Conor
McGregor
The Notorious
DUBLIN, IRELAND
MMA RECORD: 22-6
CHAMP CHAMP
19
1
511
WINS BY KO
BY SUBMISSION
DAYS AS CHAMPION
Cage Warriors featherweight and lightweight champion UFC Featherweight Champion - Def Jose Aldo Fastest Title Fight Knock Out UFC History UFC Lightweight Champion - Def Eddie Alverez First Simultaneous 2 Division Champ Biggest Pay Per View Draw in UFC History Headlined 5 of the top 6 earning UFC cards World's Highest Paid Athlete 2021 - Forbes
Poirier McGregor 3: The Trilogy
UFC 264 July 10th, 2021
Winner: Dustin Poirier Round: 1 Time: 5:00 TKO Doctor Stoppage
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Poirier McGregor 2 UFC 257
Winner: Dustin Poirier Round: 2 Time 2:34 Technical Knockout
Fight Recap
6 years after the match that ignited this rivalry, a completely different pair of fighters entered the Octagon at UFC 257. A battle hardened Dustin Poirier with a refined MMA skillset, against a humbled, subdued, Connor McGregor with a boxing stance.
Nothing like the lead up to match one, the fighters joked, and complimented each other, trading whiskey for Hot Sauce, and Mystic Mac even promised to donate to The Good Fight Foundation, Dustin's Charity.
Before UFC 257, Dustin Poirier ran through the best the LightWeight Division has too offer, including Anthony Pettis, Justin Gathje, Eddie Alerez, Max Holloway, and Dan Hooker, only loosing to the bear they call Khabib.
In that time, Connor had also lost to Khabib, beat Donald Cerrone *who lost his 2 previous* in a tune up fight, boxed Floyd Mayweather, and started preparation for a boxing match against Manny Pacciao...
Not the best preparation for someone as elite as Poirier.
"He's knocked out Dustin before. Dustin has been more active though... activity always wins out" -Tyron Woodley
Bruce Buffer announced the main event, the two friendly foes touched gloves, and nothing... no spinning back kicks, no leaping roundhouse kicks, just a left, right, one, two... not the Conor I remember.
The two exchanged fast, calculated punches, with Poirier landing a leg kick in the first 15 seconds of the fight, and shooting his first take down just 30 seconds in; which McGregor stood up on, turned Poirier's back to the fence and delivered a solid shoulder strike to the nose.
The fight continued along the fence with Poirier getting the most of the control, tiring Conor out... but still Connor doing most of the damage, with the shoulder, the knee, some inside hooks and elbows.
Returning to the center of the octagon McGregor delivered a huge left, to the chin of poirier, to which Dustin responded by delivering a devastating calf kick.
Conor's corner told him the truth, he had a great round, and said to keep his lead hand active, never mentioning the leg kicks; while across the octagon Dustin's corner found the path to victory.
Out they came in round 2, with Conor throwing a straight jab and a 1.. 2, Dustin sat back in the pocket, and threw a kick at McGregor's knee so damn hard, it almost swept him off his feet.
Back and forth they went, McGregor delivering punch after punch to the head of Poirier, and Dustin returning fire with the leg kick, and a few punches of his own.
"He's dead in that leg already... we are in round number 2" -DC
As much as Conor can land, without a lead leg he's toast; the movement slowed, the hands dropped, the variety disappeared, and Dustin kept landing punches and kicks, looking much more comfortable than McGregor.
Taking one more big shot from McGregor, Poirier returned his final leg kick.. turned Conor back towards the cage, and started chucking bombs. Conor managed to slip the first two, but was finally caught with a left from Dustin that stumbled him.
An onslaught of rights and lefts were headed Conor's way, 14 of which connected by my count, before McGregor hit the mat, when two final hammer fists from Dustin Poirier sealed the deal.
Poirier with his hand raised, immediately knew that his next fight would be against the Irishman again... saying "okay, we're one and one..." letting the world know he's still hungry to have the edge on McGregor.
"I knew this was next... as i got to my hotel room that night. Ive kind of been preparing for [this] fight since that fight ended" -Dustin Poirier
McGregor Cerrone
Conor McGregor v Donald Cerrone
UFC 246 January 18th, 2020
Winner: Conor McGregor Round: 1 Time: 0:40 Technical Knockout
Khabib McGregor
Conor McGregor v Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC 246 January 18th, 2020
Winner: Khabib Nurmagomedov Round: 4 Time: 3:03 Submission
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