Rate a fighter: Dustin Poirier

[GOATtalks]

I feel like Dustin has been a bit overrated these last few years. In my opinion he’s a really good fighter, but definitely not great or exceptional.

He’s a big, not huge LW, with good power and good cardio. Good striking and decent BJJ, but with very average wrestling.

Most of his best wins have been wars and a majority of them could’ve went either way. He’s never been dominant or on a impressive win streak. He has a lot of loses and some aren’t even to the best fighters in the division.

TBH I wouldn’t bet on him to beat guys like Islam, Tsarukyan, Gamrot or Guram.

What are your thoughts on Dustin?

 

[JustBleed69]

Rank him?

I will go 8.5/10.

This somewhat hot-take will also russtle some jimmies, but I think he is a better all time Lightweight than BJ Penn and has better wins at Lightweight.

 

[VinceArch]

I think Dustin would've been champion if Khabib wasn't around... I'd still like to see Dustin/Tony if Tony can get back to his winning ways.

 

[Worthmore]

Good but not Great

 

[Queenofchaos]

Overrated

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

A little short but good features.

Nowadays with the haircut a solid 8

Before with the skinhead look, barely a 5

 

[PulsingJones]

9/10

+Sharp striking
+Powerful
+Great Gas Tank
+Big heart

- Average fight IQ
- Lackluster grappling

 

[Natural Order]

I give him a career rating of 7.1.

10 being Fedor, 1 being Sean Salmon.

 

[Percwalker]

solid 8/10
Good power
Good cardio
Good boxing
Durable
one of the best resumes at LW in my opinion
-Conor
-Eddie
-Max (finished him at 145 too)
-Pettis
-Finished Bobby Green (lot of people have questionable decisions wins over Bobby)
-Hooker
-Gaethje
that's a seriously good resume only losses to Khabib and the GOAT Oliveira and Michael Johnson which we all know Michael Johnson could KO Ngannou and then get gogoplata'd by a random bellator prelim fighter

 

[wolfss]

He’s a good fighter. Entertaining. But not a champion. 7.5. Olivera is an 8.5. Basically if khabib is retired these guys hold the belt. But khabib is 10 as a fighter.

 

[mjfan23]

7.7

 

[bjjHERRERA]

its been a pleasure following and watching him fight since the crueder/fightville days- he's definitely climbed the mountain and nearly gotten to the peak- will always be a big fan and root for him against nearly everyone- war diamond

 

[Travis Alexander]

9.9/10
Better than 99% of the LW’s that have ever competed.

 

[TARTARA]

8+, almost GOAT status ,
with one of the best running resumes
in the world side by side with
Max Holloway ... !

 

[COBRA03]

I would rank him ahead of Conor McGregor! Tough dude who has a chance to win every fight he's in, easy top 5.

 

[LoveMyMMA]

8/10

Has it all, except a strong ground game and inability to capitalize on the big stage.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

its been a pleasure following and watching him fight since the crueder/fightville days- he's definitely climbed the mountain and nearly gotten to the peak- will always be a big fan and root for him against nearly everyone- war diamond

100% completely this. All well said.

He's also clearly grown up as a person too, so watching his whole career has indeed been a pleasure for the fans. Can't think of many situations where I'd be rooting against him.

In terms of raw skill/"level", I'd say he's an 8.5 or so. If he had wrestling to match his stand-up he'd be champ and near-unstoppable.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

8+, almost GOAT status ,
with one of the best running resumes
in the world side by side with
Max Holloway ... !

Excellent points.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

Roynding him off to 8 but hes really a 7.something

good ....not elite

 

[Fergelmince]

• Great all around skills
• Won some wars
• entertaining fighter
• Good in-fight adjustments
• Better than most LW's that have fought in the UFC

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that will say he sucks because he couldn't be Nurmagomedov and Oliveira. They are wrong.