Why was Conor and Tony never considered?

Conor, Tony and Khabib were all fighting at their highest peak in the same timeline and in the same division but what I don’t understand is why was Tony never brought up to fight Conor? There is no one in the division bigger than Khabib and Tony and yet, Conor sees him like he doesn’t exist when he has a better chance of beating him than Khabib.

It’s always Khabib, Khabib, some bums in WW and Khabib. I don’t get it.

It was talked about after Tony won the interim title. Conor ended up not fighting and being stripped.
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/10...gainst-tony-ferguson-i-feel-that-will-be-next

Misanthropist said:

Conor, Tony and Khabib were all fighting at their highest peak in the same timeline but what I don’t understand is why was Tony never brought up to fight Conor? There is no one in the division bigger than Khabib and Tony and yet, Conor sees him like he doesn’t exist despite having a better chance of beating him that Khabib for obvious reasons.

It’s always Khabib, Khabib, some bums in WW and Khabib? Seriously?

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Because Conor can lose against Tony or anybody else.... The guy had trouble with Diaz.... TWICE.

Yes Conor can probably beat anybody on any given night, if things go his way, but the UFC will not risk their cash cow, if Conor is going to lose, he will only lose to a champion in order to preserve his marketability.

They didn't want Conor to hurt his poor little Irish face

hes scared and knows he'd get hurt bad. against khabib he just claims he humped him even though in reality he tapped like a bitch in 3 seconds (never seen a fighter male or female tap out so quick than mctapper does against khabib and diaz). dustin took those neck cranks no problem in round 1 while mctapper cried for his mommy within 3 fucking seconds LOL

My guess is Conor ducked Tony after he won the LW belt. Among other fighters. Although, he was trying to get that fight with Pretty Boy Floyd, so i can understand the ducking, as a loss would have probably made that fight dead before it was even a possibility.

We already saw what happened against Nate. Run or die.

Tony has no belt...

conor is scared of tony.

KOKING343 said:

hes scared and knows he'd get hurt bad. against khabib he just claims he humped him even though in reality he tapped like a bitch in 3 seconds (never seen a fighter male or female tap out so quick than mctapper does against khabib and diaz). dustin took those neck cranks no problem in round 1 while mctapper cried for his mommy within 3 fucking seconds LOL

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I understand the grip was tight but he didn't even try at all. At least clutch the arm or something, even if you aren't really trying, just to save face.

dildos said:

conor is scared of tony.

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I remember when he was "champ", conor never mentioned his name. He only did once with some silly GTA post, but that's it. He's been scared. How can you have an interim champion calling you out, but dana is busy pushing for the nate trilogy?how you gone explain that? Conor was a scaredy ass mf tbh.

Conor is scared shitless of Tony. And that is the truth. He has Never brought Tony’s name up in fight discussions or on twitter or anywhere. Conor would retire before he had to fight Tony.

If you doubt it go try to find something to prove me wrong. Google is that way >

Because conor is such a big investment for the UFC, that they cant let him fight someone on short notice anymore. He had trouble with Mendes, and got whooped by Diaz, + after he was pretty much dominated by Khabib the UFC can't their biggest star's stock market go down again.

Kono dio da! said:

I remember when he was "champ", conor never mentioned his name. He only did once with some silly GTA post, but that's it. He's been scared. How can you have an interim champion calling you out, but dana is busy pushing for the nate trilogy?how you gone explain that? Conor was a scaredy ass mf tbh.

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conman was never a true champion. belts are meaningless in this sport often times. i consider tony more of a champ than a guy that gets handed BS title shots. true mma fans know who the best fighters are.

KOKING343 said:

conman was never a true champion. belts are meaningless in this sport often times. i consider tony more of a champ than a guy that gets handed BS title shots. true mma fans know who the best fighters are.

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Yep. If he actually fought his way to the top and didn't avoid tough matchups he would get creamed eventually.

because he knows damn well that if he gets caught in there gassed against Tony, he's in for the beating of his life. Tony's crazy, he will prolong that beating for as long as he can.

its a huge problem in UFC. Moving up a weightclass should not guarantee anyone an immediate title shot no matter how good they are (ie Cejudo, Holloway for interim belt, Jones if he goes to HW, etc). They should have to win at least 2-3 fights against top 5 opponents (accurately ranked by independent ranking system not whatever Dana feels like that day).

As the draw that he is currently, Conor has absolutely no reason to take last minute fights anymore.

He knows this and won't

I'm a little confused as to which point in time you are talking about, so I'll just go through all the times I think you could be referencing.

If you are talking about the time when McGregor was champion and went on his couple year hiatus, there was no talk of them fighting because McGregor was focused on other things and the UFC was focused on trying to crown someone else as undisputed champion to move on from him (and try to entice him back).

If you are talking about after Khabib ended up being crowned champion, then there was no real point to put that fight on cause the fight to make was (current champion) Khabib vs. (uncrowned, lineal champion) McGregor. Also, one of the major reasons Conor came back was because of the "bad blood" between him and Khabib.

After that, McGregor went on another mini-hiatus and, by the time he came back, both Tony and Khabib had won their fights and their UFC 249 meeting was being negotiated. So, McGregor had to take another fight.

Now, if you're talking about McGregor replacing Khabib for the UFC 249 main event, then it's because (ironically) McGregor was doing the same thing in Ireland that Khabib was doing in Russia.

IDK if that answers your question.