Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz have shared reactions following Islam Makhachev’s submission victory over Dustin Poirier at UFC 302.
Makhachev (26-1 MMA) and Poirier (30-9 MMA) collided in tonight’s pay-per-view headliner in New Jersey with the promotion’s light-weight title up for grabs.
Islam Makhachev was returning to motion for the primary time since scoring a nasty knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski at October’s UFC 294 occasion in Abu Dhabi. That victory had marked the Dagestani’s thirteenth in a row and second protection of the light-weight title.
In the meantime, Dustin Poirier (30-9 MMA) was most beforehand seen in motion at March’s UFC 299 occasion, the place he scored a sensational second-round knockout victory over Benoit Saint-Denis. That win was after all preceded by a knockout loss to Justin Gaethje in a struggle for the BMF title at UFC 291.
Tonight’s light-weight title struggle lived as much as the hype as Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier went to warfare for almost twenty-five minutes. The champion acquired off to a dominant begin within the opening spherical, however ‘The Diamond’ confirmed his resilience and was capable of preserve the struggle aggressive heading right into a fifth and last spherical. It was in Spherical 5 that Islam was capable of rating a giant takedown which he shortly used to transition right into a d’Arce choke. That choke ultimately compelled Dustin Poirier to faucet out and Islam Makhachev as soon as once more left the Octagon together with his title in hand.
Shortly following the conclusion of tonight’s UFC 302 occasion, each Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz took to ‘X’ with the next reactions:
I’ll get again to ya’s tomorrow. CMG
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 2, 2024
“I’ll get again to ya’s tomorrow. CMG.”
20KO’s up subsequent for the Mac Dad. pic.twitter.com/w709rQFnj3
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 2, 2024
“20 KO’s up subsequent for the Mac Dad.”
These fights have been fukn boring
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) June 2, 2024
“These fights have been fuk’n boring.”
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