Dustin Poirier is (almost) everything you want in a fighter

[Hazuki Ryo]

He kept on progressing from his early days at FW where he lost against great names (KZ, Cub, Conor) and won against others (Holloway).

He went up a class a collected the scalps of Gaethje, Alvarez, Holloway, Conor, Hooker, Pettis, Chandler..

In a historically deep division, he showed durability, persistence, and regularity. He's still keeping young prospects from getting near that belt.

He's a great boxer, maybe the greatest of the division, he has deceptive cardio, not that easy to take down, he's a fricking dog and he's a danger from round 1 to the end of round 5. You can never count him off and that's why i'm fine with him skipping Charles and Gaethje for another TS

Maybe top 5 LW all time, but for sure a JBG all time candidate and a fan pleaser !

 

[KAZSoliloquy]

needs more guillotines imo

 

[Black9]

If he became an undisputed champion with even 1 defense he'd undoubtedly be a Lightweight GOAT candidate considering his resume.

 

[Poirierfan]

POIRIER IS STILL MY BOY!!! Lol


Seriously, there's been many many great fighters that haven't ever held a belt. To me Poirier is one of the most exciting fighters to ever fight for the UFC, he's #1 in that category for me. I've never not gotten excited for a fight of his. Win or lose Dustin never disappoints, let him have his last shot at the belt ffs.

 

[RichardHarrow]

If he became an undisputed champion with even 1 defense he'd undoubtedly be a Lightweight GOAT candidate considering his resume.

Mmm no he wouldn’t.

 

[Black9]

Mmm no he wouldn’t.

Whose on the LW GOAT list currently? Probably Khabib, Islam or Oliviera? Maybe BJ if you wanna include old school.
By my comment would mean if he had beaten Oliviera/Khabib when he had the chance or Islam now if they fight then defended it at least once.

 

[maximus__]

He kept on progressing from his early days at FW where he lost against great names (KZ, Cub, Conor) and won against others (Holloway).

He went up a class a collected the scalps of Gaethje, Alvarez, Holloway, Conor, Hooker, Pettis, Chandler..

In a historically deep division, he showed durability, persistence, and regularity. He's still keeping young prospects from getting near that belt.

He's a great boxer, maybe the greatest of the division, he has deceptive cardio, not that easy to take down, he's a fricking dog and he's a danger from round 1 to the end of round 5. You can never count him off and that's why i'm fine with him skipping Charles and Gaethje for another TS

Maybe top 5 LW all time, but for sure a JBG all time candidate and a fan pleaser !

Mate. Don't fall for this. Islam didn't want a bar of him 6 months ago and now that he lost to Gaethje and got outwrestled for a round and will continue to jump guillotines, suddenly Islam can't wait and wants to fight?

Islam took the start of the year off, so everyone else had to fight again in the meantime.Poirer fought the lowest ranked guy and Charles, Gaethje and Arman are all fighting soon. Islam is in ramadan, he isn't even close to doing a camp currently, so why is he calling out fighters that had to wait because of him?

Poirer needs another win to be considered. He lost vs Gaethje less than 1 fight ago and has losses to 2/3 mentioned above.

 

[Fergelmince]

I am a big fan of Poirier, but not sure he's a top 5

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[generalyum]

Dogs got that Poirier in em

 

[Poirierfan]

I am a big fan of Poirier, but not sure he's a top 5

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It's silly to argue top 5's or goats (especially going by that metric), it's just people's opinions going around and around. I can tell you that Poirier is my favorite all time fighter, that's not an opinion.

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

Mate. Don't fall for this. Islam didn't want a bar of him 6 months ago and now that he lost to Gaethje and got outwrestled for a round and will continue to jump guillotines, suddenly Islam can't wait and wants to fight?

Islam took the start of the year off, so everyone else had to fight again in the meantime.Poirer fought the lowest ranked guy and Charles, Gaethje and Arman are all fighting soon. Islam is in ramadan, he isn't even close to doing a camp currently, so why is he calling out fighters that had to wait because of him?

Poirer needs another win to be considered. He lost vs Gaethje less than 1 fight ago and has losses to 2/3 mentioned above.

what does your rant have to do with anything i said before regarding Poirier ?

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

I am a big fan of Poirier, but not sure he's a top 5

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This ranking is silly cause it would mean Alvarez is in front of Khabib in the top LW all time GOATs

 

[AmonTobin]

What I find really interesting about Dustin is he never really takes a fighter completely out of their own game. He brings out the best in his opponents and it often ends up being a give and take scrap. He lets guys shoot their best shots and answers with his own. He's one of those FOTN type of guys. Maybe not the smartest way to fight but he gives us firefights. Gotta appreciate that.

 

[richardjohnson]

I agree and I’ve never understood how there are people who dislike Poirier. He’s never in a boring fight and seems like a good guy.. what is there to dislike?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Stand-up fighter, stand-up man, what more can one ask for?

 

[RichardHarrow]

Whose on the LW GOAT list currently? Probably Khabib, Islam or Oliviera? Maybe BJ if you wanna include old school.
By my comment would mean if he had beaten Oliviera/Khabib when he had the chance or Islam now if they fight then defended it at least once.

Yea fair enough - had he beaten Khabib Or Islam it’s arguable.

Oliveira - not so convinced tbh. Way too many losses

 

[markg171]

Yes, that's why he's become champion.

Oh wait.

You can like a fighter without trying to make something they're not.

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

Yea fair enough - had he beaten Khabib Or Islam it’s arguable.

Oliveira - not so convinced tbh. Way too many losses

At LW? Not so many... And he beat Ferguson, gaethje, poirier, chandler, dariush

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

top 5 LW of all time? can't rate him over anyone who was an actual LW champion. he's probably one of the greatest high level gatekeepers there is though. if you can't beat Poirer you don't deserve to be in top 5 of the division.

 

[maximus__]

what does your rant have to do with anything i said before regarding Poirier ?

You can never count him off and that's why i'm fine with him skipping Charles and Gaethje for another TS

He has losses to these two guys, the only reason he is even being talked about for a title shot after alternating wins and losses since his two fights with Mcgregor, is because Islam wants the weakest resume building fight with the lowest risk for him.

I am a huge DP fan and will always tune in to watch him fight, but he has beaten BSD and Chandler and has 2 recent losses (by finish) against the two above him. He needs to fight below him again, everyone else has and still had to have another fight after a more impressive win than he just got.