I don’t see how anyone can say he’s not capable of competing at a very high level.

The problem is he has very limited paths to victory against the top 5 guys. It’s also appears he doesn’t have the touch of death in that left hand at 155.

Let’s break down the top guys and see:

Khabib: enough said, got schooled
Dustin: we just saw this and he got KO’d
Olivera: what’s connors path? This guy just dominated frickin Tony on the ground and on the feet. He could do exactly what khabib did
Gaethje: I would have said the best matchup for Connor but after seeing what those leg kicks did to him is this really the guy to fix that against?
Chandler: world class wrestling with one shot power. Not great for Connor

Once again Connor is very good but I don’t see him earning another legit title shot. He’s just behind the deepest division in all of mma

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Posted by diat150

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Posted on 1/25/21 at 6:39 pm to PT24-7

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It’s also appears he doesn’t have the touch of death in that left hand at 155.

What makes you think that? He had Dustin reeling a few times in the fight. I thought Dustin was on his way to going down about 3/4 into the first and then the leg kicks took their toll. Those call kicks really just started being a thing and this is the first time he has had to deal with them. The real question is will he be motivated to put in the work to improve. He is young still and has all the talent in the world, but does he have the motivation now with all the money and everything he has going on.

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