The main event of UFC 302 is one of the most awaited fights of this year. Islam Makhachev is set to defend his lightweight title against veteran Dustin Poirier. Given his grappling credentials, Makhachev is the heavy favorite in the bout. In a recent interview, Makhachev gave some heavy props to Poirier’s traditional grappling finish and revealed what he’s teaching in his training that even fellow Dagestani Khabib also used to do back in the day.
Islam is set to take on Dustin for his third title defense in the cage.
Islam Makhachev reveals Khabib Nurmagomedov’s camp details
Islam Makhachev is in camp, preparing to take on veteran Dustin Poirier. Makhachev last fought Volkanovski and finished him in the first round of their fight. He would love to carry on his winning momentum in the cage. Islam, talking about the technique he is adopting in camp, revealed that he is working in camp to get out of guillotines. Talking about Khabib and his bout against Poirier and if they had to prepare for the guillotine, Islam said,
For sure we pay attention for this. What I did yesterday the drills, I gave my neck and I have pain now. I don’t want to give him more. We did practice because he have very good guillotine.
Islam made it clear that Khabib did prepare to come out of Dustin’s guillotine attempt, and he’s doing the same. Poirier has tried to jump the guillotine whenever he can in the cage. Although Poirier has yet to finish a fight via guillotine, Islam believes Dustin can finish anyone in the cage if he thinks he can. In his last outing, Dustin Poirier tried to finish Benoit St-Denis via guillotine multiple times before finally knocking him out via a solid right hand.
Poirier is fighting for the title for the third time in his career. He earlier made it clear that this might be his last shot at the title and his last fight in the octagon. Poirier has fought in the cage in the UFC for over a decade. Islam Makhachev is the heavy favorite against Dustin, but many believe Poirier can pull off a heavy upset.
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