Quote:
Originally Posted by mineistaken
As if he pretends to have it?  |
he does every time he opens his mouth about being the best in the world. ;)
He's a bit of a Rhonda Rousey type situation where the hype has well passed the reality. Pissing Aldo off and getting into his head and catching him as he charged forward with a punch in a few seconds doesn't make him the best in the world. Beating Mendes who took the fight on short notice and gassed himself out while beating the shit out of McGreggor, doesn't make McGreggor better than Mendes. He's done very well as a mediocre fighter in branding himself and drawing pay per view numbers and ticket sales. But he's unproven as a top tier champion by any measure.
Mendes in particular showed how incredibly weak his ground game was and he was absolutely 100% helpless under him. Chad gassed himself out, taking a fight on short notice, but otherwise took him down at well and ground it out with no answer from McGreggor. Lucky for him, Diaz will try to box. On a side note, probably the biggest paycheck Diaz will ever earn in his life. He's extremely fortunate to get that fight.