As a Poirier fan this is gonna be rough.

It's a win/win.

He's going to beat Conor, TKO late 3 or 4. Cash going to help his charity and we won't have to deal with a LW with 1 win fighting for the belt for a few years. (Besides Chandler beating Hooker, then facing Dustin)
 
It's just a problem among fight fans. You're great until you lose at which point you always sucked and just got exposed.

I'm not going to sit here and act like Poirier has no chance though. He can definitely beat Conor.

Whoever loses this fight doesn't "suck" though. They're two elite fighters going at it and somebody has to lose.
 
It's depressing being a Cowboy fan, people shat on him way too hard even before the Conor fight. Even before he fought RDA for the belt he was labelled a gatekeeper. Really pulling for old cowboy to get that belt somehow.

As for Dustin he has a chance but imo he's too reckless. Or his fight IQ is trash, whatever you want to call it. I find it weird that the narrative seems to have changed tho. Before people were saying both Poirier and Holloway would whoop Conor in a rematch but now that Poirier is actually set to fight Conor they've changed their tune.
 
Good that Dustins fans are already preparing for this. Can't stand Conor but he takes this with ease.

Dustin has some serious miles on him since Conor knocked him out cold last time.
 
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Lol jokes aside though, I'm a huge Poirier fan as well but wouldn't feel too bad for him losing this matchup. Conor McGregor is just a bit too much for him IMO. No matter how much you hate the guy or how many opponents he's avoided, truth is that McGregor's striking is by far the best in the division.

Don't see anyone beating him who isn't a high level grappler and even then it's a tough fight since his TDD is pretty good as well and grappling isnt horrible either. Khabib is the only guy who beats him easy and Khabibs the LW GOAT. The only other guy I see having a chance is maybe Michael Chandler but I doubt it considering his size against McGregor.

Doesn't change the fact that I still love Poirier as a fighter and always will. Has a fan favorite style and always brings it. Lots of heart and puts it all on the line always. Just think Conor is a bit too much for him still, but same would be said about rest of LW division against Conor as well so not a huge knock on Poirier. Respect where respect is due.
 
I’m a huge Dustin fan and I think this fight is 60/40 in favour of Conor (if Conor wins it’ll look easy though, if it becomes a war I’d favour Dustin as he thrives in wars). I really hoped Dustin wins as if he loses he will get shat on by all of sherdog which would suck and I also hope he wins as I hope he becomes champ eventually.
 
Depends. Does he get Cowboyed in the 1st? Does Conor hurt him over multiple rounds? I have it more 75/25 for Conor. Dustin will be more concerned with proving something rather than doing what is necessary to win.
 
linvillegorge said:
It's just a problem among fight fans. You're great until you lose at which point you always sucked and just got exposed.

I'm not going to sit here and act like Poirier has no chance though. He can definitely beat Conor.

Whoever loses this fight doesn't "suck" though. They're two elite fighters going at it and somebody has to lose.
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Ah, how refreshing the first conor fanboy NOT to declare that he'll starch him in rd1 again. That shit got disrespectful and old real quick. I'm a poirier fan and a conor hater. Even i had cash, I'd never bet on this. Poirier by decision, but poirier gets reckless.
 
No it's not. I love diamond. As long as his chin can hold up he has this one in the bag. McGregor isn't winning by sub or decision or even later trying round TKO. As long as Dustin can get out the first round (without getting turned into hamburger in the process) we Porier fans can exhale comfortably.

McGregor fans though, they'll start getting really fidgety if they fight gets out the 2nd round.

I'm just hoping for a banger though.
 
Not as hard as when an Overeem fan had to witness his boy getting stopped at 4:56 of the very last round in the fight he was easily winning, but decided to stop being focused in the last 10 seconds.
The everlasting feeling when Overeem fight is happening: will he get knocked out in a moment?
Ah, thank God he didn't in this fight, nice work Reem :)
BAM!
Early stoppage too.
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Or.. Let's go for a guilotine when he dropped Stipe. Few seconds later got his head dribbled against the canvas.
 
Slatersan said:
I want this to be a poirier redemption fight where he outclasses Conor and beats him up the whole time but i fear that dustin folds like chair as soon as conor taps his chin.
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dustin gets hit way too often to be able to beat conor...getting hit alot is not a good thing going against conor...cause he will sleep you.
 
Horrible style match up for D, but he's been through so many set backs and persisted - I refuse to believe he'll blow this.
 
I agree with most here that Poirier's chances aren't good, but I think it's still possible for him to win. He has to fight EXTREMELY patiently in the first couple of rounds, since Conor is most dangerous then. He also needs to land some good leg kicks--surprisingly, Conor doesn't defend those very often. Even though Conor's grappling sucks by UFC standards, his takedown defense and ability to get back to his feet are pretty good. If Poirier can do just enough to tire him out in the first couple of rounds, I can picture him snagging Conor in a D'Arce choke during a scramble. Also, another thing going for Poirier is that his fight IQ has improved a lot since he fought McGregor. With the exception of Khabib, Poirier has shown that he is excellent at bringing the fight to his preferred range and pace.

Sadly, chances are that this fight becomes for the LW title, Conor will just hit him with a straight left that KOs him in the first round, and then he refuses to defend the title until he boxes either Pacquiao or Jake Paul.
 
He’s not going to be a joke. It’s a battle between two high level strikers at 155. It should be fun and someone is likely going to sleep. No shame in that.


Idiots may criticize the loser but they aren’t the majority.
 
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