Coach Mike Brown provides sincere perception into cornering Dustin Poirier
In a current interview with CBS Sports activities‘s Shakiel Mahjouri, American High Group-Florida coach Mike Brown was requested the place Poirier ranks amongst his most aggravating fighters to nook.
“He’s No. 1, by far,” Brown mentioned of Poirier. “By an extended shot. However I additionally care about it, so the extra you care, the extra you’re going to be careworn. [Dustin] could make it more durable on himself generally, and he’s his personal man. On the finish of the day, he does what he desires to do. When he has one thing in his head, he’s going to do it, just like the guillotine [at UFC 299] is an efficient instance. If he desires to leap the guillotine, he’s going to…
“He’s nice at what he does and he does have a very good guillotine,” Brown acknowledged of Poirier. “They have been rattling shut in that struggle, however you additionally may’ve knocked him out [earlier]. Each time you hit him, you harm him…each time you bounce, you’re beneath and also you’re placing your self in a foul place. So it’s only a share sport. Yeah, you may end him, however we need to play the odds.”
Brown, who transitioned full-time from a preventing profession to teaching, has been in Poirier’s nook for almost all of his UFC tenure. He’s been front-and-center at a few of Poirier’s most memorable performances, together with his back-to-back finishes of Conor McGregor in 2021.
Poirier has jokingly hinted at making an attempt guillotines towards Makhachev at UFC 302, and if he does, count on Brown to have a visibly careworn look in his nook,