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It is believed that Conor Mcgregor and Dustin Poirier will have their trilogy match after going 1-1 against each other.
First fight:
Winner: Conor Mcgregor
Method: 1st round TKO/KO
Weight class: Featherweight
Date: Sept 27, 2014
Second fight:
Winner: Dustin Poirier
Method: 2nd round TKO/KO
Weight class: Lightweight
Date: Jan 23, 2021
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Both fights were very competitive on the feet, even for how short both fights were.
We now know that these two are very capable of finishing each other on the feet. Now being both LW fighters in a division waiting to matchup 2 top contenders for the possibility of a vacant belt, the 3rd fight will cause many issues for the rest of the LW division depending on the result.
The clear major downside is this fight doesn't make sense:
- Conor#6 vs Dustin#1 would work if both were coming of wins, only 1 of them are.
- A trilogy fight, the 1st being 6 years ago at a different weightclass , the 2nd for a number 1 contender spot and the 3rd for a number 1 contender spot. Immediate rematch for the man who lost a number 1 contender fight? Doesn't make much sense
- Holds up a stacked division on 2 guys fighting each other again, based on a very definitive win for Dustin.
Depending on the winner there'll be positive and negative consequences:
Dustin wins:
- A proper number 1 contender beating two top 5 fighters and having a 3 fight win streak.
- Fighting for the belt afterwards.
- Dustin will have leverage over the UFC for beating the golden boy twice, favoring him during the future negotiations.
- If Dustin were to decide to skip out on the belt and chase other money fights like he's shown interest to, including the 3rd Mcgregor bout, it could clog up the division even longer than expected. The main fight he's shown interest in is the Nate Diaz fight, since he has talked about it on numerous occasions. This fight would be probably set at 170 due to Nate not willing to fight at 155 anymore.
- While Conor is an entertaining figure and brings the most money to the promotion, losing this bout will result in him longer being talked about in fighting for titles. The only fight he'd have left in his tank would be his Nate trilogy to perhaps end his career on. The end of the Mcgregor Era.
Conor wins:
- A very odd number 1 contender with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in his last 5. Mcgregor last 5 alternating win/loses: W: Alvarez, L: Khabib, W: Cowboy, L: Dustin, W: Dustin.
- Conor even with this win, hasn't been on a win streak since 2016.
- Fighting for the belt, knowing the UFC have shown to give Conor a lot of support. Title shot would almost be no question if he beats Dustin, especially in spectacular fashion. Question is against who?? If Conor choses to fight another fighter for the belt besides Oliveira or the winner of Gaethje/Chandler the UFC would grant him that. Mcgregor has shown interest in fighting lower ranked or unranked fighters, such as Nate Diaz, Al Iaquinta and Tony Ferguson on a 2 fight skid.
- Boxing instead of continuing to fight in MMA. Conor would have beat the most definitive number 1 contender and put the division in limbo to go fight in boxing for the rest of 2021 and 2022.
- Pushing Conor/Khabib 2 again, putting the division in limbo for months.
- Retirement, Conor has shown that he could probably step away from the sport any moment he wanted to. He might do it going out on top against an elite fighter.
- Dustin would be in very poor position for a future title fight, being 2-1 against the man who held up two divisions. This could keep him at the bottom of the top 5 and being able to gain leverage for a title fight would look difficult.
Conclusion:
These bullet points can be taken negative or positive depending on your perspective. The main reason this fight is being made is money, these are prize fighters after all.
Let me know your perspective on the matter and depending on either fighter winning, the impact it will have on the LW division.
First fight:
Winner: Conor Mcgregor
Method: 1st round TKO/KO
Weight class: Featherweight
Date: Sept 27, 2014
Second fight:
Winner: Dustin Poirier
Method: 2nd round TKO/KO
Weight class: Lightweight
Date: Jan 23, 2021
Both fights were very competitive on the feet, even for how short both fights were.
We now know that these two are very capable of finishing each other on the feet. Now being both LW fighters in a division waiting to matchup 2 top contenders for the possibility of a vacant belt, the 3rd fight will cause many issues for the rest of the LW division depending on the result.
The clear major downside is this fight doesn't make sense:
- Conor#6 vs Dustin#1 would work if both were coming of wins, only 1 of them are.
- A trilogy fight, the 1st being 6 years ago at a different weightclass , the 2nd for a number 1 contender spot and the 3rd for a number 1 contender spot. Immediate rematch for the man who lost a number 1 contender fight? Doesn't make much sense
- Holds up a stacked division on 2 guys fighting each other again, based on a very definitive win for Dustin.
Depending on the winner there'll be positive and negative consequences:
Dustin wins:
- A proper number 1 contender beating two top 5 fighters and having a 3 fight win streak.
- Fighting for the belt afterwards.
- Dustin will have leverage over the UFC for beating the golden boy twice, favoring him during the future negotiations.
- If Dustin were to decide to skip out on the belt and chase other money fights like he's shown interest to, including the 3rd Mcgregor bout, it could clog up the division even longer than expected. The main fight he's shown interest in is the Nate Diaz fight, since he has talked about it on numerous occasions. This fight would be probably set at 170 due to Nate not willing to fight at 155 anymore.
- While Conor is an entertaining figure and brings the most money to the promotion, losing this bout will result in him longer being talked about in fighting for titles. The only fight he'd have left in his tank would be his Nate trilogy to perhaps end his career on. The end of the Mcgregor Era.
Conor wins:
- A very odd number 1 contender with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in his last 5. Mcgregor last 5 alternating win/loses: W: Alvarez, L: Khabib, W: Cowboy, L: Dustin, W: Dustin.
- Conor even with this win, hasn't been on a win streak since 2016.
- Fighting for the belt, knowing the UFC have shown to give Conor a lot of support. Title shot would almost be no question if he beats Dustin, especially in spectacular fashion. Question is against who?? If Conor choses to fight another fighter for the belt besides Oliveira or the winner of Gaethje/Chandler the UFC would grant him that. Mcgregor has shown interest in fighting lower ranked or unranked fighters, such as Nate Diaz, Al Iaquinta and Tony Ferguson on a 2 fight skid.
- Boxing instead of continuing to fight in MMA. Conor would have beat the most definitive number 1 contender and put the division in limbo to go fight in boxing for the rest of 2021 and 2022.
- Pushing Conor/Khabib 2 again, putting the division in limbo for months.
- Retirement, Conor has shown that he could probably step away from the sport any moment he wanted to. He might do it going out on top against an elite fighter.
- Dustin would be in very poor position for a future title fight, being 2-1 against the man who held up two divisions. This could keep him at the bottom of the top 5 and being able to gain leverage for a title fight would look difficult.
Conclusion:
These bullet points can be taken negative or positive depending on your perspective. The main reason this fight is being made is money, these are prize fighters after all.
Let me know your perspective on the matter and depending on either fighter winning, the impact it will have on the LW division.
