Rashad Evans Says Justin Gaethje’s UFC 254 Loss Showed How Good Conor McGregor Is

Justin Gaethje fell victim to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 and Rashad Evans says the result of that fight, which ended in round two, shows how good Conor McGregor is.

Evans would go as far as to say that McGregor is one of the best to ever compete in MMA.

“What Conor McGregor showed me after what Khabib did to Justin Gaethje, he showed me that he is one of the best to do it!” Evans said on Morning Kombat (via Middle Easy). “That’s what he showed me. Listen, I don’t like to give Conor McGregor props because Conor can be crazy sometimes. But you’ve gotta give props where props is due.”

McGregor and Nurmagomedov met at UFC 229, where Nurmagomedov scored a fourth-round submission win over the former two-division UFC champion. The former light heavyweight champion says that McGregor proved he is one of the best by surviving for nearly four rounds with Nurmagomedov.

“What Conor did in that fight with Khabib, in hindsight based off what Khabib has done to everyone else, he shows that he is one of the best to do it in the weight class,” Evans said. “That’s the thing about it. To be able see what Khabib did to Justin Gaethje, a guy that wrestled his whole entire life, and make short work of him in the grappling aspect, and to see Conor McGregor taken down multiple times, but not only taken down but got up. He made it hard for Khabib to hold him down, and that’s something people just don’t do with Khabib. Once you get taken down once it’s a wrap because even if you do get back up to your feet you are a different fighter when you get back up to your feet. That wasn’t the case with Conor. He kept getting back up, and he even won a round once he had been taken down a couple times. So that should show a lot of people just how good Conor McGregor is.”

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