based on ephemerals might feel great but I dont think it promotes any sort of clinical analysis.
He ran a division and hadnt lost a fight since 2011.
Fighters who are not great do not do that. That's the opposite of not great.
Ronda Rousey, another walking talking piece of human garbage, is (was?) a great fighter and ran a division but got the gas face when she tried to hang with a real striker. Does not make her an un-great fighter, just a fighter with shitty standup and awful, awful coaches.
I sincerely hope Conor McGregor kills himself but I'm not going to let that stop me from saying the man was a world destroyer at 145, nor will I shy from stacking up on Edgar (if that actually happens) once the drunk mick cunts send their paychecks to slaughter at their local books.