Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier bought right into a heated and intense faceoff after the UFC 302 press convention on Thursday.
Makhachev is trying to defend his light-weight title in the principle occasion of the pay-per-view card on Saturday in New Jersey in opposition to Poirier. Within the lead-up to the combat, each males have vowed to complete the opposite, and after the press convention, the 2 bought right into a prolonged and heated faceoff.
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The faceoff between the 2 went on for over a minute and it appears like Makhachev bought offended at one level with what Poirier mentioned. Nevertheless, it’s unclear what Poirier precisely mentioned to get the response out of Makhachev however the intense faceoff solely provides to the intrigue of the boout.
Heading into the UFC 302 fundamental occasion, Islam Makhachev is a sizeable – 650 favourite whereas Dustin Poirier is a +470 underdog. Regardless of being a prolonged underdog, Poirier is assured he’ll KO Makhachev in what he calls his closing crack at UFC gold.
“I do my finest work, after I’m am underdog, when my again is in opposition to the wall, when bullets are flying, when bloods flowing, that’s the place I discover methods to win,” Poirier mentioned on UFC Countdown.
“I’m additionally a realist, I’m 35, what number of extra occasions would I’ve to place myself in place once more? It’s secure to say that is my final shot at changing into the champion of the world. It is a likelihood to say I did it, I did what I mentioned I used to be going to do after I was 18 years previous. It’s a private factor, it’s not for the followers, it’s not for the Corridor of Fame, it’s for me and my spouse to hug and say you actually did it you loopy motherf****r. All of the ups and down of the final 17 years, all the teachings I’ve discovered, at UFC 302, I’m going to knock Islam Makhachev out and turn out to be the world champion,” Poirier added.
The complete UFC 302 card is as follows:
- Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier
- Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa
- Kevin Holland vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Niko Value vs. Alex Morono
- Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
- Roman Kopylov vs. Cesar Almeida
- Jailton Almeida vs. Alexandr Romanov
- Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki
- Phil Rowe vs. Jake Matthews
- Mickey Gall vs. Bassil Hafez
- Joselyne Edwards vs. Ailin Perez
- Andre Lima vs. Mitch Raposo
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