Greater fighter, Dustin or Conor?

I guess the simple answer is to compare them in the distinct divisions where they both fought. Conor is the better featherweight and Dustin is the better lightweight.

Then we have three fights between these two to make up our minds, and the record stands at 2-1 in favor of Poirier.
 
Conor was given better opportunities and capitalized on it. His highs are higher. Dustin is the better fighter with a resume.
 
Lawrence said:
Conor’s biggest PPV fights

1, vs Mayweather ….Loss
2. Vs Khabib…………Loss
3. vs Porier ………….Loss

Who chokes ?
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He did bigger numbers in Nate 2 than Poirier, he won his third biggest, don’t lie for your narrative.
 
Conor had better highs and Dustin had much lower lows.

Dustin lost to zombie and Johnson, both times getting finished.

Conor lost to Nate and then avenged it.
 
Sean_wongster_wongmastter said:
He did bigger numbers in Nate 2 than Poirier, he won his third biggest, don’t lie for your narrative.
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Hey you are right and I was wrong.

I just looked it up quick and apparently got a bogus list from the top ten big earners.

The Diaz 2 fight had about a 50k more buys than the Porier fight.

Not lying.. Just wrong :)
 
just because dustin is a fan favorite and nice guy people voted for him

prime hungry conor would whopp that as
theres a reason conor is 2 weight division champ
and dustin is not

same as jon jones who always loses in polls because people hate him
 
I have to see how Conor does against Diaz in their trilogy and then his boxing match against Jake Paul before I make any decisions.
 
Conor is better at everything except longitivity, which is, frankly speaking, due to the fact that he got outragepusly rich!

Conor after 2016 was not Conor.
 
TheTickG said:
Conor was a champion twice, Dustin wasn't. Makes it pretty difficult to argue in Dustin's favor.
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He became 155 champ beating Eddie Alvarez, Dustin beat him too. Just because the belt was on the line in one fight and not the other, doesn't somehow make that win better. Saying 'Conor was a champion' is the same as saying 'Conor beat Eddie Alvarez', cool so what
 
When Conor beat dustin KZ had also beat him not that long ago. KZ > Dustin > Conor
 
Dustin is by far the better fighter in the cage. Dude has earned everything that came to him. There was no ducking or special treatment on his rise to the top.

Conor by far the better business man outside of the cage. He has that "it" factor and gets people to care. No doubt a very good fighter. But lets not sit here and pretend that his rise up in the UFC was very calculated for the most part.
 
Also money is what made Conor a double champ, with out UFC's aid he might not have gotten passed Aldo.
 
Dustin is by far the better fighter overall


Conor touching the belt/belts gives him the only edge and it’s the only thing Dustin is trying to achieve so there’s that
 
Dustin actually routinely fought contenders. Conor probably has the more impressive 'performances' but a weaker resume. Kind of a toss up depending on what you value more I guess. If you're talking just skill wise, Dustin is probably more well rounded and a 'better' fighter.
 
Sean_wongster_wongmastter said:
Conor had better highs and Dustin had much lower lows.

Dustin lost to zombie and Johnson, both times getting finished.

Conor lost to Nate and then avenged it.
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Conor has gotten finished by a flyweight and choked out by Joe Duffy who Dustin smashed. Conor def has lower lows too.

The worst fighter by far Dustin lost to was Danny Castillo a solid LW who almost only lost to killers and contenders and took prime Jim, Tony and Edson to split and majority decisions and better than Duffy and for sure better than Sitenkov.
 
ExitLUPin said:
I just got into a HEATED dispute with a buddy whos more of a casual fan. Def not Sherdogger level MMA IQ but he knows some stuff about MMA. Big Conor fan. He said Dustin is a choker in the biggest fights and Conor will always be better so it got me thinking, who is greater?

Pro-Conor points

- 2 division champ, 3-1 in title fights including interim (Dustin 1-2)
- has the best win of the 2 in Aldo
- clearly better FW than Dustin was at FW

Pro-Dustin points

- faaaaaar deeper resume and much stronger schedule faced
- 2-1 H2H against Conor
- among common opponents (Brandao, Duffy, Max, Eddie, Khabib), Dustin is 5-1-1 while Conor is 3-2
- clearly better LW than Conor was at LW even tho Conor was champ, he did it skipping the line and finishing someone who Dustin also finished
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Conor was always an elf at 145 and was great there, but once he moved to 155 he was a meat head that was never the best. I say Dustin because he knew how to eat steak instead of salad and was a more natural 155 guy..but Conor at 145..was great...once he left that..his stamina and hand speed went down into a Burger King bathroom toilet that was never flushed soon enough so that turd kept staying there until the plunger was introduced....btw I am Irish...so that means allot in this post.
 
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