Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier Does it Again

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Funny I had the same thought... In the biggest moments of his career he seems to come up short... Like the Buffalo Bills and my Toronto Maple Leafs
 
Poatan Power said:
...disappoints his fans and comes up short when it matters most. Literally the theme of his entire career going back over a decade.

UFC 178, Dustin and McGregor on a collision course for UFC featherweight contendership. Dustin gets absolutely smoked in round 1 face down ass up, McGregor goes on to beat Siver, Mendes, Aldo and eventually Alvarez to win the title in two divisions. Dustin never sniffs featherweight contendership again, moves to lightweight.

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UFC 242, Dustin and Khabib meeting for the lightweight title. Dustin's 5-0-1 in his last 6 with notable wins against Justin and Max (details below). Khabib absolutely dominates him with a mixture of 10-8 and 10-9s on the scorecards in the first two rounds and then chokes him to unconsciousness in the 3rd.

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UFC 269, facing Charles after freshly beating the ghost of McGregor twice and the venerable never-champion Dan Hooker, Dustin actually wins the first round and then fumbles the fight away by losing the second round and getting finished in the 3rd round (again) by a standing rear naked choke. This finish has only occurred in about a dozen UFC fights in history, and the only time in a men's UFC title fight to my knowledge.

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UFC 291, against Justin who he had already beaten much earlier in his career, Dustin was destined to get UFC gold of sorts (BMF) as a consolation prize to always losing the biggest fights in his career and never winning a title. Dustin wins the first round, and again, fumbles his way to a highlight reel KO by someone he had previously beaten:

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UFC 302, Dustin gets another questionable title shot against champion Islam, Khabib's disciple. He gets finished, again.

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UFC 318, against Max who he was 2-0 against in featherweight and short notice fights, Dustin loses to him for the BMF title in his retirement fight, again coming up short. When Max points at the canvas to have a final round, 10 second melee to end his career on a memorable note, Dustin gets outworked handily, struggling to stay on his feet and avoid getting finished, and in the last few seconds ties Max up and ends the fight struggling for an underhook.



The thing is, if you look at Dustin's resume, you assume the dude is one of the GOAT LW's to ever grace the sport when you see the names.

McGregor x 2 (former champ) (Lost to McGregor in their first meet when they were both contenders, 3-3 in his last 6 before facing Dustin)
Holloway (former champ, x1 at FW, moved up to LW on 2 months notice, beat Dustin in their final match)
Gaethje (Justin's 3rd UFC fight, great win for Dustin in his 20th UFC fight, beat Dustin in the rematch with a highlight reel KO)
Alvarez (former champ, 4-2-1 leading up to this fight in the UFC, 1-3-1 including this fight and after to end career)
Pettis (former champ, 2-4-0 leading up to this fight and went 5-8 including this fight and after to end career)
Chandler (2-2-0 leading up to this fight since joining UFC, finished 2-5 in the UFC to date)


Heartbreaking as a Dustin fan. Not the individual performance level of Dan Marino or Charles Barkley of course, but still disappointing to have such promising performances only to lose whenever it mattered most. I'm never getting fooled into investing my emotions by this type of journeyman fighter again, so I thank Dustin for that. Today, we pour one out for The Diamond boys, we may never have the chance to be disappointed this many times by a premier fighter again.

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Imagine writing this novel pretending to be a fan. What a fucking loser. "INVESTING" your emotions in another person's life as all terminally online individuals do....bemoaning their "lack" of achievement whilst you actively try to ride their coattails in victory at the same time. Worst type of fan, try pouring one out for yourself, but make it gasoline and make sure to light a match....it's likley going to be the brightest highlight in your own life. I'll invest some emotional capital in there too, hopefully you don't bif it as all journeyman are want to do.....apparently.
 
markg171 said:
People have been justifying it by saying "look at what happened to Justin".

This completely ignores that Dustin DID initially accept it and THEN backed down when he was getting his ass kicked. He's the one who went back on his word instead of just saying no from the start if he wasn't prepared to accept the potential consequences.

Which included him KOing Max. Cause it also ignores that both Justin and Dustin needed a finish and were given the opportunities for one by Max. Max opened himself up to to taking such a bad loss. Only Justin saw the opportunity handed to him and chased it to the bitter end with the urgency he needed if he wanted to win.

They don't want to accept that it was loser mentality.
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How have you been on the forum for this long and not been banned for retardation? Dustin got rocked and survival instinct kicked in. Justin being brain dead is a hallmark of his career and now he will forever be known for getting his shit put out in front of everyone. You can't have a loser mentality as a fighter, but you can as a fan. Congratulations, you might be p4p #1.
 
Go outside and touch grass. Who gives a shit if he came up short. Dude had an entertaining career and ended with a banger.
 
SaltedVinegarfootstomps said:
How have you been on the forum for this long and not been banned for retardation? Dustin got rocked and survival instinct kicked in. Justin being brain dead is a hallmark of his career and now he will forever be known for getting his shit put out in front of everyone. You can't have a loser mentality as a fighter, but you can as a fan. Congratulations, you might be p4p #1.
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Dustin was in front of his home town, for his last fight ever, for the BMF belt, and was given a golden opportunity by a guy up on the score cards to try and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

And he instead quit and shot to ride out the clock.

It’s loser mentality.
 
markg171 said:
Dustin was in front of his home town, for his last fight ever, for the BMF belt, and was given a golden opportunity by a guy up on the score cards to try and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

And he instead quit and shot to ride out the clock.

It’s loser mentality.
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no, a loser mentality is thinking that you have any significance as a spectator watching other people live their dreams. Stay dumb friend, it's probably all you got going for you.
 
If you don't like Dustin you're not a fight fan.
 
SaltedVinegarfootstomps said:
no, a loser mentality is thinking that you have any significance as a spectator watching other people live their dreams. Stay dumb friend, it's probably all you got going for you.
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Dustin himself said he shot because he didn’t want to take any more shots.

Dustin quit. You should too.
 
josh345 said:
I don't consider a BMF belt a big opportunity for Dustin. lol. He came up short but who cares if he won a dumb bmf belt
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Who cares that Dustin moved to 0-5 in undisputed title fights
 
markg171 said:
Dustin himself said he shot because he didn’t want to take any more shots.

Dustin quit. You should too.
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Dustin actually retired, which, given your vast history on this forum- might be something you should consider as well. Your both becoming noticeably slow in your old age.
 
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