American mixed martial artist Dustin Poirier is a professional fighter. He was the Interim UFC Lightweight Champion and is presently a competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight class. Dustin Poirier has a record of 29 wins and 8 losses. 15 of his wins were via Knockout, 7 wins via submission and 13 first-round finishes.
Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint-Denis will square off at the Kesaya Center in Miami, Florida, USA on March 9, 2024. The two will square off in the co-main event of UFC 299; Sean’O Malley and Marlon Vera’s bantamweight title battle will be the main attraction on the pay-per-view.
Poirier squared up against Justin Gaethje in a lightweight match at UFC 291 in his most recent bout. Gaethje won the fight by knocking him out cold in the second round.
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3 Dustin Poirier Records In UFC That Other Fighters Do Not Have
- The only man to KO Conor McGregor In MMA: Conor McGregor appeared to have broken his leg or ankle as he faced Poirier who stopped Conor via TKO in the opening round of UFC 264 night, setting up an anticlimactic and painful conclusion to their third and highly anticipated bout.
Though the two men had sparred twice previously and exchanged a great deal of barbs before the bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Poirier prevailed in the brief fight. Making him the only person to have KO Conor McGregor.
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- The only man to submit Max Holloway: At UFC 236 Holloway squared up against Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier in the second of two interim title bouts. At UFC 236 in Atlanta on Saturday, Dustin Poirier triumphed over Max Holloway, the featherweight world champion, to claim the interim lightweight world title.
Poirier won 49–46, breaking Holloway’s five-year, 13-fight winning run. This decision was made by all three judges. Dustin Poirier is the only man to have submitted Max Holloway in the UFC.
- The only man to submit Chandler: At UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 12, 2022, Dustin Poirier produced a spectacular finish as he went on the attack from behind to submit fellow lightweight contender Michael Chandler via a rear-naked choke in the third round.
Making him the only fighter in the UFC to ever submit Chandler.
