Poirier can win an undisputed UFC title in his thirty first octagon appearances, essentially the most fights in firm historical past. Charles Oliveira holds the present document at 28 appearances.
Poirier is 14-4 (with one no contest) since he moved as much as the UFC light-weight division in April 2015. Three of these defeats got here in some type of a title combat.
Poirier’s 22 victories in UFC competitors are tied for fourth-most in firm historical past behind Jim Miller (26), Andrei Arlovski (23) and Donald Cerrone (23).
Poirier’s 15 stoppage victories in UFC competitors are tied for fourth-most in firm historical past behind Oliveira (20), Miller (18) and Cerrone (16).
Poirier’s 11 knockout victories in UFC competitors are tied for third-most in firm historical past behind Derrick Lewis (15) and Matt Brown (13).
Poirier’s 14 knockdowns landed in UFC competitors are tied for fifth-most in firm historical past behind Cerrone (20), Anderson Silva (18), Jeremy Stephens (18) and Edson Barboza (16).
Poirier’s 9 knockout victories in UFC light-weight competitors are tied with Drew Dober for many in divisional historical past.
Poirier is the one light-weight in UFC historical past to land 150 or extra vital strikes in three separate fights.
Poirier and Dan Hooker mixed for 390 complete strikes landed at UFC on ESPN 12, the single-fight document for a UFC light-weight bout.
Poirier is one in every of six fighters in UFC historical past to earn two or extra submission victories by D’Arce choke. Tony Ferguson, Khamzat Chimaev, Julian Erosa, Vicente Luque and Kevin Holland additionally achieved the feat.
Poirier is one in every of seven fighters in UFC historical past to obtain 14 or extra profession fight-night bonuses.
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