Dustin Poirier Reveals The One Mistake He Cannot Make Against Islam Makhachev In Their Title Fight At UFC 302

Dustin Poirier has to push the tempo if he hopes to depart The Backyard State with UFC gold wrapped round his waist.

After arising brief in two earlier title bids in opposition to Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Oliveira, Poirier will step into the main event spotlight for one final shot on the 155-pound crown when he meets the previous’s protege, Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on June 1.

Although ‘The Diamond’ has already confronted a who’s who of Corridor of Fame expertise contained in the Octagon, his battle in opposition to the ‘Dagestani Destroyer’ could also be his hardest but. Talking with TMZ days away from battle night time, Poirier revealed the one mistake he has to keep away from in opposition to a fighter like Makhachev.

“Individuals who attempt to gradual the battle down and make it a grappling chess match,” Poirier mentioned. “These have been the toughest fights for me to get going as a result of I do finest when it stays a battle. When it doesn’t decelerate when it’s a scramble with punches flying and each of us bleeding, that’s the place I do one of the best work, and I’m not making an attempt to carry him down and win rounds.

“I’m making an attempt to knock him out and damage him and end him and get out of there. That’s the way in which I battle.”

Dustin Poirier particulars his keys to victory at uFC 302

As Poirier broke down the one factor he is aware of he can’t do, he provided up a laundry checklist of equally necessary issues he should do if he needs to “finish his story” contained in the Prudential Middle.

“Be within the second, be reactive to all of his photographs,” Poirier continued. “Don’t get overzealous throwing energy photographs the place I take myself out of place and develop into a straightforward goal for a visit or a takedown. Don’t play the clinch. There’s an inventory of issues. Don’t play within the clinch with him. He has actually good foot sweeps, actually robust higher physique. Preserve it a battle. Use my wheels. Keep shifting. Preserve him guessing after which tighten him up.”

With a plethora of noteworthy opponents, an interim title to his credit score, and a profession assured to make him a first-ballot Corridor of Famer, Dustin Poirier has little left to show, however that doesn’t imply he’s content material strolling away with out checking off one final field on his to-do checklist in combined martial arts.